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In the "spirit of Delmar", since I benefitted from the information offered by others in this forum, I thought it only fair to share the data I gathered during my recent quest to buy a TL with automatic and navigation in the Washington, DC area (Montgomery County, MD, to be exact). Here are the prices I obtained using the "request a quote" feature on the Acura web site. All prices include destination fee: Rosenthal Acura (Gaithersburg, MD) - 32,573 + 95 proc. (price received in person) Pohanka Acura (Chantilly, VA) - 32,890 + 249 proc. Chevy Chase Acura (Bethesda, MD) - 33,099 + 100 proc.-incl. wheel locks/sp. gards) Frankel Acura (Cockeysville, MD) - 33,465 + 100 proc. - incl. "protection pkg." Criswell Acura (Annapolis, MD) - 33,600 + ~100 proc. - incl. "protection pkg." Karen Radley Acura (Woodbr., VA) - 33,500 + 245 proc. After gathering quotes from the above dealers (with the exception of Rosenthal Acura, which is closest to me and where I did my test drives), I stopped by Rosenthal during their "red tag sale"  this weekend. After a small amount of negotiating, the salesman went to "the manager" to see what he was willing to do. The salesman came back and said he'd give me the car at invoice if I would take a car they had in inventory (not a problem, since they had 1 with the color combo I wanted - silver/quartz). Although the price wasn't as low as some were able to negotiate in LA, I didn't get the feeling I was going to do much better than this in my area and didn't want to wait until the selection deteriorated. In any case, I'll be picking up the car next weekend and am sure I'll be happy with it. Hopefully, this info will be helpful to those shopping in the Maryland/DC/Virginia area. P.S. - Delmar - thanks for all of the helpful info.
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Replying to: sampson464646 (Aug 20, 2005 6:36 pm) Good luck! |
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Replying to: nightcrawler29 (Aug 20, 2005 10:36 pm) |
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Replying to: jbdriver (Aug 20, 2005 2:01 pm) thanks for the great info. my gf is thinking about buying a 2005 TL with navi in the LA area. either silver/black or grey/black Just a couple of quick questions: Is yours with auto trans? how much lower did keyes beat the santa monica dealer price by? was it > $100? thanks in advance.
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Replying to: ed94080 (Aug 22, 2005 2:09 am) Is yours with auto trans? how much lower did keyes beat the santa monica dealer price by? was it > $100? Mine was black/black with an auto trans. The black/black was harder to find...Santa Monica actually didn't have one in stock (although they said that they could get one and if there price was that much better, I easily could have waited. I think you'll have a much easier time finding the silver or grey...those were my 2nd and 3rd choices respectively. When it came to the price...I actually finagled a little more out of Santa Monica than what I posted, but not much...<$250...Keyes matched), but Keyes included wheel locks and mud guards and they had the black/black in stock. Basically Keyes told me that they would meet or beat any price that I got, and they did.
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Replying to: jbdriver (Aug 22, 2005 8:35 am) 'jbdriver'...wow...black on black. Black beauty huh?
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Replying to: delmar1 (Aug 22, 2005 8:50 am) Yeah, believe it or not, my wife encouraged me to get this color combo. Black cars look great when they're clean. but look like hell when they're dirty....but oh those days when it's clean. 
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Replying to: montgomctymd (Aug 21, 2005 11:12 am) I live in Frederick, MD and work at Bethesda, MD. I had some families coming from out of town this past weekend and I didn't make it to their "red tag sale" at Rosenthal Acura. The internet quote I got from Rosenthal Acura (8/20 Saturady) is $33,670 (including $570 destination) for TL w/ Nav. So you are doing really GREAT and now I know what to ask for!! So thanks again!!
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Replying to: happytl (Jul 31, 2005 2:57 pm) 
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This really pertains to buyers in Florida: I want to retract one of my earlier posts in regards to my positive buying experience with ACURA OF SOUTH FLORIDA. About a month ago, I bought my TL Blue/ Camel w/ Navigation from ACURA OF SOUTH FLORIDA in Hollywood, Florida for $35,629.00. This price included a nose mask & gap insurance. When I initially negotiated the car, the sales rep and I agreed on a OTD price of $34,646.00 ( transfer tag). However, when I got to the dealership and in the finance manager's office, I added gap insurance and a full nose mask and ended up getting a new registration as opposed to a transfer of tag. This brought my (SHOULD HAVE ACTUALLY PAID) price up to $35,425.00. This breaks down as: 34,646- price of the car OTD 495.00- Gap 169- Bra 115- Difference between new tag & transfer ________ 35,425.00 However, I did not realize the final number on the finance contract was 35,629.00 which was $204 more than what I should have paid. I went ahead without realizing and signed the paperwork and drove the car home. When I got home, I realized the mistake. As a consequence, I contacted my sales associate and was assured everything would be taken care of and the money would be refunded back to me. While this was going on, my inherent trust in people to follow through with their word compelled me to give positive feedback to American Honda, Edmunds Forums as well as Acura in regards to my "positive" experience. After one whole long month of phone calls, messages, etc., I finally concluded this saga. I had a conference call today with my sales rep, General Manager, Sales Manager and Finance Manager. Everyone TRIED to convince me that the figure was accurate and that I was mistaken in believing that when you purchase a car everyone pays Doc stamp/ fees. I TRIED convincing them all that I received a quote in writing that my OTD price including everything would be $34,646 ( and that included doc stamps/ fees). A reasonable person would assume that included everything??? Further, they maintained that everyone pays doc stamp/fees ON TOP of the quoted amount WHEN YOU FINANCE A CAR. That being said, my sales rep as well as the finance manager knew at least one week prior to me driving 3.5 hours to their dealership that I would be financing. Obviously, I relayed that to them but I guess I was speaking Egyptian because my quoted price, on paper, OTD, APPARENTLY did not include doc stamp/ fees. I made all of them a suggestion. One of which was that in the future they should advise their customers, whether on paper or verbally, that their quote OTD was not inclusive, and that they would end up paying a "doc stamp/fee." I additionally posed the question, " Is it is worth it to you to have a unsatisfied customer who may / may not got a great deal on car to walk away from your dealership vowing never to do business again either thorugh purchasing or servicing?" Their answer- they did not care. Look, putting aside the $200 something dollars, I did get a deal on the car ( at least IMO). I got the TL I wanted in the color combo I wanted and I have absolutely no issues with the car. Will I contact AMFC and change my opinion?- YES Will I contact Acura of America and change my opinion?- YES I will never purchase another car or service my car at that dealership. Does OTD pricing which includes everything written on paper according to Acura of South Florida actually mean everything?- NO I guess this is one of those stories that you hear about when dealers add on fees once you get to the dealership ( or after the deal us done in my case) . Well, I will wind up this long tear-jerker. Thanks for taking the time to read my "Venting." Any thoughts or comments are welcomed. BTW, they actually had the nerve to thank me for sending them a customer from this forum. Someone actually printed out my post and brought it to them and apparently, the customer brought from them as a result of my post. I am glad that someone did benefit from my posting and I hope they got the deal without the hassle that I faced. They ( all the managers) actually asked me, " Why did you say good things about us if you are so unhappy?" My response was- "because I believe people are inherently good and follow through with their word. You have done nothing to lose my trust and I tried to help others as well as your dealership out from my own goodwill." No response to that statement.... For those of you considering this dealer for your next purchase- you might or might not get a good deal; watch your 6 when you get a quote for "EVERYTHING OTD." Regards, Joe |
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