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Awesome Deal and Service... For anyone wanting an excellent deal and 5 star-rated services including being treated like Mr. Bill Gates, I highly recommend Ron Tonkin Acura in Portland, Oregon. I just drove 3 hours down from Seattle and picked up my 2006 Acura TL blk/blk/auto/nav and was personally greeted at the door by my well-dressed internet salesman. (I don't trust car sales people) but now I do with anyone from this dealership. He first informed me that the owner demands that EVERY customer is to be treated like the owners personal friend, if not then the employee may be discharged that same day. Here are the facts, not only did they have my car at the right price... they treated me extremely well, My salesperson welcome me to the dealership then walked me over to my new beautiful car and gave me a full breakdown of the features. Then he introduced me to my finance guy (Figured this is a hand off) but not. Within maybe 7 minutes I was fully financed with Honda 3.9%, welcomed and congratulated on my purchase then escorted back out to my salesman. My salesman then sat me down and went over the details of the warranty, sections of the owners manuals and other important information as a new owner should have. He also gave me personal recommendations which he was very knowledgeable about. Finally, he walked me back out to my car and again reviewed some of the more important features and programmed the Nav system for me to get home. While we were loading into the car to go home a couple came up with a big smile and asked the salesperson if this was the car they came to see.... He politely explained to them that it was sold TO ME ! as he had tried to get them to place a small deposit to hold the car but they thought it was a salesman’s trick... NOT. Anyway... the car, dealership and whole experience was excellent, I still can not believe it was so smooth... not catches, no extra charges, nothing but professionalism. I would recommend this dealership to ANYONE and would buy there again. I'm bothering to report all of this because they earned it and consumers need to know when a dealership performs this well. Ron Tonkin Acura - Internet Sales Portland Oregon Fully Trustworthy Nick Walsh Seattle, WA. |
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Replying to: nbw (Oct 30, 2005 7:28 am)
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Replying to: rroyce10 (Oct 29, 2005 3:04 pm) What to know about "rate shopping." Looking for a mortgage or an auto loan may cause multiple lenders to request your credit report, even though you’re only looking for one loan. To compensate for this, the score counts multiple auto or mortgage inquiries in any 14-day period as just one inquiry. In addition, the score ignores all mortgage and auto inquiries made in the 30 days prior to scoring. So if you find a loan within 30 days, the inquiries won't affect your score while you're rate shopping. |
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Forget the differences in features. Assume that the cars are identical. The question is, what does it take to make the prices on an '05TL a bargain? I did a tiny bit of research on Edmunds, and learned that a typical used TL, 3-5 years old with 40,000 miles, is worth $1,750 more than the prior year's TL with identical mileage and condition. So from that I deduce that the 05, brand new in the lot, is at least $1,750 less valuable than the 06 with the same features. From what I gather from these boards, it is not unrealistic to expect to get an 06 TL for $1,000 over invoice. Difficult, perhaps, but not unrealistic. From there I conclude that, to get the same value on an 05, you'd have to buy it for $750 under invoice. Is this possible? Is my logic good? Comments? Thoughts? |
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Replying to: nbw (Oct 30, 2005 7:28 am) I am excited to get my TL, and your write up brings me some piece of mind for the big road trip ahead. I'm also excited to get some good bonding time between me and my TL. Thanks for the story! |
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Replying to: nbw (Oct 30, 2005 7:28 am) Awesome tale. Did you get the 33.5 or 34 deal (with what, if any, extras) for your TL Nav? |
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Replying to: drmike29 (Oct 26, 2005 6:35 pm) |
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I'm not one to give away money but given the value of the TL and the very satisfied owners, I consider a "good deal" really anything under MSRP. I think we would all agree that the market is red hot for these nice cars... over 5 to 10 year ownership period the few extra dollars will be long forgotten. For that matter, stick with the MSRP and have them throw in some options, no matter how you cut the cake... it's an excellent buy. It's a really nice car, well built, dependable, reliable and has great resale value. To top it off, seeing how I was treated so well at my dealer in Portland, Oregon... I won't be buying a typical American car ever again. Gone are the creepy car salesmen or sales managers that I'm used to buying from each time I bought before. |
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Replying to: joseph42s (Oct 28, 2005 7:17 pm)
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Replying to: podres (Oct 30, 2005 4:44 pm)
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