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9965 messages, Last post on Dec 04, 2008 at 7:54 PM
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Replying to: 23109vc (Mar 04, 2008 10:10 pm)  I have to wonder if you drove a crappy TL-S or something like that, the shift gates on mine a slick. In fact when I first test drove the TL-S I thought second gear was neutral and was trying to pull it farther back LOL. MY 98 Maxima traveled twice as far in the gates, it took some getting used to. The clutch is amazing in comparison as well, easy to predict and modulate, I can use the throttle a lot more on take off than my Maxima could. We had really nasty weather in Dallas/FW today and the TL-S is amazingly stable on wet roads, the other drivers were really pissing me off...they were sooo slow! For straight line freeway in inclement weather the FWD has an advantage all it's own: If you keep the throttle on, it's really hard for the rear end to get out of line, or stay out. Let off the gas and the opposite is instantly true.  When hitting troughs and puddles, the FWD just pulls the car through, even if the rear end steps out, since the front wheels are pulling forward, the rear end tracks back in line. I used this idea to hilarious results on the traffic circle last year when it snowed hard. I was bored and there was no traffic so I set the parking brake and drifted around the circle with the rear and dragging like a wake board. You can easily modulate the drift with the throttle and if you let off completely you get a nice 180. I recommend that anyone who sees snow covered road try this in a parking lot or empty street, it's great practice. Most of the wrecks I saw in the snow last year were single vehicle, the darn Texans panic when they see ice and let off the gas or slam on the brakes, then they go flying. It's counter-intuitive to the non-performance driver to stay on the throttle, and the news media doesn't help by telling everyone to slow down. Anyway, that was a nice tangent! LOL.
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Replying to: kyekyk (Mar 06, 2008 2:47 pm) I am in the market for a TL-S in the Illinois area, I am going to use your post to negotiate a good price. What has worked for me very well in the past was to e-mail multiple dealers in your area/s and have them compete for your business. Just bought a Lexus 08RX 350 for $2k under invoice using this technique~! Enjoy your TL, its at such a sweet spot, luxurios and sporty at the same time, very few cars that can compete with it at its price point! |
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Replying to: kyekyk (Mar 06, 2008 5:38 pm) |
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Thanks to everyone for all the great information....it's really invaluable. So I thought I would share my buying experience for those in central NJ. Purchased 2008 TL w/NAVI from Springfield Acura for: Price: $31,000 including Destination MV: $389 Doc: $258 Prep: $400 Etch: $188 (Don't really need but didn't haggle over it) NJ Tire Tax: $7.50 NJ Tax: 7% Contact John Freudenberger, Internet Sales. Wasn't a terrible buying experience (since I have low expectations) but three things really irked me. 1. I sent an email with all the exact details of the purchase conditions including the price & financing. During the financing part of the buying process, it was 'conveniently" overlooked that I had stated that 2.9% as the finance rate. 2. Which leads to my next issue, they kept urging me to give them the down payment when I hadn't received or signed the contract. Who the hell in their right mind signs over thousands of dollars for a downpayment without seeing or agreeing to a contract?!?!?!? Give me $K now and oh by the way, the price and financing rate just changed. Maybe I am naive and this is the standard practice in the car industry but as a manager of million dollar contracts, it seems ludicrous. As it turned out, that's when I was notified that the agreed to 2.9% financing rate was not available. I still got a decent rate but I was more upset about what I thought was bad business....whether it was intentional or not. 3. I was prepared to speak to multiple people thanks to Edmunds. Amazing how many of the story details are true. I learned to ignore everything they say or do and just focus on what matters, the details of the sale (Must Read - "Confessions of a Cars Salesman" - http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/42962/article.html) However, why the hell did it take 3 hours for a car purchase when all the terms of the deal were clearly stated in my email. Oh by the way, bring in extra copies of any and all communication.....they steal your copy and never give it back. I should've been out of there in 1.5 hours tops.....even with the negotiation on the financing. If it weren't for the great price, I'd walked out after an hour. All in all, I'm very happy with the price and financing terms. I'd give my experience with Springfield Acura a "C+".....the salesmen were somewhat friendly (except for the big shot) but the whole car buying game is ridiculous. Hope this helps you potential buyers. |
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| I bought mine back in Dec of 07, and got 2.9%,,, Wow they must be hurting now! .9% why not just make it 0% man what a great deal going on now! | |
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Purchased base TL $30,100 with 0.9%, 48 mos. financing. Price includes destination charge (does not include tax, lic, etc). Financing goes to 2.9% if 60 mos term. Dealer offered $28,900 if we got our own financing. PowerAcura in Torrance, CA. Fleet and Internet Department. They emailed the price and encouraged me to shop it around. Shopped it at two largest dealerships and they didn't counter No pressure from Finance guy to purchase add ons. Great experience. |
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I see that there are a couple of people from the Indianapolis area. I just registered two Acura TL's this morning - a base model and a sport model. The base model was $412, and the TL-S was $251. This makes no sense, because they should be basically the same, and if they were to be different you'd expect the TL-S to be the higher cost to the tag. Apparently the cost on the base model auto populated when the lady typed it in, and she had to look up info on the TL-S. This led me to believe that the base model was correct, and I probably should have had to pay even more on the TL-S. So I shut up and accepted it. Can any of you here from Indiana share what you paid for your tag? If I had a reference to go by for either vehicle I would have an idea whether I saved money or overpaid. Thanks! |
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| I've been reading the post in this forum and I have yet gotten a quote close to anyone here. Everyone around here are giving me a quote around $32,800 + TTL. Does anyone have any good experience in Tampa Bay area? | |
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This forum has given me tons of info, time for payback. Got my beauty 08 TL with NAV Ext RBP Int parchment  Emailed almost all dealers in and around orange county ,quite amazed to see dealers so aggresive.To keep it short Metro Acura had the straight quote of $30,646+TTL but they wouldnt do the .9% APR.Finally got the TL from Sierra Acura for $33,995 OTD .Even better they slipped in trunk tray,splash guards,wheel locks and all weather mats along with the .9%.Wier Canyon would match the rate but refused the PRO PAC and Cerritos wouldnt go more than $32,450 OTD.It could easily have been my best car buying experience but for the finance manager at Sierra who tried to bump up my apr and sell me the extended warranty  .they only agreed after i started to walkaway.such an aggresive pricing and the .9% there could never be a time as good as this.The worst they can do is sell the car at a loss.buyers bonanza all the way 
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Hi, I've been following this forum for a while and in the market now for a base 08 TL w/o Nav. There is some invaluable information in this forum and I hope to share my buying experience once it's all said and done. Based on all the posts here, it seems I should be looking at Invoice-2K as a base price for negotiations. Can anyone confirm that? Anyone has experience with dealerships in the Boston area? Thanks much.
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