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Replying to: sebring95 (Nov 03, 2009 5:26 am) What they "want" is one thing but once you walk in and start negotiations (if you have time and patience) not that many dealers would leave you walking out without some kind of a deal! If you have more than one dealer in town, I would work one against another one hoping the same owner doesn't own both franchises. Ask them, when you walk in, how much they want to make on that car (rather than telling them what do you want to pay or them telling you what they want for the car). Once they give you a figure, do your homework on Edmunds website and you come up with the price that you want to pay. You should not pay more than 300 to 500 over the "invoice".
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Replying to: jogousa (Nov 03, 2009 5:41 am) |
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Replying to: redvw (Nov 02, 2009 2:06 pm) Every time I read how many cars VW wants to sell in the States in the near future it seems that I run across a story like yours that illustrates how muh of a challenge VW is facing. |
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Replying to: bpeebles (Nov 02, 2009 6:29 pm) I've come to the firm conclusion that when it comes to vehicle maintenance, the vast majority of owners are totally uniformed sheep. Those who participate in these forums, however, are not. |
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Replying to: bpeebles (Nov 02, 2009 6:23 pm) This is all interesting, but I'm getting a little tired of dragging what is still a new car back to the dealer for nits and gnats. A rear passenger side window kit, a new screen over the pollen filter (original was badly warped), a recall to reflash the DSG transmission's computer chip, and now a bad airbag sensor. These are all small things, to be sure, but my Honda-owning friends are starting to rib me a little.
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Replying to: elias (Nov 02, 2009 6:22 am)
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Replying to: farmertull (Nov 03, 2009 8:00 pm) |
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Replying to: farmertull (Nov 03, 2009 8:00 pm) ps - I've noticed that the mechanics who do the state inspection each year remove the tape. |
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Replying to: tjburkejr (Nov 03, 2009 7:17 pm) ANY new vehicle can have these kinds of nit-pickey items that need to be addressed. The bigger issue is HOW YOUR DEALSERSHIP APPROACHES THE PROBLEMS. Honda-dealers are well-trained to make the customers feel like a king. They often bend over backwards to please the customers.... even if it is obviously not really a problem with the car. Other car-makers have not invested as much as Honda has in dealership-training to keep the customers happy. There have been a number of Hondas in my family over the years. I found the number of nit-picky problems was not less than any other vehicle... HOWEVER here are a some things the Honda dealer did without question *) Key locked in car out in the boonies (was fishing with my dad) **) Honda dealership cut a key and hand-delivered it to us where we found a telephone to call from....then they drove us to the car which was many miles out a dirt road. *) Tires were found to be wearing slightly faster on inside edge. **)Honda dealer not only performed an alignment (not normally covered by warantee) but they also replaced all 4 tires at no charge to me. *) Daughters gas gauge on her 9-year old Honda was acting up. I asked Honda dealership if I could look at the Wiring diagram for a couple minutes **) Honda dealership told me to TAKE THE BOOK for the weekend and copy the pages I needed. Bottom line: No other vehicle-make I have ever owned had a dealer-network that treated me like I spell-out above. ONLY HONDA Dealers have treated me like that. You can see how a Honda-owner could easilly overlook nit-picky problems with their new Honda if they were treated like this. However, I prefer Volkswagen automobiles over Honda. I also drive past 2 local VW dealershiips and go nearly 100 miles to a VW dealership that treats me right.
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Replying to: bpeebles (Nov 04, 2009 6:47 pm)
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