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Acura RL Prices Paid and Buying Experience

1099 messages,  Last post on Nov 22, 2009 at 5:49 PM

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Want to Buy 2008 RL Tech Package by lsemom
Jan 31, 2009 (12:16 pm)
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I want to buy a 2008 Tech Package RL, preferably new. I think there are still some of them out there. I know the 09s are updated, but think that the 08 is still a quality auto and will serve my needs. I typically keep a car until is is worn out - right now I have a 2000 RL with 150K miles on it, and it is still running fine. My problem is I can't get any dealers to give me a really good deal. I am getting quotes in the $40s for these cars and I think that is too high with the 09s already out. And it won't be too long until the 2010 models are out! Am I off base here?
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Re: Want to Buy 2008 RL Tech Package [lsemom] by vavavavolvo
Jan 31, 2009 (12:47 pm)
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Replying to: lsemom (Jan 31, 2009 12:16 pm)

I think you are right on. The 09's are being discounted by some dealers to the tune of 4500 from what I hear. You may have to wait until things get a little worse.
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Re: Want to Buy 2008 RL Tech Package [lsemom] by nebraskaguy
Jan 31, 2009 (2:39 pm)
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Replying to: lsemom (Jan 31, 2009 12:16 pm)

I own an 05 RL, basically the same as the 08 and have test driven the 09. The 09 is definitely a better car. Not enough better to entice me out of my 05, but if I had a choice between an 08 or an 09, buying the 09 would be a no-brainer for me.
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Re: Want to Buy 2008 RL Tech Package [vavavavolvo] by jensad
Feb 02, 2009 (11:34 am)
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Replying to: vavavavolvo (Jan 31, 2009 12:47 pm)

I had to bargain hard with the local dealer however, I was able to purchase an 08 RL with tech for $ 42000 last Feb, i.e. 08. Sticker was around $ 52000. You probably can get them lower.
 
I live in Bay Area of Ca, and I sent emails to all the dealers in the Bay Area. Got four or five responses and all offerred about $ 42500, to about 44000. Cost out to door was just under $ 46000 but this included taxes.
 
So if my situation helps you I hope you get an excellent deal because jmo, I have an excellent vehicle.
 
Good luck to all and stay safe.
 
jensad
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Questions around title by home4sale2
Jul 16, 2009 (10:34 pm)
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Hey all, I recently bought an RL, got new license plates (I wanted to) which I have received from the dealer where I bought this car. I was told that the title would arrive from IL secretary of state's office once the dealer pays off the balance owed on previous owner's lien who had traded the car in just two days before I bought it. The dealer has told me that they have already sent the payoff to the bank and it takes about 10-15 days before the bank releases the title. Once the dealer receives the title, they enter that number with the IL secretary of state along with the license plate, tax, etc. From that point on it takes another 4 weeks or so and the IL sec of state sends me my title. Does this process sound right? Everywhere I have read, I see that I should have not bought this car till the dealer had the title in hand. True? Did I get ripped off somehow or is this process normal? I am told that they can't give me the title from the bank and have to wait for my own copy from the DMV.
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Re: Questions around title [home4sale2] by kyfdx HOST
Jul 17, 2009 (3:25 am)
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Replying to: home4sale2 (Jul 16, 2009 10:34 pm)

I'm not that familiar with Illinois, but a few weeks sounds about right.. Did you buy a car that had just been traded in?
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Re: Questions around title [kyfdx] by home4sale2
Jul 17, 2009 (6:23 am)
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Replying to: kyfdx (Jul 17, 2009 3:25 am)

Yes, it had just been traded in a few days prior.
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Re: Questions around title [home4sale2] by kyfdx HOST
Jul 17, 2009 (6:29 am)
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Replying to: home4sale2 (Jul 17, 2009 6:23 am)

Sounds reasonable..
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do they even make RL by inspectoring
Nov 21, 2009 (2:40 pm)
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what is going on - nobody is buying RL anymore??!!
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They make a few. [inspectoring] by tonycd
Nov 22, 2009 (5:49 pm)
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Replying to: inspectoring (Nov 21, 2009 2:40 pm)

And unfortunately, that's pretty much the case: nobody is buying the RL anymore.
 
It's a terrific car, but several things brought it down:
 
•People with nearly $50k to spend wanted a bigger car, a bigger name, rear wheel drive, and a V8. The RL has none of these. It was designed in Japan for Japanese executive buyers' wants, and didn't fit American tastes as well as the Lexus and Infiniti flagships.
 
•The Acura TL was cheaper by $15,000, and so good that nobody -- not even Acura salesmen -- could really make the case for paying more. In fact, the RL was better built from better materials, rode better and had the world's most sophisticated AWD system. But that's all subtle stuff and didn't impress the neighbors.
 
•Acura overreacted for 2009 and slaughtered the styling of the car, most notably with its buck-tooth grille that everybody hates. That grille probably looks even worse on the RL than on any other Acura, partly because it's grafted onto a car that wasn't made for it.
 
•Now there's a new TL, and it steals whatever thunder the RL had left with an option package that borrows the RL's trick AWD system. With the RL itself demoted to an ugly nose outside and fake wood inside (except on the very top trim level), there's now officially pretty much no reason left to buy one.
 
Buying a USED RL, however, is a screaming deal. They're not ugly like the new one, and the car is so underappreciated that the price has dropped like a stone. That's where the real sales action is today in RL's.

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