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Replying to: davethecarnut (Mar 17, 2008 10:17 pm) For example, if one dealer is offering the Fit at $15,000 plus $399 doc fee, and another is offering the same car at $15,400 plus a $50 doc fee, which is the better deal? (Also consider you will pay additional tax on the extra $400, but not on the $399 doc fee.)
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Replying to: scottc3 (Mar 17, 2008 1:17 pm) Let's see, I posted: "2008 Fit Sport MT" My understanding is that this means 2008 (year) Fit (model) Sport (trim) MT (manual transmission). Also posted: "15,600 out-the-door" $15,600 out the door wasn't meant to "tell us nothing," but rather to say that this is what I paid including all taxes and fees. I didn't mention any extras because I declined all options and additional warranties. The price before all the taxes, fees, etc, was $14,420 ("for the car alone," to use your terminology). This was the best price I was able to get on the Internet, and I got it from two different dealers. Sorry if I wasn't clear the first time. The car was purchased in Maryland.
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Replying to: kj898 (Mar 18, 2008 7:38 am) $1200 buys two clutch jobs, and that's about all that's going to fail that's important to the working of the car. You son... he can fix his own window regulators or a/c vents an other minor stuff that breaks on most every car when the time does finally come for minor repairs. But, with the Fit, there's not much *to* break in the first place. I'd op for neither option and enjoy the savings. |
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Replying to: backy (Mar 18, 2008 6:25 am)
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Replying to: gevans17 (Mar 18, 2008 6:58 pm) Thanks for illustrating my point with your real-world example.
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Replying to: davethecarnut (Mar 17, 2008 10:17 pm) 17400 OTD 2008 FIT Sport auto 15200 OTD 2008 FIT Sport manual Has anybody in the area gotten better? I am especially interested in the auto. If I could get in the low to mid 16000s I would buy today. 
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Replying to: vbnsman (Mar 20, 2008 4:54 pm) |
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Replying to: backy (Mar 18, 2008 7:43 pm)
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Replying to: davethecarnut (Mar 24, 2008 10:21 pm) I consider advertising fees part of the cost of doing business. If a dealer wants to add on a special fee for "advertising", that's fine with me, but it all goes into the mill for calculating their bottom-line price. And that is what it's all about for me. What is the dealer's best price, before license/title fees (which will be the same in a given state for a given car, no matter who the seller is) and sales tax (which is a set percentage for a given area, but will vary with sales price)? I really don't care how they go about figuring out what their best price is. They can toss in big documentation fees or advertising fees or whatever they want into it. But that's the number I'll compare to other offers from other dealers. P.S. I don't have to play the documentation fee game where I live, in MN, because it's a set fee, built into new car contract documents. The last time I bought a new car, four years ago, the doc fee was $50.
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Replying to: backy (Mar 25, 2008 7:32 am) |
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