- #1488 of 2418
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Re: OTD price ?? Give us more details!!! [backy]
by gevans17
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Mar 18, 2008 (6:58 pm)
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Replying to: backy (Mar 18, 2008 6:25 am)
Document fees are total bullshit. One Honda dealer said he could not waive his $400 document fee. I told him I wanted to meet his $400/hour secretary. Went to a different Honda dealer and paid $50 bucks for documentation.
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- #1489 of 2418
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Re: OTD price ?? Give us more details!!! [gevans17]
by backy
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Mar 18, 2008 (7:43 pm)
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Replying to: gevans17 (Mar 18, 2008 6:58 pm)
So the $50 doc fee you paid was not total b.s., right?
Thanks for illustrating my point with your real-world example.
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- #1490 of 2418
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Re: OTD price ?? Give us more details!!! [davethecarnut]
by vbnsman
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Mar 20, 2008 (4:54 pm)
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Replying to: davethecarnut (Mar 17, 2008 10:17 pm)
The best quotes I have gotten in the Hou TX area are:
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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- #1491 of 2418
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Re: OTD price ?? Give us more details!!! [vbnsman]
by alamocity
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Mar 20, 2008 (9:07 pm)
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Replying to: vbnsman (Mar 20, 2008 4:54 pm)
Here they run about $500.00 more the last time I checked so price doesn't sound too bad.
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- #1492 of 2418
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Re: OTD price ?? Give us more details!!! [backy]
by davethecarnut
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Mar 24, 2008 (10:21 pm)
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Replying to: backy (Mar 18, 2008 7:43 pm)
Hmm...ok, backy, I guess it is a state to state thing...Are they saying DOC fees are part of the registration purpose? Or are dealers up front in saying that they are a profit "cushion"? But gevans has the right attitude. It's a free market. Capitalism works two ways. The Buyer and the Seller have to come to an agreement. It ain't all about the Seller. But some dealers like to think so. In California, they try to do the DOC thing and they sometimes try to do the "advertising fee" thing. It's laughable. Just remember three things: purchase price, sales tax and registration.
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- #1493 of 2418
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Re: OTD price ?? Give us more details!!! [davethecarnut]
by backy
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Mar 25, 2008 (7:32 am)
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Replying to: davethecarnut (Mar 24, 2008 10:21 pm)
There is some "documentation" work to do on a new car. But some dealers charge more than is necessary to cover their costs for the work, if it is allowed by law (see below). So then it adds to their profits.
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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- #1494 of 2418
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Re: OTD price ?? Give us more details!!! [backy]
by vbnsman
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Mar 26, 2008 (9:33 am)
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Replying to: backy (Mar 25, 2008 7:32 am)
I mostly agree with backy. Before I bought a 2008 Fit Sport AT, I had several sales offers from different Honda dealers. My experience was, if they choose, dealers can adjust the car price and fees in order to meet the final price (drive off) offer. I saw this several times when they would write up a contract at a higher price, tear it up and come back with a contract to meet a lower offer.
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Re: 2008 Honda Fit Sport Auto in Silver purchased at Bankston Honda [handcraft]
by lozroyce
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Mar 27, 2008 (7:01 pm)
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Replying to: handcraft (Dec 23, 2007 4:31 pm)
my wife & I are trying to get a new fit, and just found out about the voucher how long does the process take and how difficult is it to recieve the voucher for air texas..thanks any information would be very helpful
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Re: 2008 Honda Fit Sport Auto in Silver purchased at Bankston Honda [lozroyce]
by alamocity
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Mar 27, 2008 (8:52 pm)
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Replying to: lozroyce (Mar 27, 2008 7:01 pm)
Try going to this site:
http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/implementation/air/mobilesource/vim/driveclean.html
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- #1497 of 2418
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Re: 2008 Honda Fit Sport Auto in Silver purchased at Bankston Honda [alamocity]
by lozroyce
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Mar 28, 2008 (8:08 am)
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Replying to: alamocity (Mar 27, 2008 8:52 pm)
i did go to it and have filled out the application. But was wanting to talk to someone that has gone through the process..I need to get a new car asap..
thanks,
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