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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 2413
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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 2413
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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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- #1495 of 2413
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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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- #1496 of 2413
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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 2413
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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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- #1498 of 2413
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...Just got my New FIT in NJ....
by svofan2
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Apr 03, 2008 (10:55 am)
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I just purchased my 08 Fit Sport (Milano Red)....what a pleasant expirience it was....I am in NJ....the price I got from DCH Paramus Honda was unbeatable...other said it could be done but DCH did...
Honda Fit Sport 5AT sticker was $16,705 (including dest of $635). This is the price of the car alone...I got it for $16,000.00...(including $635 destination). Nobody around could or would do that number.
Then I got taxes (in NJ 7%) plus in NJ you pay $1.50 x 4 for tire disposal..I know the car is new but that is how the state makes more money....dealer doc fee was $199.00 (reasonable considering others want up to $400) and then registration for $ years $232.00 ( another NJ trick to get their hands on more money quickly).
I am getting Honda's mats and cargo cover over the internet for almost 50% off the dealer's price.
All in all I am satified with the selling process,which was done over emails..
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- #1499 of 2413
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Re: ...Just got my New FIT in NJ.... [svofan2]
by scotty99
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Apr 06, 2008 (5:06 am)
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Replying to: svofan2 (Apr 03, 2008 10:55 am)
I did a bit better than that. Black on black 5AT Sport for $15,623, including destination. The full order:
Price (incl. dest): $15,623
Tax: $1093
Tire fee: $7.50
Registration: $234
Doc: $289
Total: $17,247
Planet Honda in Union, NJ. If you're going to shop there, PM me, I'll share the referral cash with you.
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- #1500 of 2413
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Re: ...Just got my New FIT in NJ.... [scotty99]
by svofan2
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Apr 06, 2008 (5:29 am)
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Replying to: scotty99 (Apr 06, 2008 5:06 am)
Thanks for the offer but I just got mine (red) Thrsday....and you DID much better than I...(don't be shy about it...lol) mine was $16000 including destination of $635...and yours was $15623...that is over $300 less...congrats you did great....Honda dealers have the habit of quoting prices without including the dest fee ($635)..and I found that invoice price on the Sport (including dest fee) is $15448..when I was quoted at all 3 Bergen county delaers they quoted a price without the dest fee which one has to add to that figure..all the cars that I previously bought through the years (Fords, Toyotas etc) the price and the negotiations as well, always included the dest fee...(after all that is how the MSRP sticker reads with a total at the end and the price that one negotiates on),so you actually got the car for about $175 above their invoice (full price including dest)...and I actually paid about $475 above invoice.(also including dest)...you did really well....here in Bergen county none of the 2 other dealers would come even close to my figures at DCH HOnda in Paramus and to be honest I did not feel like traveling out of the county,so all in all I did fairly well and lets not forget that the FIT is still a hot selling car and only a few dealers have decent selections and quatities...and you did VERY well!!!.
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- #1501 of 2413
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Re: ...Just got my New FIT in NJ.... [svofan2]
by vbnsman
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Apr 06, 2008 (1:23 pm)
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Replying to: svofan2 (Apr 06, 2008 5:29 am)
I paid $17240 OTD on a 5AT Sport in SW Hou TX. About $40 more for the vehicle than svofan2. But I did get Lifetime oil changes as long as I own the car. 
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