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Replying to: cpryan (Dec 23, 2008 4:35 pm) Most Honda buyers are happy with invoice b/c they know they are getting a car with great resale value. To walk into a Honda dealership and tell them 10000 cash is a deal is just funny. While cash is king, I hardly call 10000 cash when talking about a Honda...that's more like loose change. Using cash helps a lot and I used cash and actually got the 09 FIT SPORT AT for 1500 off....this is where cash helps...you can help them meet their sales objectives etc...Still this was an unexpected deal and happened when I was looking at a pre owned FIT.... I am not sure why so many of us feel inspired to post a response to what seems like such an outlandish post... Even with the Big 3, try making your offer for the Pontiac Vibe for 10000 and they probably might not take it either, depending on how the car is equipped but just for fun, maybe you should try that next... good luck to you.....you might want to use a low interest credit card to pay for the remainder of the HONDA FIT and get some points while you are at it! 
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Replying to: fullframe (Dec 23, 2008 7:11 pm) Listen, I do not want to be mean as I am sure you are very hard working and you just want to get your car and CA can be very expensive to try to live but it seems like you are operating on a layaway plan! Seriously though, before you walk into a dealership, you should know how much you are approved for...HONDA has online applications and approval...I do not know what went wrong but with all the horror stories about financing, it would be so good to be able to avoid it by either having cash our signing up with a credit union to loan you the money. Maybe you can put a stop payment on the check that has not been cashed yet? It just sounds like you have no car buying experience and they know it and they are taking advantage of you b/c they see some sort of opportunity.... This is a mess! Good luck and try to get someone to represent you like someone who has a lot of experience buying cars and let that person talk to the dealership. You need to know your credit rating and how much you are approved for b/c if you are a high risk customer, then it could be they want more cash from you but of course they should have not changed the deal midstream! 
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Replying to: absconfused (Dec 24, 2008 9:34 am) I thought the deal is done and signed, but this shit pisses me off that I have to come up with another grand. I'll give that dealer bad survey for sure, unless I'm compensated somehow.
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Replying to: absconfused (Dec 24, 2008 9:28 am)  If. a couple of months ago, I had read someone's post where they were trying to buy a new Fit for 4000.00 less than the dealer paid, I would have thought it was a typo or someone trying to be funny. Not anymore. In the past few weeks, we have had people make offers on cars that were beyond ridiculous. Then they try to tell us how we should be grateful, given the economy to accept their offers? And they are SERIOUS! Last week I got an email on a used Infiniti G35 that was priced at (I think) 26,000. This guy thought we should take 5000.00 for it! The sky isn't falling folks, this is temporary! Merry Christmas to all of you!
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Replying to: fullframe (Dec 24, 2008 10:17 am) the interest rate? dealer addons that you do not want? etc, ect... I do not know why a dealership would agree to give you compensation when they are trying to get more down payment from you and they are not stupid people so I cannot imagine this was an oversight by the initial finance person....the people who do the finance are pretty sharp usually.... well...best of luck to you but see what you can learn from this...don't think once you get this car you are out of the market for a long time...my 07 HONDA FIT SPORT was totaled and that is why I just got the 09 and a friend of mine got her car totaled about a year after buying it so you never know when you need to use your car buying lessons so try to read up on things and be more prepared next time ok? take care! |
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Replying to: isellhondas (Dec 25, 2008 10:10 am) People are really dumb! If they do not know the difference between GM and Honda then they need to climb out of the cave they are hiding in. I do not want to be mean to GM or any other car companies but there is a reason why these people are in trouble...probably more than one reason! Anyway Honda might need to sell at lower margins for a little while but things will rebound and Honda will be fine... I would be so mad if I worked at a Honda dealership and people treated me that way, telling me I should be glad for the completely insane offer! But, then again, at that point, you know who you are dealing with and I guess it is best to not even waste your oxygen and just say "thank you but I need to decline your offer, I wish you the best and have a happy new year" As Honda owners, none of us should want the prices to drop too low b/c ultimately cars that sell thousands below invoice are cars that never retain their value and have no resale value. You might say who cares about resale but you care when you get ready to sell your car b/c you have your heart set on an updated/new/different car...you care...so stop trying to kill the Honda dealers b/c if the masses did revolt and were successful, what would be accomplished? A short term win and the decimation of a car company. This would not happen in reality but I am just saying folks, you need to be reasonable and it is fine to ask for some profit sharing when making your deal if you are subtle and assertive but come on, that person who offered 10000 was not based in any sort of reality and needs and education and that goes for anyone else thinking that thousands off will yield a success. And with the Honda FIT and Civic being ranked #W1 and #1 on the Best Affordable Small Cars list on US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, Honda has no reason to cave in..... I think if you have no money, and you are negotiating for a car that has a crummy reliability rating then go for the jugular and negotiate many thousands off the MSRP or invoice b/c that's all that car is probably worth and if that's all the money you have, then that needs to be your plan but Honda will have no part of that on an entry level subcompact which is in big demand. Happy Holidays and i know i am preaching to the choir.
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Replying to: absconfused (Dec 25, 2008 1:48 pm)
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Replying to: psychoticgas (Dec 22, 2008 10:07 am) Thanks! |
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Replying to: isellhondas (Dec 25, 2008 1:55 pm) |
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I live in Washington metro area. First made research, narrowed my search to two models: Toyota Yarris and Honda Fit. Then came to a local dealership, test-drove the vehicle. They asked the OTD (Out of The Door price, i.e. money you pay for driving vehicle home) $17,389.00. After half an hour dropped to $17,000. Came to another dealership, test-drove Toyota Yarris. Then came home, made a research. Decided to get Honda Fit. Took the list of dealerships from cars.com and started to send emails with a request of the OTD quote for Honda Fit, basic A/T. Stressed that the quote should include absolutely no extras, packages, options. Got several quotes. Got the lowest quote and sent the citation of that e-mail to another dealers with a suggestion to beat that quote. After 5-6 e-mails got the OTD quote $16,486. Went to that dealership. Was greeted by a lethargic lady in her up 20s with whom I had e-mail correspondence. Tried to lower the price. She did not want to bargain. Walked away. New round of e-mail requests for a quote. Got a quote from Sheehy dealership for OTD $17,463.39. Sent him a copy of my e-mail from the previous dealership that gave a quote $16,486. 8 minutes 23 seconds later received from Sheehy a note "My manager says he can do the deal that you received from ...", i.e. one grand less that he quoted nine minutes before. Got another similar quote from Pohanka. Answered him that way: Your Fit doesn't fit -- a little bit -- my budget need. Good rhyme, doesn't it? To be honest, I understand these verses are lousy. But upon receiving this note, the dealer shaved 100 bucks off. I think per word Harry Potter yearns less. On Saturday morning went to that dealerships. Inspired by post #1934, my wife offered 15,500 OTD. This did not go. The dealer shook his head. After 2 minutes we walked away from the dealership. My wife went to her car to wait. I went back. This time the dealer started from 16,900. Took about one hour. He lowered his quote to 16,450. Eventually, I told him if he could not honor his e-mail quote, I could not make a deal. That was true. Said "good buy". On my way out of the dealership went to the bathroom. When I was leaving the bathroom, the dealer stood near the door. He told me "you won". He meant his quote in the e-mail. We made a deal. Here is the price for Honda Fit A/T, basic, no extras: Invoice...............................14,812 (Got this number from papers the dealer showed to me) MSRP..................................15,350 (From the sticker on the car) Base price on vehicle my buyers order 15,716.12 (Including destination charges $670) Dealer processing fee:...................100.00 VA sale tax 3.0% of 15816.12.............474.48 VA tags and registration:.................94.50 ----------------------------------------------- Total paid by cash:...................16,389.10 Drove the car home. End of the story.
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