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2418 messages, Last post on Nov 15, 2009 at 5:59 PM
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Replying to: dhectorg (Jan 31, 2009 7:01 am) Great reply! Just to clarify a bit how I do things, I use the emails to communicate to try and sort through who is ready to make deals and who is blowing smoke. I steer clear from useless form letter responses. After I have a few people that have good people skills, I let them know a little more about my situation and what my needs are. It is pretty easy for me to tell who is going to make a deal b/c after they send the first couple of polite responses that I should come in, I tell them that I know what I want, I am serious, and this is the price I can pay. At that point, it becomes easier for me to figure out who can make a deal. Sometimes I might speak to someone on the phone if they really want to talk but my position is clear and to the point. I think your way is the tried and true method but I guess it just does not fit my rather social personality. I agree that I WOULD NEVER WALK INTO A DEALERSHIP without my deal sealed first! That would be just NUTS!!!!!! But I suppose it would not hurt to go into a dealership if it was very close to your house and leave your name, number and your Out the Door price offer with them. JUST AS LONG AS YOU LEAVE RIGHT AWAY of course. The main thing is always staying in control of the transaction and the only way to do that is follow internet shopping advice. The other thing I do is give a TIME LIMIT to the finance guy. I tell them that I do not expect this to take more than ten or fifteen minutes...Letting them know you are serious about not being jerked around in the finance dept puts you back in the drivers seat. Say it like you mean it and let them that you have time constraints and that everything about your deal is straightforward. If you want extended warranty just go home, you can get cheaper from several places. Let them know before you go into finance I will not be purchasing a warranty today and this should not take very long. I do or do not need gap insurance and am not purchasing any other options....Any pressure in finance just get up and LEAVE! You must stay in control of the transaction at all times. You are the king, you are making the purchase. It is YOUR DEAL NOT THEIR DEAL and you will do it YOUR WAY.... Always be very polite and never get aggressive...you can get aggressive but it creates bad energy.... sue 
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Replying to: buycar09 (Jan 30, 2009 5:19 pm) Um, what do you mean by "ok?" The question is, was it ok for you? My car had 30 miles on it when I bought it, so it's not a big deal at all. First of all you want there to be some mileage on it to make sure the car was properly PDI'd. If the car was not taken on a proper inspection test drive and something goes wrong that could have been caught during the test, it's your word against the dealership's word if you discover an issue. Guess who's going to win that battle? (here's a hint, it's not you). Second if a car is sitting on the lot for a couple of months before it gets purchased I Imagine the dealership moves the car around a bit. Also, they put miles on it when they give you the courtesy gas fill up. The closest gas station to the dealership was about two miles away, so that was four miles on my car right there. It's really not difficult to rack up 35 miles on a new car before you buy it, especially if it was taken for a test drive or two. I'm really not quite sure the obsession some people have with getting a car with as close to 0 miles as they can. This is a weird thing to stress about. I can see if the car had like 600 miles on it being a little concerned, but to stress about 35 miles? Don't get it. The engine isn't made of glass, it's not going to break if a couple of people test drove it. Also it's a Honda, they can take it.
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Replying to: dgs4 (Feb 01, 2009 1:25 am) Several years ago, I had a guy test drive an Accord THREE times before deciding to buy. All three times, we used the same car and he was the only one who had driven it. Between Honda, our PDI ha\and his driving, I think it had something like 31 miles on it. We had about four others that were the same model and color and he went from car to car, peering through the windows. I couldn't figure out what he was doing until he yellout.." This is the one I want" It was buried three cars deep and I couldn't understand what he was talking about. Besides that, we had a language barrier and I could barely understand him. It turns out, he selected the car with the lowest number of miles. I think it had 12 miles on it. I let him know I wasn't about to move four cars to sell him that one when he was the person who put the bulk of the miles on the car he drove. I've also had people scour the lot looking for certain "lucky" numbers in a car's VIN number. Some things I guess I'll never understand... |
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Replying to: isellhondas (Feb 04, 2009 2:14 pm) Not a US, Canadian or Mexican. Go figure??
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Hi all. I am new to this lunacy that is car buying.... So I will probably be bugging you with some pretty simple questions. I hope you don't mind too much. First up. The term "Out the door". I am assuming that means the total out of pocket expense including everything but insurance. For instance it includes tax, tag title and any fees. Am I correct in assuming all that?
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Replying to: Dondoh (Feb 04, 2009 9:31 pm) |
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Replying to: Dondoh (Feb 04, 2009 9:31 pm) Since taxes and fee's differ from state to state, it best to post like this: 2009 Honda Fit Sport $1748.00 Selling Price includes the destination charge +$1200.00 Sales tax +$350 Plates and reg +$100.00 Dealer Doc fee/processing fee =$19130.00 OTD By listing the itemizing your selling price and fee a guy half a country away can compair his selling price to your. He may have lower or no sales tax but a $599.00 dealer doc fee. So the real number to focus on is the SELLING price.
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Replying to: mplshondadlr (Feb 04, 2009 2:22 pm) I agree that 35 miles is nothing on a new car, but how that first 35 miles is put on can make a difference. Why would Honda put a break-in period section in their owner's manuals if it didn't matter? If that improper break-in is what leads to a possible future engine failure, I am the one that has to pay for the repairs, the salespeople in here that say it doesn't matter will never see a dime of repair costs because they mainly drive demos. I am not saying all people that test drive cars abuse them, but the ones that do are the ones I worry about are that put those initial miles on the car!
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Replying to: lausy (Feb 06, 2009 4:10 am) I have never been able to tell the slightest difference between US built, Canadian built or Japan built Hondas. It is a placebo effect yet I have run into a couple of people who swear the Japan built cars are somehow better. They are all the same, totally. I can't speak for the ones built in Mexico because we don't get any of these. |
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