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Replying to: aelanna (Apr 14, 2007 5:16 pm) Locally, the cars are being jacked up to $18,000 to $19,000 just because of the demand, so I started looking outside the area. I logged onto cars.com and did a search for dealerships within 100 miles, and sent off a request for quotes to three of them. One sent me a quote for $18,000+, one said he didn't have any, and the other, from an area with a depressed economy, offered to sell to me for MSRP, PLUS drive the car the three hours to my house and deliver to my door for free! But, he doesn't have the car I want, either. I still haven't located a Fit Sport with MT to test drive, and I don't want to buy until I try. Wish me luck.
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Replying to: aelanna (Apr 14, 2007 5:19 pm) Most all the test cars are automatics and most dealers won’t let you test drive vehicles they have in stock. I certainly wouldn’t want anyone driving my MT. My Fit had 2 miles on it when I picked it up. I called 19 dealers within 100 miles of my home and finally found one dealer with the color and MT I wanted. Went right to the dealer and purchased it. They had just received six Fits with only one MT with the color I wanted. I paid a total of $14,445 MSRP including destination fee. The salesman said all would be sold within the week. I was so happy to get the Fit I so diligently looking for I would have paid more if the dealer said there was an additional cost of X$ in dealer fees. Fortunately everything worked and I got the car for $14,445 plus TL. My wife (her car) and I test-drove all the cars you mentioned and always gravitated to the Fit. Believe me, you chose wisely. I have a 2006 Pilot and it’s been in the garage since we purchased the Fit. The MT is pure fun.
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Replying to: racerski (Apr 15, 2007 5:03 am)
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Replying to: aelanna (Apr 15, 2007 5:33 am) Mine is an AT, and I'm averaging 33mpg overall, with 3500 miles on the car so far. I've only had it for a couple months, but I love it. Fortunately I live in an area (Detroit) where it doesn't seem to be quite as difficult to find one - then again, I haven't tried looking for a MT. Good luck with your search!
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Replying to: aelanna (Apr 14, 2007 5:16 pm)
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Replying to: bobw3 (Apr 15, 2007 7:29 am) If I can get close to the 31/38 I get now (according to Honda.com, the Fit gets in that range), plus get safety features and nifty accessories at a reasonable price, I'm there! At this point I'm just waiting for an MT to test drive, and a few paychecks for the down payment.
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Replying to: aelanna (Apr 16, 2007 4:41 pm) If I can get close to the 31/38 I get now (according to Honda.com, the Fit gets in that range), plus get safety features and nifty accessories at a reasonable price, I'm there! At this point I'm just waiting for an MT to test drive, and a few paychecks for the down payment. You could probably get pretty good bucks to sell your car privately. Look through autotrader.com and see what you find there. You want the exact car that I have. I absolutely love it. If someone close to you has an MT available for 19,000, you could always take it for a test drive and say no thanks to anything over MSRP. I know the honda dealer guy might think that is wasting the mans time, but, it is wasting the consumers time to seriously consider 19,000. |
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Replying to: nthomas (Apr 15, 2007 7:22 am) What to do in this situation? Do I have anything to bargain with in this case to get the price down lower?
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You are the consumer, never settle for less than what you want and never for more than you want to pay. They have to make YOU happy if they want your business. Every dealer will try to sell you whatever he's got on the lot if he doesn't have what you want, just to make the sale and not lose it to someone else. I finally found an MT to test drive while on a business trip to Richmond. It was an orange one, which I told the guy up front I had no intention of buying, I drove it, loved it, and the guy tried to sell it to me anyway. Well, for the $20,000 he wanted I wouldn't have bought it if it WAS the car I wanted! My best price came in from Nelson Honda in Martinsville, of $15,765 plus free delivery to my door. When I have the money, I'll be calling them and see if I can shave a few bucks more off.  There's no reason to pay thousands more than MSRP for any car, it's just extra money the dealer adds on for no reason, I've seen it listed on one sticker as 'Regional Adjustment'. Uh huh.
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