Edmunds dealer partner, Bayway Leasing, is now offering transparent lease deals via these forums. Click here to see the latest vehicles!
Popular New Cars
Popular Used Sedans
Popular Used SUVs
Popular Used Pickup Trucks
Popular Used Hatchbacks
Popular Used Minivans
Popular Used Coupes
Popular Used Wagons
Comments
What should I be looking for in a bottom line price for the TL SH-AWD & the TL SH-AWD w/ Tech??
ANY HELP YOU COULD GIVE WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL!!
Hope this helps.
Beside doc, license and tax , what other added $'s would they be adding and for what? Is this $1,000 for the dealership the same thing as a 'holdback'? :confuse:
Thanks for your insight on this!
i'm in milwaukee too. it sucks only when you have two dealer in the entire state and only one in milwaukee.
i never contacted them for a price quote because i'm waiting until the year end.
some one in this forum posted they had a quote from oakland acura,ca, for $37100 for sh-awd with tech. i tought of giving it a try. i emailed oakland acura for a price quote. this is what i got back
thank you once again for your vehicle request. Oakland Acura is committed to making this the best automobile purchase you have ever had. Here is the information you requested.
2009 Acura TL Technology SH-AWD
MSRP $42995
Discount Price $37867
if i sit at the table and start negotiating they might come down.
shop around in chicago area too.
p.s : this quote was two weaks old
33,700$ plus OTD plus whatever your particular state charges for title etc (in NH it's like 322$)
Dealer is the SunnysideAcura in NH - there is only one there. This is good for today and tomorrow since 2000$ rebate on TECH might expire on April.
There are so many nuisance taxes and each state has an employee who creates them. In NJ, there is now a 'tire tax' of $7.25 per car...I have NO idea why!
There are little 'packs' that dealers like to put on that usually have a huge profit built it.
In addition, at my dealer, I looked at a car in the showroom. On a stand next to it were the prices for dealer installed options.(Most of which can be found on the Acura website). However, the prices were ridiculous! The $153 splash guards were $299 'installed' and the $81 wheel locks were listed at $199. So know your prices of any options. Funny thing is when I first looked at that car, and saw the wheel lock package in the car, I said to myself 'these are McGards". I couldn't verify it then, but now that I have the car, the wheel lock registration is addressed to McGard. So, the $81 wheel locks would likely cost $25-$30 from McGard direct.
Another thing to notice is that dealer prep has not been discussed in this thread AFAIK.
Holdback is a dollar amount that manufacturers give to a dealer once a car is sold. They vary per car, and most dealers, unless you have a real 'insider' type deal will hold onto the holdback like an angry pitbull. (I once had a deal like that, a co-worker's husband was sales mgr.). So even tho' CU would like us to believe it is negotiable, it's not, in my experience overly common. I also have a slight bit of conscience and realize that the dealers need to make money too.
And...you are smart. Everything in writing is the way to go.
I just got the inal quote from the Milwaukee area Acura dealership for the TL SH-AWD with Tech of 37,871. I'm not too sure how this stacks up with other quotes anyone else is finding for that, but I am now looking for both the SH-AWD & Tech.
Anyone else have a quote that I can compaire that to??
Am I looking at this the right way??or do all dealers apply the $2k to the price of the car to get you to the invoice price of the car...meanwhile you think you got a good deal and they just made an additional $2000 off of you??? :confuse:
TL SH-AWD w/Tech and destination.
MSRP=$42,995
Invoice=$39,572
What the dealer does with the $2,000 dealer incentive is up to them.
For example, if they agree to invoice AND to give you the entire $2K dealer incentive, the price should be $37,572. Anything at that price is a great deal. Anything below that price is even better. Most dealerships won't let you get into their "holdback", though. They may "fudge" the numbers a little bit, here and there....undervalue a trade....add on "extras" like the wheel locks, rubber mats.......maybe overcharge for "doc fees", etc. to make some margin.
They may decide to keep part of the incentive (the incentive is for the dealer, not straight to the consumer). Or, you can ask them for all of it. They may decide they won't go to "invoice" and/or keep part of the incentive.
Hope that helps. Pricing in DFW was generally around 35,500 with some accessories. No body was willing to sell without accessories, I wanted some accessories but not necessarily all of them. McDavid also gave me $5,000 for my 1999 Lexus RX 300 with 138,000.
Good experience, I would recommend them to others. Looking forward to picking up car this afternoon.
I got it for 33,400 + TTL. It also included the wheel lock set and the mud guard. I bought it from Sierra of Alhambra. Hope this would help your own purchase.
I'm looking for Opening Day tickets, if you run across any....
Edmunds Price Checker
Edmunds Lease Calculator
Did you get a good deal? Be sure to come back and share!
Edmunds Moderator
kyfdx....you and me, both. I may have a line on some. But, they're only single seats. And, I won't know 'till day of.
If I come across some, I'll email you.
-D
Congrats!
The weather report is starting to put me off, though.. I thought 45 F high, with possible early morning snow showers was bad.. Now, they are saying 36F might be the high... and windy... :surprise:
Edmunds Price Checker
Edmunds Lease Calculator
Did you get a good deal? Be sure to come back and share!
Edmunds Moderator
Are there any other incentives out there? Dealer claims this is the bottom price.
i zeroed in on a 2006 Acura TL w/ Nav person vehicle certified pre-owned from a dealer (this is not a lease return) mileage : 15K. I have paid $22500 and OTD 24000 in NYC area, but with CT taxes. can you please tell me whether i made a good deal or not, if you know any other dealer with better than this price, please let me know.
thanks
Im from New Orleans. I posted about 2 weeks ago about my problem getting a reasonable price on the 09 TL FWD w/tech package. (See earlier post below) Anyway, earlier this week I ended up flying out to Louisville, KY (Accura at Oxmoor) and picked up the car for $33,800 plus tax title license. It came with full tank of gas. Even after paying $150 for airline ticket, $58 hotel one night, $35 food, and $15 extra gas, I saved between about $4000 and $1000 over best deals in Louisiana offered in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport.
Got 28mpg on drive home and was an easy 10 hour drive in this great car. According to Consumer Report, I paid way under INVOICE price. $36316 invoice (include destination) less $2000 dealer insentive, less $516 of the factory "holdback" = $33800. The dealer would have made $600 which is the remaining part of the "holdback" which they kept. The dealership is very nice and located about 10 miles from Louisville airport. The dealer salesman picked me up at the airport and had all of the paperwork already done with faxes and overnight fedex's before the sale ( they dealt with my credit union in New Orleans). OHHH and my credit union matched the 3.9% 5yr fiancing offered by Acura. (If you have a credit union they will match a dealer finance offer if you show them the advertisement so they can investigate the rate to match it.)
For anyone that wants the name of the salesman, drop me a line and i will share it. [email protected] i guess that is allowed. I am not sure how prices will change now that the insentive/and or holdback has expired.....but I do believe that Louisville will always have a price hard to beat. DEFINITELY BETTER THAN YOU CAN GET AT THE NEW ORLEANS ACURA DEALERSHIP.....They were ridiculously high!!! Good luck!
My in-laws neighbor did a similar thing when the MDX first came out. You got a great deal! :shades:
NOW, tell me how much do you love this car?
Btw can any one of you please reply to my post if u can.
Thanks
MSRP - 39455
Price negotiated - 33800 (inludes Dest Charge)
TTL - Extra.
Dealer is giving Splash Guards and Locks. Is this a good price?? can we get better deals.