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If anyone else from Washington has bought a Fit, or is waiting on an order, I'd appreciate knowing how your buying experience has been.
For those of you who are Honda sales reps, I'd like to know how Honda decides when to build particular models and exterior/interior colors. Also, what factors are involved in Honda deciding whether a dealer's order is to be filled, and if an order is to be filled, what determines when a particular dealer will be provided a build date? Thanks.
The dealer is provided a build date after their allocation has been sent back and received by Honda, the overall timeframe from allocation to Honda's acceptance to setting a build date is about 10-14 days. Honda will sometines accept a certain car on your alloocation and not provide a build date for a couple of weeks....the IF there aren't enough of that particular color/vehicle being ordered for that allocation, they can and will cancell or defer the vehicle. Honda builds their cars in groups...silvers in one group, reds in another, blacks in another etc.
We had a Taffeta White Civic Sedan, manual Navi on order for two allocations (4months) before Honda filled that order. Allocatiuons are for 60 days hence, so that customer waited for almost 6 months for their car.
07 fit sport manual
price for the car = 15720.00 (includes the $550 destination fee)
tax = 6.25% + .2% (the same % all across the state of Texas)
title/license= about $185
The only accessory i'm truly interested in is the ipod link and that should add another 200 to the price for the car.
Anyone in the D/FW area get better quotes?
All the dealer-bought Fits are coming in Black, and all the non-Black ones are pre-sold.
He's likely going to get a Matrix instead.
I signed an agreement that will be void if the Fit model that I requested cannot be delivered within 180 days from the date that the agreement was signed. One concern I had was whether I might not receive a Fit within 6 months, and from what you have explained that could happen.
Also, I've read that the number of units of the Fit sold in April was 3,792 and the number sold in May was 5,248. Is it 40,000 units of the 2007 models of the Fit and Fit Sport that Honda is manufacturing for sale?
Honda West they wanted $19,300 and I was paying cash! I left and received
several phone calls that got it down to $18,300, what a rip off. I
logged into Autobytel and hooked up with the internet manager (at three
local dealers) and got a firm quote online and walked into Honda West and
dealt with the internet guy. No haggling, no 4 squares...lesson learned, use
the Internet to shop. This forum really helped me get my price.
$15,200.00
$616.25 (dealer fees: fee $399, vehicle theft registration $189, Nevada
Title $28.25)
$1,225.75 Nevada Sales Tax
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$17,042.00 out the Door Price (base model)
P.S. Base model CD doesn't play mp3's what a rip off, I didn't know they still made CD players that didn't play mp3's...its available on the sport, but not the base....go figure
Thanks for all the help!
Steve
Full MSRP - 16,520
Dealer Add-On's:
Interior and Exterior Warranty
Pin Stripe
All Weather Mats
Locking Nuts for the Wheels
Cargo Mat
Total $1500
First negotiation....dropped $500 of the "Dealer Add On's"
2nd negotiation....dropped the add on's down to $599.
Upon completion of the deal, they informed him, just then, that the Interior and Exterior warranty was not part of the $599 deal.
Also the finance rate creeped from 6.5% to 6.9%....his credit score is 780.
So $600 gets up rubber mats, wheel locks, pinstrip and a cargo mat....and nearly a half a point increase in his APR.
Hagerstown Honda....70 miles north of Washington DC.
We took her car to CarMax, to see what the low-end number would be, if her Fit comes in before we can sell it ourselves. She's pushing 74k miles, so they offered $7500 for it (right in KBB's range). Not awful, but we should be able to sell it for more.
Here's to getting back in line! :shades:
My dealer called yesterday to tell me my Storm Silver Sport w/ AT has arrived in CA and will be arriving in town by the end of the week (AZ). I've been waiting (semi-patiently) since 24 Apr - I just sold my truck so there's an empty space in the garage all ready!! :shades:
Very glad to be rid of the Ford.
Bubba
Expedition? You could "fit" 2 or 3 new Fit's in there now!
I picked up my Fit Sport AT also in vivid blue (I love the colour)yesterday. Can't stop driving it...absolutely love it! Was driving home from work today and looked in my rear view window and had to do a double take as I saw another Fit in the same blue.
These cars are going to be everywhere!
I'm paying MSRP, $16520, plus $500 for window tint, rear bumper applique, cargo tray, wheel locks, and all season floor mats. I'd like to negotiate with them but hey, we all know that's not possible at this point. :sick:
I should pick it up any day now!
mind my asking who your dealer is? I couldn't get Pearson to cooperate on the base without a ton of add-ons, so wound up going to Mechanicsville tho' it was 40 miles outta my way. They were wonderful to deal with.
chris
Hope that helps!
2 years ago I got 4.1% from a local bank.
I spent so much time at the dealership between January 20th and when I picked up my car on April 30th, they kinda have a soft spot (or is that a bruise?) for me.
I'm glad you were able to work with the Mechanicsville dealership. Even though we have a "shoe in" at Pearson, we're looking for a backup dealership, just in case something weird comes up with them.
chris
- sent out tons of quote requests through internet to all Honda dealerships in Los Angeles area
- got a lot of replies, some of them were crap, most of them selling at $1000 higher then sticker price.... about 4 or 5 selling at sticker price
- so i know the bottomline was buying at sticker price. I sent email to these 4 or 5 dealerships if they had any car on hand
- got one reply that they would have one middle of this week, so I planned to get there last Sat to put the deposit for the car... but then I got his call that the car was already pre-sold.. I was so disappointed at that moment...
- I turned to another dealership for which I needed to put $500 in order to be on their waiting list. I went there last Sat to pay for that $500, and the guy told me I may need to wait for more than a month (!!)
- Got another call from the original dealer at Sat night, saying that the "pre-buyer" provided fraud information so they couldn't process the paperwork... he asked me if I still want the car, of course I said YES!!
- Finished most of the paperwork in that dealership last Sun, and he told me I will get the car either Wed or Thur this week. I called the other guy I would get the car from another dealer so he could remove my name from the waiting list.
- Waited for 3 days, no any news. Yesterday got a call from the dealership with my name removed from their waiting list that he had the car now and asked me if I want to get it right the way (!!), he even offered me free wheel locks. So I called the other dealer asking was my car arrived or not, and told them I got a call from another dealership with free wheel lock offering... got his reply in 10 mins that my car was there already and I'd also got free wheel lock from them ^-^
- so I went there last nite, had test drive, signed the rest paperwork, and drove back my new FIT!!! I love it!!
But one thing I wanna ask is, my interest rate from that Honda Financing is 6.29% with credit score 780. Is the interest rate too high? Can I refinance my car loan?
Hondas rates like all rates are climbing. That being said, yes you can re-fi...there is no penalty for an early payoff.
Then, back to reality. My salesman called back to tell me the spoiler had been damaged in transit and would require replacement - now I'm waiting 'til Tuesday! :mad: At best!! :mad: :mad: :mad:
I'd say I'm having a "Fit" but I'm really not!! Did I mention that patience has never been my strong suit?!!
The saga continues...
Mechanicsville has been very gracious with the info, and simply says you'd have to wait for it to come in (only because the supply chain is out of their control).
We have the deposit for our second Vivid Blue Sport over at Pearson, due to arrive around mid to end of this month. We may, however, go lock in an order with Mechanicsville, just in case Pearson decides to start jerking us around, once the car actually comes in.
Mechanicsville told me they had the next 6 to 8 sold, when I bought mine week of June 16. West Broad, Colonial and Pohanka all came calling that same week trying to sell the 2 or 3 cars they had come in that week as well, the ones they wouldn't pre-sell. Nonsense.
Buuuuuut ... now, the other half has decided she would REALLY prefer to get the Base instead of the Sport, and would REALLY prefer to get the Lunar Mist, instead of Vivid Blue. So, thanks to your info about Mechanicsville Honda, we've been conversing via email with them about placing an order. They're getting ready to drop July's order in the system, for an August build and September delivery. Since the Civic is running fine and dandy (she just wants a new car), we're going to cancel with Pearson, and get her exactly what she wants, through Mechanicsville.
The way Pearson jerked you around, I'd rather not toss them another bucket of money.
They're getting ready to place July's order, and are willing to include our choice of car in their list. The thing is, there's a dealership in town here that is willing to do the same thing (see previous post), so we're going to go with them.
My recomendation is to search the dealers that are not located in the cities if you need one...since it is more likely that they will not charge over MSRP. I'm loving it so far! Had to drive almost 200 miles back home last night . Good luck everyone!
And another thing on the interest rate. I was already approved with Capital One Blank Check but Honda actually came back with a better interest rate...comparison shopping is great! I told them if they could beat my rate I would go with them...and they did.
Interest rates are much higher now than 6 months or even a year ago...thanks to the Federal Reserve raising rates...but what are you going to do. I was able to get 7.19...not great but better than Capital One.
A million thanks to getnfittywidit, as Mechanicsville Honda took our deposit and wrote up the sales contract... but that was the last pre-order they're going to take on the Fit. It was only because I casually said I was referred to them by Ms. Fitty, that they agreed to take one last order. They stuck by their word, too - MSRP, and no freaky add-ons. We ordered the Base Lunar Mist A/T, and will probably get it in late November. :shades:
You wouldn't know that the same person who owns Mechanicsville Honda owns West Broad Honda, based upon the demeanor of the salesmen. We stopped by West Broad, so I could show my other half what a Base with a beige interior looked like in person (they have a red one on the lot), and was browbeaten by a salesman who kept pushing us to sign on the line right now for their red one. :mad:
Is everyone not negotiating with these dealers?