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50.00 Documentary Fee
11.50 Road & Bridge Fee
21.75 2 Yr. Inspection
93.80 Plates and Title Fee
72.56 Inventory Tax
i emailed your quote to my buddy who lives on long island. he has a quote of 30,500 for the exact car at nanuet honda. he called nardy and was told they could match the nanuet offer but wouldn't go any lower. he told the woman he'd sign tomorrow if she gave him a better offer but she told him no. any advice?
You are most welcome. All this proves is that it can be very easy to work a good deal. My son-in-law was headed to that dealer in Leesburg when I was emailed Hersons' offer. He drove an extra few miles but saved $1,400.
No, Honda did not offer us any subsidized financing. The financing Honda offered was similar to bank rate financing (a bit under 6% APR).
Yes, the destination fee was factored in to my price. The dealer I purchased from was Clair Honda, West Roxbury, Mass. I should also note that Honda Cars of Boston also provided a very competitive quote, though they didn't have the car in my preferred color (while Clair did).
Is this a good deal ? How easy is it to negotiate the processing fee ?
You can own your new 2006 Honda Pilot LX 2WD for:
$22748.00 Internet Price
$ 550.00 Destination
$ 498.00 Processing Fee
$ 1665.80 Sales Tax at 7%
$ 19.00 Title
$ 3.00 GA MVWR
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$25483.80 Total Drive Out Price
I've already requested some internet quotes that of course are coming in much higher than what you paid.
What was your out-the-door price?
What is the $1,000 incentive that everyone keeps mentioning? Is there also a kickback they are receiving?
What amount under invoice should I try to pay (obviously the most possible!) or should I begin negotiations with?
When I got my Accord in 2001, I paid about $500 under invoice and thought that was good, but it seems like today that might not be good enough. I guess I really need to watch out for all the dealer charges too, correct?
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
it was shadyside honda where i bought the car
the monroeville dealer offered the same price
yenko didn't seem to want to talk to me once they realized i was shopping around
there was no rebates
RS
Thank you to Edmunds and all the posters on this site who have given advice and their buying/gas mileage/maintenance experiences.
It's unbelievable!
Yes I was surprised too...on their website they had the price as $28545, I was thinking that it would not include the $550 destination charge....but it did. When I asked them what fees they add to that, they only had the $166 title/registration, so total was $28711. We paid no sales tax, live in NH. They have a lot of Pilots on the lot. So did a dealer in Rutland VT we visited the other day. I got the usual sales pitch for $500 fabric protection, paint sealant, etc etc but declined.
Just wanted to know what has been the best prices received for a 2006 Honda Pilot 2WD EX-L, no NAV or DVD, in northern California (Bay Area). One internet site quoted $27952 (including Destination fee), is this good? I think the best I've seen on this forum is $27302, but that was in NH.
Thank you!
Also - what should I expect/negotiate to pay for sidesteps, a cargo mat and darker front window tinting?
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
The Dublin Honda Internet Department quoted for me my choice,the silver color 2WD EX in fabric $25000 on Friday 04/21/06. OTD $27346.96 today Saturday 04/22/06.
Here's what I think my breakdown is coz I'm just tired of walkin to the car right now to get my paperwork.
25000 destination included
2063 8.25% CA tax
226 Accdg to DMV website
45 Doc Fee
~13 For tire fee and some other thing I think
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comes out to around my OTD 27346.96
I feel that I got something more than fair w/out all the hassles others are trying to do.Came in late for my 10am appointment at 10:15 and left 11:55am.Yes checked the unit,test drove,credit app,read paperwork,sign and payment,full presentation of features and whatever I had on my buying checklist when I went there. No haggle,no fuss. 10 out of 10 for Dublin Honda Internet Department. Even though Finance Manager got me a better financing rate, I'll give her 9.75 because of the unwanted offers for honda care...she says house cost for 8yr/120K/0deduc is 1590 and is about as low as any honda authorized dealer can go...Hmmm coz in ext warranty section they say I can get this for 1230-1330 elsewhere on some eastcoast honda dealerships.
But anyways...big thanks to Dublin Honda Internet Department
Have prices magically gone up this week or do I need to bargain harder ?
Thanks!
I really liked the customer service.
Here is your "Out the door" price:
Msrp $ 33,395.00
Internet Price $ 29,340.00
Sales tax 6% $ 1760.40
State fees $ 8.89
Dealer fees $ 344.50
Tag transfer $ 85.00
Total price $ 31,538.79 "out the door".
If the 2wd ex fabric isnt the model you're asking quotes for then that might be the reason. the leathers are in demand, or the dealeship hasn't met their quotas to avail of the $1000dealer incentive, or could be lots of reasons. my situation is: located in bay area, 2wd ex fabric in either silver, sagebrush, or desert rock, no add ons desired.
But here's what I did if you're still not getting the $25K flat for the 2wd ex fabric.
I went to honda website and did the "Locate a dealer" on the tabs on the far right near the bottom. Put in my zipcode. And honda website gave me the list of dealers w/in 50 miles of me even though i was willing to go out as far as 75mi for a good deal.
Then here's the hard part. On each of the dealers located near you there is a "Request a Quote" symbol you click to request a quote for that dealership. Choose the Pilot 2wd ex and choose the color. Then put in all your contact info, and additional info.and submit.
Well by doing this,i spent my whole friday morning, using cut copy paste to put in all my contact info and my somewhat short "requests" in the additional info box. I did the "Request a Quote" on all 30+ dealerships around me. And they all rang my answering machine even when i had requested on the additional info box to not call me.Of course half didnt give me quotes but rather invited me to the dealership or call them w/c i did not. And to add,i didnt dupe the best offering by having another dealer beat the price. In fact Stockton Honda Internet manager offered 24995 a little to late, Dublin Honda had replied promptly and precisely as i had asked with an offer i couldnt pass up so i called them up made an appointment. No dealer bidding wars on price for me, the best price or in my case, what i expected to be best offer, thats who i contacted. No haggling on my part, anyways it'll be bad karma for you get the best quote from far away and ask local dealer to match or beat it, just for your convenience. DO THIS AND IT'LL CATCH UP TO YOU. But anyways, stockton emailed their offer after i had already made an appt with Dublin Honda. Sure it was less by 5 bucks and the distance was lesser as compared to Dublin but Dublin gave me a good offer, exactly contacted me as i had requested with no annoying calls or empty quotes with invites, so i stuck with the appt with them the following morning.
Here's my letter that i put in the "additional info box" if you want to reword it, I thought it was clear not to call and specifics of what i wanted so they could give the exact quote(but still u have some dealerships tryin to reel you in to have you call them or go to dealership so that they'll just waste your time with outrageous prices or bait-switch units you never intended on considering):
"Purchase within 5 days,tomorrow if preferred color and price offered today is right. I am only interested in 2006 2WD EX Fabric in silver exterior but will consider 2 other colors, desert rock and sage brush. Will not be able to answer phone calls so please use email preferably with contact info, including your offer, the exterior color of vehicle being offered and an OTD price for vehicle without additional options. Emails without price quotes will be disregarded. Thank you for your time and any assistance you may provide."
My location for tax rate purposes and dmv fees was put in the other boxes so nobody say i gave incomplete info.Any other info dealerships needed, they'll get after giving me a quote that I'll use for purchase with them. the additional request i made was specific as to what i wanted. I was specific as to what to include and how i should be contacted. But there were still many annoying calls and emails. I know when the emails are auto-generated and when someone writes them up, there were still alot of manually made emails...i hated these.
Honorable mentions for quotes on 2wd ex fabric: Stockton honda internet sales manager 24995, Lodi honda internet sales manager 25300, San leandro honda intermanager 25335 , Avery Greene Motors internet manager(Honda in vallejo) 25535, winter honda internet sales manager(pittsburg was closest to me 5 miles but i didnt cheat dublin for the quote they gave me by having winter beat or match it)25700something.
And of course the offer i took up because they were so quick to respond Dublin Honda internet sales manager 25000. No haggling,no fuss guys. Will buy from them again when i need a honda, as long as they still give a competitive quote like the one for our pilot.
Go thru honda website so that the internet managers give you their quotes and when you take up their offer they usually state in the emailed quotes you bring to them, that you go to internet sales office or specifically to them and bypass the many haggling sales people elsewhere.
Incentives thru may 1 for my location bay area are: manufacturer to dealer $1000 if the dealership meets the criteria(i thinks its the # of units they have to sell in the month of april, like what they had for march incentive) and then there's the American Honda Financial Corp financing promo of 3.9% for 3yrs,5.9% for 5-6yrs and whatever for the 4yr and whatelse that i forgot. The 2 cant be used together here in the bayarea but what happened to me was my quote surely did reflect of the $1000 incentive and then AHFC(honda financial) beat my eloan by willing to give me 6.5%.
also, the financing promo only applies to those who qualify(credit score, employment, residence history and whatever else they use to see if you qualify) I asked this specifically, because with good credit scores in the 3 major bureaus, eloan only gave us a rate just a tad higher than AHFC with a decent maximum loan amount while honda financial offered better rate and willing to loan much higher amount.
Sori for long post guys.
Good luck bennfine.
I was told by the salesman (and read online) that the $1,000 dealer incentive could not be used in conjuction with the Honda Finance special offer. We did do the Honda Finance offer of 4.9% for 48 months.
Overall I think we got a good deal - especially if they don't get the $1,000 dealer incentive.
I live in Virginia, where it doesn't snow much, so can't really convince myself to go for 4WD. My only concern is that 4-5 years down the road, would 2WD have the same resale value as 4WD?
Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.