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We have owned two Odysseys over the past six years. Loved both, but kids are now grown up (1 teenager and 1 preteen) and wife wanted something a little more sporty and a little less "minivan" but could still cart kids and their friends around.
You may feel the same someday.
Was disappointed that 3yr old Ody did not hold more of its residual value. Our residual is something like $17.5K, dealer was only going to offer us $14 for a car they could likely flip for $18-20. I was not going to let then pocket an easy $4-6K. Decided better go give the leased car back in July and let Honda eat the residual.
I have been coming to this board for about a month now and have not seen anything close to this. The car has 45 miles on it. I keep thinking that there has to be something wrong. We went to this dealer in Gainesville Fl last month and for the exl-res the best they would do was $32700.Sticker was $34335. I believe on this car sticker is $32400 ? or something close to it.What do you people think?
Bought the car in Gainesville.
This board saved me thousands !!
Many thanks!
Do you mean your pilot is EX w/o leather, w/o navi, w/o entertainment? Many thanks!
By the way RES is rear entertainment system (ie DVD).
When the salesmen emailed us that the price was $26005. out the door and that we only to pay for tags I thought he had made a huge mistake .NOT!
I'm still scratching my head !!
BTW, do you finance it or buy it?
Many thanks!
Make sure you go through the Honda.com web site. My wife was asked there what was our zip code. The honda site then contacted the dealer , who then contacted us. This was the reasoning given to us as to why the price was so good.
Good luck !!
I got all of my quotes through the Honda website (about 25 different dealerships), but even the guy quoting $1200 under invoice turned out to be giving me bad information.
I found this board on march 6 and have been checking it everyday . This place is the only reason I had any idea what the car cost and the deals that were out there.
I hope others also get the car for this price or better.
Your price is really strange but congrats again..
Came back saying $24500. plus sales tax.
My wife at this point has been calling me on my cell and I'm asking is this real?!!
I say to ask for EXL-res price. He says we can have one for $26100 plus tax.Basically not discounting the RES system. I tell her to take the EXL. Done !
First thing this morning I get call from salesman asking how I liked the car.
Great I said ! Very good deal !!
Also, how much was the (notorious) dealer fee that is typical in Florida?
With invoice on an '05 Pilot EX-L north of $29,000, I simply don't believe any store would sell one for $24,500.
Unless, perhaps, Honda now has some sort of significant factory to dealer incentive on them.
Being originally from NJ I thought that was high. There were no other fees. In the past I have purchased a car where you would see the window sticker and then dealer added options. This car had only the window sticker from the factory.
This dealer has huge ads everyday in the Gainesville Sun. There are always deals on Accords ,but I have never seen anything mentioned on a Pilot. I
get the feeling that in a polite way people don't believe this story. I'm looking for someone else to get the same deal either at this dealer or elsewhere . If not it must have been just a great fluke !!
Enjoy your Pilot, eagle41!
It should be noted that thinking you might get a dealer to match that "mistake" is probably wishful thinking.
12k EX 359 mon. outright 29312.00 invoice is 27650.00
please let me know where i should be on a good lease or purchase deal. thanks, lee.
I can't help you with lease numbers.
Spyderred.
Went down, test drove it, liked it, but thought about the EX-L. For me, the cost for the leather changes the entire feel of the car. Or maybe it's that new car leather scent that was getting me high. I decided to pull the trigger on the EX-L. But I also wanted a towing package. Armed with some basic cost info on "Dealer Cost", Avg Retail Cost and this particular dealer's retail cost... I was stuck on approx 1000 for the towing package on top of the discount from the quoted EX applied to the EX-L quoted price. This should have provided some profit to the dealer contrary to their logic. Who knows their true cost. They were really reluctant to go at my original bid of 28,700. And almost as reluctant at 28,800. It took a few phone calls to other dealerships on my own speakerphone to convince them I was willing to waste another hour and drive up to 45 minutes to save the "$200" they were "out of the money".
Summary: 28,800 for EX-L with installed Towing Package and wheel locks. (Do they charge extra for that? They were trying to sell this as a $99 benefit they were throwing in during negotiations.) + Standard TTL and whatever fees and 8.25% tax. Approx 31.5K out the door.
They're installing tow package this week and expect to pick up by the end of the week.. I'll let you know how smoothly that goes. How did I do? Hope this info helps some of you also!
Very pleasant buying experience,
Spyderred.
Please share your findings.
thanks
-P
The dealer is offering the extended warranty for $1349, $0 deductable. Is this a good deal ?
Dealer cost of this warranty on a Pilot is $1050. Any dealer finance manager wants to make the most profit. If you show him that you are willing to go somewhere else, he will most likely match your quote. Better for him to make $100 than nothing at all.
Let us know if this works for you,
Spyderred.
Quote:#4050 of 4141 Re: Picked mine up last night....... [kb2psm] by hweaver May 27, 2005 (10:39 pm)
Rob, if you are in NY, drive SOUTH dude... NC is only about 10 hrs from NYC....
I am in the NC southern area...That's a little far, I know, but the idea, may be to get out of NY?? I don't know. Or use the dealer's offers out of state to get your local dealerships to go down? e-mail up to as far away as you'd be willing to drive, or have delivered.
Lumberton Honda in Lumberton, NC, is whom I used to buy my oddy...
and they quoted me 29,900. Sanford honda said they'd match it too for the EXL RES. but not w/ the sports pkg, I tried to get them to throw it in, since i'd have to drive 1 hr, they said no, but they'd do 29,900
I'd look elsewhere, again, a little drive south could save you a lot....
Heidi
Did you buy at Lumberton or Sandord? What are their email addresses?
see my post on pilot thread:
peatnick, "Honda Pilot" #6599, 7 Jun 2005 12:13 pm
mdx just got a $1.5K incentive making base mdx about 3K more than pilot ex-l
you get different sheet metal and 2 things you can't get on a Pilot:
1) Sun Roof - until my hair falls out let me feel the wind in it (might not be worth $3.3K) and
2) Side curtain air bags all the way back to the 3rd row, since we have 3 kids and a 4th due this week someone is often in the back row so this is priceless......
'06 Pilot might come with SAC but dealers will certainly stay closer to MSRP on an ex-l and the cars won't be here until at least September soo..
we put a deposit on the mdx yesterday
hope that helps, b/c me if any particular needed...
I hope it wasn't a big factor in picking the MDX.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
I purchased my 05 Pilot + Honda Care Warranty two months ago. Should I be receiving something from Honda regarding the extended warranty policy? Thanks, phamj
Dealer Fee, from Duncan Honda, Chrstiansburg, VA
Then they delivered it for $ 200, a 4 hour drive to Virginia Beach.
Got the 3.9 % financing, no other dealer add ons.
Went to Hall Honda in Virginia Beach, it was all about deception,
Gave them price to beat, they said nobody would sell it that low,
Guess again.
Quickest, easiest deal, didn’t visit dealer, did it all over phone and on line.
Incredible price, easy transaction, and the internet salesperson was great to work with.
Highly recommend them. No games, great price and easy to work with, and they deliver.
By the way they are selling all their Accords, (Not Hybrid), Pilots, Elements,
Pilots for similar prices.
Don’t know for how long though.
$2500 down (first month and all other fees included), $351/mo (tax included), 12k miles - this is not their initial offer - initial offer was $369/mo (everything else the same). Curious to know what else is out there before we say yes.
PS - Checked out all of the competition this weekend including GM & Ford. No comparison in quality - not to mention the "GM Employee Discount" probably just puts their cars at the level they should be priced at given they have an inferior product!
I actually thought this was a pretty good deal (according to consumer reports this price quote is a hair more than 3% on top of what Consumer reports believes the dealer paid for the car).
i haven't had much luck in getting replies for price quotes requested through honda.com. i wonder if dealerships are more willing to respond to requests originating through third party sites or the dealerships in this area just aren't as willing to deal...
out of maybe 8 dealerships, one replied back with a quote... had to call others through the phone. one insisted that 31500 was the invoice price for the model i was looking for (ex-l with nav) when edmunds has it at 30900...
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
I got quoted $31,6XX for this Pilot with the Nav system added (in Louisiana). Does that look like a fair deal? When you get to the dealership do they typically add on other costs to this (like pinstripe etc). Have not seen the vehicle yet. But, when I test drove a Pilot at another dealership, I felt a jerk when it was shifting gears. Is this normal for the Pilot to do?
$31,6? As in a few hundred dollars over invoice for the Pilot with JUST Nav? And you are getting both Nav and RES? Sounds great to me. But, I would want the factory Nav, so just make sure its not some aftermarket setup. Aftermarket is ok for the RES, but not vice versa, in my opinion (not that there is necessarily anything wrong with aftermarket Nav, but I'd rather have a factory warranty on that than on a DVD player.)
Jerking while shifting should not be normal. Ours is quite smooth.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
if you want, make sure you get everything broken down (including all fees) and a total out-the-door price before you go.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
http://www.cheaphondaparts.com/
They had the lowest prices for the items I was looking for, and they only charged me a flat $19.95 for shipping and handling for all the stuff I bought which included the running boards weighing at 60 lbs. I received all the items in 3 days. Excellent service and it was all genuine honda parts. Quite satisfied.
Spyderred.
Any comments from recent buyers in Houston area?