2013 and earlier-Honda CR-V Prices Paid and Buying Experience

stevecar

well put. I purchased mine three weeks ago. had to trade in a car. Was somewhat involved. Did we get the best or worst deal. No. But life is too short. Thanks for the posting.

guru_g

Time is indeed money. If you earn $100/hour then you dont want to spend 20 hours to save $1000-$1500. Alternately, if you earn $40/hour, spend about 20 hours on research and make sure you don't overpay a $1000. As long as you research your car for sometime and get a decent deal its all good. Ultimately, it boils down to whether you are happy with all aspects of your purchase (car, warranty, manufacturer, dealer, financing).

kkl1960

Beerlover,

I am curious about the deal you made, as I am quoting a EX-L AWD with some options with a local dealer. He also says he will have to order the car and it will be JUNE before it gets here.

I am getting EX-L with Spoiler, Roof Rack, Front Splash Guards, Moonroof Visor, Wheel Locks, Cargo Tray, Wood Look Trim Kit and Destination Charges for 27,300. Does this sound like a good deal to you (this DOES NOT INCLUDE Tax, Title etc)

Just curious, I don't want to dwell this pricing thing, but I don't want to overpay either!

kyfdx

..after all.. That is the title of the discussion!

feefoe

kkl1960,

Get a quote on a stock EX AWD from Carsdirect. Next, follow my instructions above, and then buy all of the extras from eBay or bernardiparts.com. If you do this you'll have your car in under a week, and once you have it you can install everything at your leisure, or have a third party do it, all for a fraction of the cost that the dealer is charging you.

Yes, time is money, and life is short. With that in mind, consider that if they're telling you, "June," it could actually be July or worse, so why wait for 3+ months? By the way, I understand the wood trim if you really like it and will be keeping the car until it goes belly up, however, if you think that you'll want to get rid of it a few years down the road I'd say, "steer clear of fake veneer," because it may actually hinder your resale value.

sanaii

I plan to buy a 2007 CRV 4WD EX in or near Phila. paying cash within the next two weeks. I've been emailing different dealerships, and the best price I was quoted is $23,369, not including tax, tags and a small doc fee, which I really really don't want to pay of $159 (OTD - $25,323). Did anyone in the surrounding area get a better deal? If so, which dealership?

Thanks in advance.

Sanaii

guru_g

25,323 is a pretty decent price. I got my CRV 4wd EX + all season flooe mats for ~23,250+TTL=$25K OTD. Expand your search area or ask for quotes at the end of the month when dealers are trying to maximize sales.

beerlover

Sanaii,
Does that $23369 include dest charge?

What am I missing? You said $25,323. Will a price of $23369 I get:

23369 quoted price(assuming dest charge of 645 is included)
1402 tax
159 doc fees
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24930 OTD

I'm paying the same OTD as you and I shopped around for a while. I am sure I could have gotten a little bit of a better deal but I need a car and didn't think the hassel was worth the extra $100 they may me. I bought from Scott Honda in west chester. Sloane was gave a reasonable quote as well. From what I understand the mainline and drexel hill guys will play ball but not unless you have a competitors quote for the match or beat.

beerlover

I am assuming that price includes installation.

This is my rough estimate
24050 invoice
600 dest ch
200 spoiler
200 roof rack
50 splash
100 visor
30 wheel lock
75 cargo tray
200 wood trim
1000 profit over invoice (this is what I paid 1000 over)
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26500
the above accessories prices are from not dealer prices
http://www.handa-accessories.com/crvint07.html

So if that price includes installation your paying $500 for installation. I would think it should be more in the ball park of $250, all and all not a bad deal. If this doesn't include installation its a bad deal. There are others who will argue that paying $1000 over invoice is lucky (since some are paying msrp) while other will say you could get it for $500 invoice with persistance. Hope this helps.

wandawoman

Received price quote through e-mail for $20,295 for LX 2wd base model. Called dealer to see if this was bottom line pricing and was told that there was more wiggle room in pricing. Will be meeting with him on Saturday. I'm hoping to get them down to around 19,800 - 19,900 as that seems to be the best prices I've read in this forum. Any opinions?

It is interesting when you get price quotes via the internet. We have three dealers in my local area. Two were willing to work with me on price. One flat out said MSRP, no less. At least I could cross them off my list right away. It's interesting they don't want to bargain when the other two dealers in my area do.

kkl1960

Thanks for the reply!

The price of $27,300 includes installation. But I did go back to the dealer and ask him to take another $200 off of the deal, bringing it to $27,100.

We shall see...............

sanaii

Beerlover,

23,369 includes dest. charge and $159 for tags.

Thanks for responding.

erpathu

I am looking for dealers who has New 2007 Honda CR-V, LX 2WD / LX 4WD Silver Colour in stock. I am in Germantown, MD area zip code 20874.

email me: erpathu@yahoo.com

beerlover

Sanaii,
I now realize that my post is nearly unreadable, having wrote it in a hurry. Above I am basically asking, at the price of $23369 your paying $25,300 OTD but I come up with $24930 OTD (based on $23369). What is the difference or what else are they charging you to make to up the $400 difference? Seems like they are getting you for something.
My invoice was $23750 and my OTD is $25300
Did you get some extras?

morepoop4u

The best price I found on a 2007 silver crv ex 4wd was $500 over their listed invoice of $23181 for a total of $23681 plus tax, tags etc.... My brother will be buying this for his wife probaly this week paid in cash up front. So how's this price? He wants to get it soon. By the way it was at Larry hopkins honda in sunnyvale. There were some a-holes at stevens creek honda.

sanaii

Beerlover,

This is the breakdown:

Vehicle $23,369
Sales Tax 1,635.83 (7%)
Tags 159.00
Doc Fee 159.00
OTD $25,323

I didn't get any extras, but I'm going to ask for all season floor mats when I get to the dealership. Thanks for replying. If you see anything wrong with this breakdown, please feel free to let me know. Otherwise, I will hopefully put a downpayment on the vehicle this weekend, and get it within two weeks.

Question: What was your breakdown? Did you get any extras?

rajsam

I have added only splash guards at the Dealer. I didn't find any use of other accessories other than improving the look of the vehicle. The new CR-V looks better than any other SUV of same category in the market, so I felt no need to do any further makeup to it.
I bought all season mats from H and A.
Here is my final break down:
Sales Price: 23,359/-
Splash Gaurds: 89/-
Doc. Fee: 35/-
Sales Tax@5.5% after trade in of 4200 = 1058.64/-
Mats from HandA: 110.00

Final price after trade in 20,451/- add another 400 bucks for motor vehicle registration and other stuff.

crvme3

Your post does not indicate $23181 as including destination charge or accessories. actual factory invoice for EX AWD is $22244. This equates to $937.00 over invoice!. $937.00 - $500.00 = $437.00. Is the $437.00 for destination?. Good luck on your quest

tid

Hello,

I got a call from local dealer, he quoted MSRP for CR-V EX AWD silver. He is saying that it is top selling vehicle, it is not possible to reduce below MSRP 24050 and OTD - 26671 for standard package. I am trying to buy from out of state dealer. Is it possible for out of state dealer to title other state?

Thanks in Advance

beerlover

7% sales tax. I paid 6%
23750 inv + dest charge
1425 tax
145 title and doc fees
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25320

terryp1

Just got the '07 EX-L 4WD with Navi.
The dealer wants about $1,200 more for the Honda Care extended warranty than the price offered online by Saccuni Honda in Rhode Island.
Can anyone tell me if that would be just as good as the one my dealer here in Northern Virginia offers?
By that I mean are all Honda Care extended warranties for a given number of months/miles the same except for the price? Thus backed by any and all Honda dealers in the U.S.?

guru_g

Honda care is independent of the dealer you get it from and the terms are not different to my knowledge. Just get it from Bernardi or Sacucci if they are cheaper (in your case its $1200!!). FYI - All Honda Care warranties are valid at all honda dealerships.

nav46

what did u pay for the cr-v ex-l w/navi? was it a lease or did u buy? buying one very soon.

isellhondas

Yawn....

Yeah, pit the dealers against each other, get Cars Direct involved, then figure out how to get their fee deducted from the price of the car.

Yep, that's the way all right...

BS'd by the dealer?

tid

Guru_g,

Could you give me the details of sales person you dealt with.
Forum email program is not working. PM me to tiru2me@gmail.com.

Thanks,

czar260

Just wanted to post my buying experience: I emailed about 15 dealers in NC/VA for quotes, and basically went with the least expensive. Color was Glacier Blue and there was no trade-in. For reference MSRP is $24,645 and listed invoice is $22,839 (both incl. $595 dest).

Price breakdown: $23282 (incl. dest, mud guards, wheel locks) + $289 'doc fee' + TTL = $24,337 OTD. NC tax is apparently quite low compared with other states mentioned on this forum.

For those curious about delivery times, my car was built on 1/26/07 and arrived on the east coast 3/15/07. It took a while, but was within the 6-8 week window I had heard about. So basically, some dealers will demand MSRP, and others will go lower. If you broaden your search enough (I stuck with a 100-mile radius), you'll find better deals. Good luck!

ccacp

Which dealer gave you that price in the NC/VA area ?

cravehonda

I was wondering if anybody has the experience of installing the splash guard. Someone mentioned that it takes only 5 minutes to get it done. I'd really appreciate if anybody would kindly provide a quick instruction for me. It also appears to me that I will need to buy screws(?) to install it? Thanks a bunch!

yangdari

Just wanted to share two observations about recent CRV pricing and supply developments:

1. Carsdirect.com now offers the CRV for $618 below MSRP

2. Visited local dealer this morning (Autowest in Fremont) and noticed that they had 18 CRVs on the lot (2-3 times more than just a couple of weeks ago). Salesperson told me Honda is ramping up production starting this mointh.

What does this tell us? First, dealers asking for MSRP "because the car is so scarce" are clearly bs-ing. Second, it should be possible to negotiate a price close to invoice give the much improved supply situation & current discount levels on carsdirect.com.

tid

yangdari,

Thanks for the information. I'm looking for CRV EX AWD. Recently send requests for quotes to the dealers and waiting for their response.

guru_g

Tid,

I emailed you the salesperson's name. Please let me know if you dont get the email. My email is guru15@hotmail.com

tid

Guru,

I got your email.
I really appreciate your response and Thanks for the information.

Have fun with your new CRV

wandawoman

Got Glacier Blue LX 2wd today for $19,975 ($1215 off MSRP) in Western, NY. Pick it up Tuesday. Yahoo!

djtango

I've noticed dealers in the St. Louis area increasing their inventory in CR-V's this month too. The question is, how do I know this means that prices will go down? What if this is just a reaction to a greater increase in demand?

yankeefan2

You use the same screws you take out. The only "hard" one is the back one if you don't have a angle screw driver, you might have to take the tire off. They are easy to put on. Go to http://www.bernardiparts.com and down load the instruction.

bmwguy23

I have done this and you don't need to take the tire off...use the steering wheel to turn the tire to get it more out of the way and a short screwdriver will do the trick.

yankeefan2

I know I've already put mine on, but some people don't have a lot of screw drivers. I was only helping message #4786.

squrlshell

I visited this discussion many times before I bought my new Whistler Metallic Silver CRV with gray leather interior yesterday (2WD, no Navi), so I wanted to share. Now that I read Post #4787 "Prices coming down & Supply going up" I'm second guessing my deal, but I was excited about it otherwise so here it is:

Base Price + Destination: $25,115.00

Accessories (Cargo Tray, Cargo Net, Cargo Cover, Roof Rack, Black side steps, Front Splash Guards, Fog Light, Tailgate Spoiler, Wheel Locks): $1,785.00 installed
(Dealer lists these at $2,708.00 with installation & $1,872 without)

Then of course there was document prep fee ($55), I added the security upgrade ($495), sales tax and DMV fees all for a grand total of $29,851.13.

This was after emailing 4 dealers for quotes through Edmunds.com, receiving 2 emails with prices, and finally purchasing through Pacific Honda for less than the other emailed quotes. I also got Capital One's blank check for financing, but Honda matched their financing and insisted it was a deal breaker so I went with Honda.

Did I do okay? I LOVE my new CRV! It's replacing a '96 Nissan 200SX (which I now have to sell)!

nearmsp

".... but Honda matched their financing and insisted it was a deal breaker so I went with Honda."

Wow, interesting, that the dealership would insist on providing the financing. What was the APR you got?

crvme3

Since you asked? "Did I do okay? I LOVE my new CRV!" since you LOVE it than that's really all that matters... Did you do ok, I have seen better but what the heck right! I bought exact same car (black interior) 2 months ago for $24,650 including destination,wheel locks& mud flaps. Hope you enjoy your new wheels

newcrvexl

I'm just about to pay $25200 (which includes the 595 dest. fee) for a black CRV-EXL with no nav. This seems to be as low as I can find (I checked a lot of dealers), as it's about $1395 off the MSRP ($26k+$595). Has anyone seen significantly better deals than this anywhere? I know the real dealer cost is somewhere around $23450+destination, but I haven't been able to get close to that number anywhere...

ccacp

Invoice with destination is 24622. Holdback was reduced from 3 to 2 % so you are looking at 24129 after holdback. Considering the popularity and the artificial supply issues created by American Honda, right now your price of 25200 is great (600 dollars above invoice and 1395 off MSRP)

Enjoy your car !

P.S. Which dealer gave you this price ?

cravehonda

Thank you all for responses. I got mine installed with longer time than needed, using my "long" screw driver. Thanks again!

yankeefan2

Glad to hear you got your splash guards on. Hope you enjoy your CR-V.

squrlshell

"".... but Honda matched their financing and insisted it was a deal breaker so I went with Honda."

Wow, interesting, that the dealership would insist on providing the financing. What was the APR you got?"

I got 6.79% fixed for 72 months. The dealership explained that they get a kickback whenever someone finances through Honda.

nearmsp

The instructions mentioned one needs to use a "high quality wax". Did you use it and if so how much and what type did you use?

cravehonda

No, I did not use (have) wax at all. Is it really necessary? Maybe I should check if it's falling apart...

boiler1991

After waiting, test driving, and negotiating price we decided against purchasing a CRV. Best price for an EX AWD Cloth version was -$500 from MSRP +TTL. We decided to purchase a new 07 Highlander with V6, AWD, 3rd Row, power seat w/lumbar support, etc. Much more car for essentially the same price. Happy we continued shopping.

nearmsp

I guess the upside is the 3rd row seat and the downside is the lower mileage on the Highlander.

CRV AWD 22-28 mpg and Highlander 18-24 mpg.

I drive around 100 miles every day and to me the mpg was an important criteria.

My CRV is giving me 27 mpg overall after 2000 miles with 60-40 Hwy-City. I am hoping it goes up to at least 30 mpg after the break-in and during the summer.

stevecar

It's all a matter of what's important. If gas mileage is important, then the crv price is worth it. I wanted audio controls on steering wheel, heated mirrors, and a few other items that are only available on the Highlander Limted. We felt the 07 Highlander was a terrific buy. However, the CRV fit for now. Good luck with the HL.