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Other item of note, inspect the carpet closely. Despite multiple trips in the back seat, I never noticed the stain in the carpet, because it is small and dark it is not blatantly obvious. But given the tax differential between Santa Clara and Alameda Counties and the fact that I still had the original offer for $400 below invoice, it had value. Bad on me
Anyway, any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
Found your post interesting. I was getting ready to buy a TL in Los Angeles, but did not buy before the special financing ended May 1. Are you getting any special financing from your dealer, and if so, would be curious as to what it is?
Regarding the extended warranty, I am sure you will get 10 different opinions from 10 different people. For me, I don't think I would ever go for it as isn't the TL already covered bumper to bumper for 4 years? Will the extended warranty they are offering "start" when the origanl warranty ends? In other words, will the 6 years beging after 4 years or does the extended warranty start immediately from day of purchase?
From what I've read, extended warranties are all profits for companies offering them so that is why they push them so hard. Tough choice to make as to get the extended warranty or not. The TL is a great car and I am hoping the special financing will return sometime this year.
Good luck and enjoy your new TL.
I wouldn't bother with the extended warranty. Not worth it, especially for usually reliable Japanese cars. If you were buying an Audi, Mercedes, or BMW, I'd take it.
now about the car......... it's fantastic. the drive feels as if i'm driving a lexus. very smooth. i really didnt expect such a driving experience. and i love that the car has all the bells and whistles and you dont have to decide on options. i really think it may be my best car yet. i've previously owned a ford explorer, lincoln ls, volvo and now my TL. very happy with my auto choice and i love my diamond white (pearl radiance) color it's so beautiful!
they told me that 80% of their business is through their internet. it's the only way to purchase a car. i'm also buying this car as all my others have been leases. we decided on the 4-year, 3.9% financing.
it was also a pleasure meeting a member of this board, justalaguy at the dealership. pull the trigger and buy yourself a TL!
vivian
fresno, california
Check out some of the acura forums, don't know if I can post links. Do a google, there's a wealth of information out there.
Dave
Happy to hear you love your car. My wife and I fell in love with the Acura after the first test drive and it was the one time we both agreed on one car we liked.
After we saw you at Santa Monica Acura, my wife and I could not decide on what exterior color - went from Redondo Red Pearl to the Charcoal gray (forget the name), to the Desert Mist that was being prepped the same time as yours was.
We were kind of hoping that the financing had been extended past May 1, so we did not buy yet. I wanted to look at the Redondo Red Pearl again but it was at a remote lot they have and it seemed all the sales staff were too busy to take me over there to look and possibly buy. At any rate, at least my wife and I know which car we like now and just hope the special financing comes back.
Enjoy the ride and it was nice meeting you.
Larry
I am trying to buy a 06 TL with Navi and getting a price quote of $33100 from dealers in Dallas. Is this good price? Please help.
Ram
I am in Jersey and I got the TL for $32,165 with navi and I maybe just add the dest fee of $615 wich is standard everywhere. Good luck with your search. I sent request to all the internet sales people near me via acura.com try that and then try to lower them down. Also check out what they are charging for the doc fees I had one dealer who would beat the car price but the doc fees were like $289 I still wasnt getting a deal b/c that was too high, I ended up paying $129 for doc fees and in NJ the dealers can not make money off of the DMV Fees. Good Luck Again,
Nick
Dave
I think I am close to the buying price...any thoughts?
Being as tall as you are, I'm surprised that your right knee and lower leg isn't pressed up against the center console when you are driving. The newer TLs are a bit smaller inside than the last generation TL.
Still love the car and will buy the auto. version.
I really find the tl very comfortable. Headroom is usually a problem for me, not the case in the tl.
I know that from my height and weight you might think that I'm heavy but I'm really not for my height. You wouldn't call me skinny either.
On a side note my wife is 4'11" (of course), and she loves the car, she's also very comfortable in the car where she thought that the volvo was too big for her. (she has a 01 accord).
Dave
My recommendation is to have them email or fax you the complete order of sale with all fees and taxes...that way if there are any incidental fees you will be level headed enough to fight them. It's sometimes hard when at the dealership and being excited about getting the car...
Good luck!
Dave
Dave
In NJ (south), Black/Ebony TL, non Navi, $30,400 including destination, (not including TTL.)
Decent offer of $8,000 trade allowance on my 110K miles 01 TL.
Hope to get some thoughts today.
Thanks
pt
Time Line:
I contact Springfield Acura through Acura.com and ask them for a quote for TL with Nav. They quote me $31,704 without Taxes and Fees.
I ask them for an Out the door quote, their internet manager quotes me $34526.14 out the door, IN WRITING.
I counter offer $34000.
Salesman A (different guy from the Internet Manager), calls me and we negotiate and agree upon a price of $34500 with the protection package. He tells me "Bring a toy gun and a face mask, cause you are stealing the car from us". We reconfirm the appointment time to complete the deal.
After 10 minutes the internet sales manager calls me up and goes through the standard sales tactic, that oh, the price is below our invoice and that we will be taking a 1300 dollar loss, and that if I wanted to add the protection package he would give it to me at cost, but would have to charge me $200 more. So now the price is $34,700.
I ask him to break up the cost for me. He puts me on hold for 5 mins and then tells me that he will check with his manager so that there is no mistake and will call me back.
I get a call back from Salesman B, saying ok, i think the final out the door price that was agreed with the internet manager was $34996 and how do we go ahead from here.
By this time, I have realized that its a bait and switch, and so I give him the previous history, and correct him that the last price (to which I had not yet agreed) was $34700.
He tells me that he will check with his finance manager, (2nd time a manager is being talked to), and get back to me.
He comes back to me with a breakup which totals $34996 out the door. I ask him to honour the offer made in writing, but he claims, that the offer of 34500 was a mistake, and that Salesman A was a new salesperson and should not have confirmed the deal at $34500 with pro pack.
Overall a very dissatisfying experience. A classic Bait and Switch. Even offers in writing are now not being honored. Notice, the price of $34500 originally offered to me was a voluntary offer, and not even a negotiated one.
So my advise... stay away from Springfield Acura.
I hope you walked. Try Montclair, contact the internet manager there.
Dave
My price on the TL dropped another hundred, and the trade on my car went up another 300. This is from the dealer who started off with an insulting offer on my car. They have made a 3700 dollar swing, from their first offer! I'll probably go with this deal. I just wonder how long the 'bidding' would go on if I kept going back and forth
I was also looking at an 07 Camry. The Toyota dealers wouldn't come up with what I wanted for my trade. Now, after all the discounting on the TL and the trade allowance for my car, the difference between a TL and a Camry XLE V6, is only $1600.
Secondly, why in the hell can't I find a manual TL with a tan interior? Every manual I've seen comes with ebony interior and its aggravating me. The dealership will get a manual with a tan interior from the manufacturer but it will take almost a month to have it delivered, and then I have no bargaining room.
If there is a way to search dealership's new inventories I don't see it.
On the other hand, there's usually always room to haggle, just depends on how hard you bargain. Of course it also depends on how many Acura dealers are in your area.
Took delivery of TL with NAVI from Clair Acura, anthracite/parchment, wheel locks + all season floor mats + trunk tray + body side molding.
$33'100 all-in, plus tax and registration (registered in and paid to NJ DMV).
I could probably do better on the price but wanted to catch special financing. Besides, there was only 1 dealer in this area who had this color combination 3 days before end of April.
This was my first time purchasing a brand new car and suprisingly turned out to be quite a pleasant experience. This is a great car and I enjoy it very much.
Good luck!
I'm going to Austin (60mi) today to get competing offers and will use the "no-haggle" price as a baseline. After the Austin dealerships beat the "no-haggle" price I'll see if the "no-haggle" dealership will go lower.
$31,300 is considerably higher than some offers I've seen in this thread. I was trying to figure out if its a regional thing that the price is so much higher.
Thanks for the help, and if anybody else has any input I would appreciate it.
I had a nice experience shopping at Clair for my '05. Non-aggressive sales, pretty straightforward. Offered me an '05 non-nav @ invoice. But they didn't want my trade, so ended up buying at Acura of Boston @ invoice plus a better (but still too low
Boston's a good, competitive market. TLs (non-nav, at least) around invoice shouldn't be too difficult to achieve.
Worry not, you got a great car at a good price with good financing. Enjoy!
'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
Personally, I wouldn't waste my time driving to another city to haggle when I could do it as well or better from my home.
I was hoping to get the price down another $500 or so but I think I'm ready to go ahead and get it. I've had a few dealerships refuse to match $31,000 so I'm thinking that I'm at the limit and prices are just regionally high here.
Taxes are 6.25%. If you do the math for the deal above you see that titling, licensing and fees total $255. That means that the delivery charge of $615 quoted on Edmunds is included in their selling price (or waived).
Any thoughts? Good, bad?
As for the color combo - it's a bit too much carbon for me in gray or black interiors. Parchment comes with some wood trim and it gives the car a more luxury look, in my opinion. Anyways, I think this color combo is a good match although from practical standpoint I realize that parchment may require more maintanance for it to keep the same new look.
a TL with the black interior with wood trim
in stock, it would be treated as an
after-market accessory, such as purchasing the
18-inch wheels that Acura provides, and
various other accessories. You should be
able to order the wood trim, and the
dealer's service dept. should be able to
install the wood trim with a cost for labor
added to the price.