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Great job!!
I approve of your price!
Enjoy!!!
It was actually 17500 OTD but i had to add 168 difference because I am not from southern california.
Vehicle price: 15782.47
Document fee: 55.00
Tax northern california 9%: 1544.15
Official fee: 276.75
Total: 17658.37 OTD
Thanks!
The best OTD price i have for 09 fit sport At is $17,800. Is this a good deal? New jersey has 7% sales tax. :confuse:
16,206 (inc dest charge.. no added options)
1,134 (NJ sales tax)
243 (title/reg)
20 (financing fee)
197 (doc fee)
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$17,800
the sales man said if i wanted to add wheel locks, it would be $75 more.. Total $17,875. Is that a fair price?
Ali
did this price include all the dealer fees and everything plus tax? Its hard to believe that you got OTD for $15,200.
Can you break it down for me pls?
thankssss
Got my Fit yesterday and the OTD was $18000. Know it wasnt the cheapest around but there's only 4 Hondas around so there isnt much competition. We first went to Findlay Honda and the sales agreed an OTD $17900 but when we get there they wanted $18050. And I think, screw it and walked straight out. I'v been negotiating through e-mail to another dealership, Desert Honda, and their best price was $18130. Called them up and told them if they could do $18000 I will go there and buy right now. They say no problem but only white is available. That's what I wanted anyway so went there straight away. And when I got there the Fit has already got its windows tinted so I wont complain about that! Because I am a first time buyer they wanted 10.9% interest at first even I have an excellent credit score! After lots of negotiating we were able to get it down to 6.9%. Here's a breakdown of the OTD:
Selling Price: $ 16279.62
Sales Tax: $ 1292.63
Title fee: $ 28.25
Documentation:$ 399.5
Total: $18000 (with tinted windows)
One last question. Was the price contingent upon your financing with them?
(including wheel locks, splash guard, and undercoating)
09 FIt S 16,000
Tax ( 7%) 1,120
DMV 272
DOC 279
Etching 198
Financing 19
Registration 7.70
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OTD $17,900
Haggling was intense, but i'm happy with the deal we got. I love the FIT!!
I found center armrest in ebay for $89 +S&H.
Can anyone tell me how much it cost to get the fit TINTED?
price of vehicle: 15782.47
document fee: 55.00
tax: 1544.15
registration fees, etc: 276.75
total 17658.37 out the door
i had to pay a difference in tax 158 because i used a different address in california where the tax was 1% higher if not i would have gotten the car for 17500 otd only.
I'd be a little skeptical about those that have posted any purchased OTD for $17,500 (or less) and even the $17,686 price (perhaps with Financing that could work) is questionable - but our sales tax is also between 9.25 and 9.75% - so there is room to work there in other states - but not in CA.
Scott
$15,900 (includes destination, $500 rebate for partial Honda financing)
$795 (5% MA sales tax)
$299.75 documentation fees
$110 title and registration
$17,105 out the door.
This is for a 2009 Fit Sport Automatic in Blackberry Pearl, with standard options for the trim level. This was my first time purchasing a new car, and I took the long, circuitous path to a satisfactory ending...
Here's how searching for the B.B.D. and clinging to $592 like a rhesus monkey can complicate the car-buying process:
1. I began collecting quotes on June 27, near the end of the month, so take that for what it's worth in terms of dealer motivation.
2. My first step was to collect e-mail quotes from four dealerships through Honda.com and cars.com. I used two different e-mail addresses and two different aliases to determine which dealerships had established firm opening offers from their e-teams, and which allowed loose cannons to throw out arbitrary numbers. The range was from $16,371 to $17,400. Only one dealership quoted both e-mail addresses at the same price, and it was the lowest -- $16,371.
3. I made sure to research everything I could about the actual dealer cost, holdbacks, rebates, etc. I eventually used this information to call out salespeople who told me that there was no flexibility in pricing the Fit, and also reminded one salesman who suggested that they would "take a loss" on $16,300 that the documentation fees exist to pad profits. I had no shame in haggling over a couple hundred bucks, because I was on the fence about whether to purchase a new car anyway.
4. My first visit was to a dealership that had offered one of my e-mail aliases $16,700 (I happened to be in the area, so I figured it would be fine for test driving the vehicle). I told the salesperson firmly that I would not be purchasing that day, but that I would return after doing some research. After three e-mails from different salespeople at the dealership asking if I'd thought about the $16,700 offer, I finally responded by saying that I had received a quote for $16,070 (a small fib). I received the following response from a sales manager: "Salesperson X was correct in saying that every Honda Dealer owns the vehicle for $16,718, however if you finance through American Honda there is an additional $500 in cash back which would bring the price down to $16,218. Seeing as that we take pride in being the #1 Honda Dealer in Sales on the Planet and not letting anybody beat our prices, if you are willing to leave me a small 100% refundable deposit to secure the price as well as the color of your choice in stock, I will sell you the vehicle for $15,900 if you finance through American Honda."
5. After checking for OTD prices on these forums, I decided that, even though these guys appeared desperate to move some inventory, I had probably hit the glass floor, so to speak, in terms of price flexibility. Apparently, these numbers were completely alien to the salespeople on the floor, because they had to check with multiple managers to confirm that the $15,900 quote included destination charges. Perhaps this is why they didn't seem overly disappointed when I walked out upon finding that the only colors available were black, silver, blue sensation, and orange.
6. The next day, a sales manager from a rival dealership (the one that had consistently quoted $16,371) e-mailed to ask if there was anything he could be doing to secure my business that he hadn't done already. At this point, I called him and said, "Sure, you could match this $15,900 offer, but make it a Blackberry Pearl." He responded that he could match the offer, and that if he didn't have my color of choice in stock, he could locate it for the same price. He assured me that he "wouldn't let me walk away over a few hundred dollars." After calling to confirm the quote one last time, I went to the dealership after work. The sales manager passed me off to a novice salesman, perhaps to give him the warm and fuzzy feeling of closing a sure deal. Two-and-a-half hours later, however (don't ask me how so much time was allowed to pass), I was informed that there were no Blackberry Pearls on the lot, and that securing one from a sister lot would cost an additional $592. I replied that this wasn't a problem, because I had been assured that one could be located at no cost. The salesperson simply shrugged and said that his managers hadn't authorized $15,900 for a vehicle that wasn't on the lot. The sales manager who had quoted me the price was nowhere to be found. I walked out, angry and perplexed. Mostly angry.
7. The next day, I tried to call the sales manager who had given me the quote. No response. I sent the following e-mail:
I'm just curious why, after receiving a quote for $15,900 on a Blackberry Pearl 2009 Honda Fit Sport Automatic and confirming said quote over the phone, I invested 2 1/2 hours of time at the dealership so that I could be treated to a bait-and-switch?
After specifically being told that a Blackberry Pearl Fit with those specs could be located at the quoted price and that XXX Honda "wouldn't let me walk away over a couple hundred bucks," it's a bit disconcerting to sit down to discuss financing and find out that my new quote is $600 higher.
I just wanted to offer the opportunity for an explanation.
No response. So I sent this e-mail to the customer relations department:
I realize that dealerships make plenty of money on trying to browbeat exasperated shoppers once they are in the door (and I suppose it doesn't hurt to ask the customer if he's willing to pay $592 more than a car was offered for), but as a general rule, once a customer insists on the quoted price, I think it would generally be better business practice to honor it. In other words, please don't quote prices and terms that you aren't prepared to honor. Drawing customers with misleading rebates and APR terms is one thing; drawing them by hashing out price terms and then renegotiating when it's time to work out the financing details is another.
At the very least, I should have been told over the phone before I wasted my time at the dealership that the locked-in price would only apply to a vehicle on the lot (despite the assurance to the contrary) and that, if I didn't respond favorably to the obligatory shakedown, the offer would be rescinded.
Thanks for reading, and I hope you'll pass it along to anyone who cares enough to make a difference.
Finally, I got a response from a higher-up... let's call him "Mr. Fix-It." He apologized and assured me that he would do everything in his power to restore my faith in humanity and/or car dealers. Since I still had some venom left in my consumer glands, I seized the opportunity for one last rant:
Thank you for your reply. I just wanted some reassurance that driving up quotes at the last-minute isn't the official business model at every dealership. I am certain that XXX Honda has been able to sell the 2009 Honda Fit Sport Automatic to customers for more than $15,900, and understand that selling one to me at that price may not have been a top priority when there are countless other customers who will pay sticker or invoice and won't haggle over a few hundred dollars. I simply hoped that once the price had been confirmed for my specifications, I would be able to complete a purchase at that price a few hours later without any further mark-ups. In addition to making a modest profit on the vehicle after documentation fees and holdback (and any hidden profits or bonuses of which Internet-savvy customers aren't even aware), you would have established a business relationship with a first-time car buyer with a network of friends and family who will be looking for dealership recommendations in the future.
Perhaps with the gauntlet of salespeople that a customer must run before completing a deal, this is just a case of poor communication and too many cooks spoiling the soup. Whatever the case, it was a very inconvenient end to the workday for my wife and me, and it came on the heels of a two-week delay in getting confirmation from an insurance adjuster that our car had been totaled.
I appreciate your response and your attention to the matter.
To cut a very long story short, Mr. Fix-It called and explained that I had been spot-on about being a low-priority customer at that price, because his sales manager was never authorized to quote a price that low on a vehicle that wasn't already on the lot. In the end, however, he thanked me for my understanding and offered to locate the vehicle at $15,900. Since my wife had practically cried when it seemed that she had forever lost her chance to drive an eggplant-colored spaceship, I put aside my righteous indignation and accepted the gesture.
So, that's the long-winded tutorial on how to get a 2009 Honda Fit Sport Automatic in Blackberry Pearl for $17100 OTD. I'll let you judge for yourself whether the phone calls, the deforestation of countless e-trees, a two-day delay in securing transportation, and a mopey wife is actually worth $592 and your pride. For me, it was. But for people with something better to do with their time, just take $17600 if you can get it. You'll live longer.
$16,218
298 doc fees (hate'm, but gotta pay'em)
811 governor's sales tx 5% still
110 new registration and plates
$17,437 OTD Complete
As you likely know, if went with Honda Financing Corp could have gotten an extra $500 off with the HFC promo going on until tomorrow 7/6/09. Also $418 remote starter with 3 year warranty was available (vs. about $600).
Dealer reps (every one of them we dealt with) were very nice, polite, and did not treat us negatively because we got a good price. The place was crowded. They saved us from the grueling hours and trips to comparison shop. Provided us plenty of ice cold Poland Springs waters during our time there on a hot day.....and they have recycle receptacles for the empty bottles.
So, go buy there by specifically contacting that dealer in advance through the Honda.com internet site for getting local quotes and get your chance to ring the bell!
The original deal was $17,900, if we took the Honda Financing. But we got a better interest rate at a credit union here, so decided against that. So overall, instead of paying $18,490 OTD, we got it for $18,000. This also included a free GPS unit, 2 free oil changes, 2 free tire rotations, 6 free car washes and owner's clinic.
This was not the best deal but all the dealers we went to in the area were offering 17,900 and above. The lowest we got was 17,500 but the dealership is 25 mi away from where we live and there were not giving any extra frills. This dealership from where we bought the car from is just a mile away from where we live and we liked the salesman. Plus she agreed to give all those extra frills which may amount to close to $300.
Overall, I am happy with my Pearl:)
For the people near Boston... when does 5% turn to 6.5%?
I was looking into buying from Honda of Boston in Everett or Honda North in Reading. Would I have luck there?
Great recaps & prices paid guys. I won't budge on OTD 17,500... I simply do not need the car.
this is before destination charges etc.
I have tried Planet, Madison, Hillside and VIP.
any ideas ??
Go to Andersons Honda in Palo Alto and be firm with $15888. I paid cash and got that deal.
Andersons is advertising one AT Fit Sport for $15988 (Model GE8849EW #020981) which tells me that you might be able to get it for even lower than $15888. Try starting at $15688 which would get you $17.5K OTD. Speak to the fleet manager and be prepared to get in your car to leave. That's what we did when he told us to come back in and gave us the $15888. See the details of my deal on post #2162 and don't be skeptical of my deal.
16799 (is the cheapest but I am not absolutely sure if it includes destination, I dont; want to ask for now, but assume it does
16999 with destination
and everything possible above 17k.
It is sooo expensive.
do you also know if new initiatives will be coming? It can't get more expensive than that!!! This is a small car!
thanks. Any help appreciated!
thanks
I'll be test driving a Fit & trying to get 17,500 OTD & I will walk for sure if not
I think you have a great deal! I still need to try get them go down a little more!
can you disclose what part of CA you purchased your Base Fit AT? the lowest eQuotes i've received is $15K even. thanks for your time!
The car is a good subcompact... but its still a subcompact car & paying freaking 19K OTD is crazy.
We'll see if anyone is willing to let them go but this weekend I couldn't get a thing off.