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Just an FYI - the cloth seats in the LX/EX will offer a tad bit more front drivers/passenger side legroom vs the leather clad Odysseys...I noticed the additional legroom in an EX after sitting in a few EX-L (was under the impression that they were identical, but not so)...Salesman at Schlossmann informed me that the seat tracking/extra cushion of the leather takes away nearly 1" of legroom; I'm 6'4" so every little bit is noticable, and it counts!
I'm hoping that I'll be in the position to purchase in May; dunno what the inventories will look like later in summer, or fall, but now there's quite a few to choose from.
You think i can get a better price than $31,330 OTD for exl w/dvd and nav in boston. If so any idea by how much? Do you have delear name and sales rep i can contact?
thanks
I did notice the reduced interior space in the EX-L but only by looking at the technical specs in the product guide. My salesman said it was also because of the sun roof taking up head room. I'm barely over 5' so it's not an issue for me. My husband and I have not gone in for a test drive yet. I have been gathering more info before we face the sharks again! It'll be more my car than his though he is just under 6' so he may or may not notice the leg room. I'll have to ask! I like the leather (my kids spill a lot and leave muddy footprints on the seat backs!), the heated seats and the power lift gate on the EX-L but I'm not fully decided yet between that and the EX.
I haven't been using my real name or email for my quote inquiries. Do you want to ask your salesman at Schlossman if he can go any lower on the sale price of two Odysseys? I'm not ready to buy yet anyway and I want to see what the May incentives will be but I'd like to narrow down who's worth my time to work with.
$34,847 + TT&L
$37,256 + TT&L
The rest are all in the low $35's. I would also love to know what other prices people are getting out there. Thanks!
I've been keeping an eye on Sclossmann's inventory - not much has changed these past few weeks - which is a good thing for us.
Edmunds TMV - $35,792
Highest dealer quote - $35,999
Lowest dealer quote - $33,997 ($33,600 if we took one they had in stock since they didn't have the Sterling Gray)
In Central Ohio (Columbus Area)
Thanks in advance.
MSRP - 36,995
Sale price - 33,669
Thanks
My wife and I just used Edmunds' web site to get quotes from dealers all over Ohio for a 2009 Honda Odyssey Touring w/o PAX in Sterling Gray Metallic. We ended up e-mailing about 20 different dealers with a price request. Only about 12 wrote us back. (One dealer, "John Hinderer", refused to give us a price unless we went in to the showroom!)
MSRP - $41,175
Edmunds TMV - $35,792
Highest dealer quote - $35,999
Lowest dealer quote - $33,997 ($33,600 if we took one they had in stock since they didn't have the Sterling Gray)
All quotes included the destination fee of $670, but didn't include TT&L.
We took the $33,997 price at Lindsay Honda (formerly Honda East).
Internet pricing is the way to go!!! We had THE BEST CAR BUYING EXPERIENCE WE HAVE EVER HAD!!!
Our out the door price was $36,584.17. That was for the van, the destination charge, and TT&L! It also had splash guards on it that we got for free!
We highly recommend Lindsay Honda in Central Ohio (East Columbus)!!!
I am looking at my first minivan purchase. I am getting a deal for Chrsyler T&C touring with dual DVD system for $23300+tax. I am also getting a deal for Honda Odyssey EX for around $23500+tax (at least thats what the dealer said over the phone and email). Kinda confused which one would be better. I am interested in long term low maintanence quality vehicle. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Also I read in one of the posts that the incentive in May is going to be $3000. SO should I wait or pull the trigger?
Chrysler mini-vans have had a pretty good rep for some time - however it's hard to say how they stack-up against the Odyssey/Sienna...Consumer Reports bash Chrysler products, but then again they seem not to notice/acknowledge the past Odyssey transmission woes, nor the Sienna side doors falling off either so I tend to take what Consumer Reports say with a grain of salt.
Over at the Chrysler T&C/Dodge Caravan board the folks there seem pretty happy with their 2009 vans; gives me some hope that they're building quality products - even if the company is on the verge of going under.
That said it still might be worth it to give the T&C a try since Honda/Toyota may decide to pull the rebates/incentives/financing sooner than later.
I have compared an Ody EX-L with a Sienna XLE and Chrysler T&C Limited. Here are the quotes:
Ody EX-L MSRP $ 33,825 quote $ 28,125.
Sienna XLE MSRP $ 33,448 quote $ 31,448.
Chrysler T&C Limited $ 40,570 quote $ 28,570.
However, the Chrysler T&C Limited was sold before we saw it. The Toyota salesman called me 2 days later to tell me they could "sharpen their pencils" but I told him to forget it because their initial quote is NOT competitive.
Thanks for the Toyota Sienna info. I didn't know that the Sienna depreciated so fast.
Good point by michael regarding the gizmos not working. Also as a sub for the DVD players, I was thinking about buying 2 portable DVD players for the second and third rows @ $100 each. Basically some gizmos can be replaced with other things but not the basic quality of the vehicle. I'm worried that the T&C will start giving problems in 3-4 years. I plan to have the van for the next 10 years or so.
OTD was 30,077.84. Price before destination fees, taxes, license fees was 27,200.
Also, financed at 3.9% thru Honda.
I guess the manager wanted to meet a quota because no one else in the area could come close.
Good luck, All!
Come on, if it's really because of quota, they need to offer these:
LX 21,000 + TTL
EX 24,000 + TTL
EX-L 27,000 + TTL
EX-L w RES & NAV 30,000 + TTL
Touring w/o PAX 33,000 + TTL
Otherwise, tell the dealer, see you in the year end.
Hopefully, they are still alive by then.
Today, I just signed the dotted line for a 09 Oddy EX-L with RES, Taffeta White; plus free lifetime ol changes (4 per year). The selling price was 28,475, inclusive of 670 destination charge. 6% Tax in CT, plus 173 for registration and plates = $30,744 out the door.
I started the process by emailing 10 dealerships for quotes. These first quotes were all between 31,000 and 34000. Then I focused on four dealerships and started emailing with them, and the quotes started to come down. The lowest quote I got was 28430, but they did not have the white in stock.
Today, after chruch, went to the dealership, asked for the person I had been exchanging emails with, told him I was ready to buy. He brought the minivan around so we could see it: only four miles on that baby !!! Went back inside, he brought the purchase agreement, everything was signed, and that's it. I was at the dealership for less than an hour. Those guys were great, no pressure, no playing games no "well, that quote is no longer valid" !!! No slimmy sales manager trying to load up the wagon with extras. I take delivery tomorrow !!
Thank you all again for sharing all the knowledge. I think I got a pretty good deal and I am so happy about it !! Thanks,
We went to another dealer that same day and we were able to get a price of $28,100, but a much better price on our trade in. We had to do a lot of haggling at the end...not exactly the most straightforward and honest dealer (they tried to tell us we couldn't get both the $2500 manufacturer to dealer incentive AND the 3.9% financing!!! -- Luckily, I did my research on Edmunds and wouldn't back down...and they eventually gave in).
At the end of it all:
Price: $28,100 (incl dest)
5% Sales tax (MA)
Registration: $299
Title/Plates: $111
Final OTD: $29,735
It would be really appreciated,
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It would be really appreciated,
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Thx
Tony
Please advise the rest of us stuck on the Western region (CA, AZ, WA)....thanks,
I knew it was too good to be true!
Last Friday i went to the delarship to buy the car. I was quoted over the phone $31,330 for exl w/dvd and nav and confirmed this with sales rep 4 times before driving when i got there i told the sales rep. I dont need the nav and i want a EXL w/dvd only. I told him i would pay $29,130 OTD for EXL w/DVD since the nav cost $2,200 more.
I simply took $31,330 - $2,200 = $29,130
The manger came back and said the sale rep made a mistake when he quoted me $31,300 for exl w/dvd and nav and i told him in that case i made a mistake to stop by at your store and walked out.
I am now just going to wait for the best price. I see a patter here Honday is getting deseprate and i would not be surprise to $3,000 rebut plus .09% for 3 years and 1.9% for 60 months finanancing in June.
I would wait if i were till end of may to see what they are offering.
So the best number i have now is as follow...
$32,700 OTD for EXL w/dvd and nav for MD with 6% sales tax
$30,600 OTD for EXL w/dvd
$25,800 OTD for EX
thank you
Is this due to inventory of the Touring models or just a downside of living in Texas? Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I am hoping to purchase by the end of the month. Hubby is getting very tired of sharing his car.
My math on the costs:
MSRP: 40505
Invoice: 36677
Dealer Holdback (3% of MSRP): -2500
Dealer Cash -1215.15
Advertising (1% of MSRP) 405.05
Destination 670
Total "Cost" to Dealer: 34,036.90
I have not shown any of my numbers to the dealers and I have two offers I am considering:
Dealer 1: $34,036.60
Dealer 2: $34,137.00
Am I going to do much better than this?
to youngyale AT gmail.com. Thanks.
Invoice: 37447 (includes destination and advertising)
Dealer Holdback: -810 (2% of MSRP, not 3%)
Dealer Cash: -2500
Total "cost" to Dealer: 34137
Your quotes are right at this number or slightly lower. Seems like a pretty good deal, but some users of this forum have been reporting even further discounts on some models, suggesting they are selling for small loses to move cars OR there is additional dealer cash available.
Selling Price: $28,475
6% Tax: $1,708.5
Reg & Plates: $173
Total OTD should be $30,356.5, but you paid $30,744 (a diff of $387.5)
Did I miss something?
Either way, it looks like I'm getting a decent deal. I don't begrudge a dealership making a profit, I just don't want to feel like the buyer who overpaid.
They come with a lifetime powertrain warranty and you can buy the lifetime bumper to bumper extended warranty for around $1800-2000.
The catch is the life time warranties are only valid for the original owner so you have to buy it brand new from the dealer.
Currently, you can get anywhere from $10k-$11k OFF MSRP on a nicely equipped T&C. If you look at a similarly equipped T&C and Odyssey you will see that the Odyssey will cost you close to $5k more.
I test drove both and I have always been a Japanese car fan but the T&C beats the smack out of Odyssey especially when you factor in the lifetime powertrain and bumper to bumper warranties.
The 09 T&C is a much better van than its older brethren and if you want to keep it for that long then nothing beats the lifetime warranty.
If you are worried about the warranty if Chrysler goes under then don't.
The Feds guarantee the warranties on any auto made by Chrysler and sold after 3/30/2009.
2009 Odyssey EX just off the truck
MSRP: $30125
Invoice: $27462
Paid: $24500 including destination
I was able to get all of the $2500 incentive and apparently $462 out of $589 holdback dollars (according to post #21448.) To the $24500 was added 6% PA sales tax and $200.65 in documentation, tire, and registration fees. Also taking the 3.9% Honda financing for 60 months since it beats my credit union rate of 5.49%.
I see on this forum people from Virginia up to Boston were able to get prices as low as $24000, but I didn't get to that figure. I sent out 5 E-mail requests and the range was $24400 to $25100 after 1 round of "is that the best you can do?" The best price was about an hour from my home, so I went to my local dealer with the $24400 and got them down to $24500 - well worth the extra $100 given the convenience of staying local. They also seemed to have a fairly low inventory of Odysseys - they only had 2 EXs available to choose from (fortunately one of them was Gray!)
Overall I'm happy with the deal. I know the incentive may go up in May and the interest rate may drop, but we couldn't wait any longer. We've been borrowing a car for months and it's was time to make a deal. I'll sleep OK tonight and look forward to loading up our new van with strollers and carseats tomorrow...
When we were in the finance room, as soon as the finance person started going over the Honda Care warranty package, I took out the information from myhondawarranty.com (Saccucci Honda). "Oh," she said, "You've got one of those." (Apparently they've seen this before) and the sales pitch stopped as she offered to match the Saccucci price.
We plan to own this van a long time and while I hope I never need to use it, owning the Odyssey Touring with all of the electrical components, I bought the extended warranty for piece of mind.
I've already programmed the Blue Tooth to work with my phone and being able to answer my phone by pushing the button on the steering wheel is really cool!!!
All and all, this was by far my best new car buying experience and I wanted to thank all of you for the volume of information that has been shared.
1) Color: Sterling Gray Metallic
2) Fog Light
3) Moonroof Visor
4) Splash Guard
5) All Seasons Floor Mats, Black
6) Cargo Tray
7) Cargo Board
8) 3rd Row Sunshade
Any know gotten a better deal? I try to talk them down to $32,500, but none willing to yet.
$33,713---includes wheel locks, cargo tray, mud flaps, and pin striping (yuck)
$32,080
$32,043--includes wheel locks, cargo tray, mud flaps, roof rack crossbars, window tint (isn't tinting standard?), and "fabric and paint protection."
None has the color my wife wants, so I haven't made a counter-offer yet. If anyone has better offers in DFW, please chime in.
License and Doc Fees 350.75
Sales Tax 2,437.23
Total $30,586...98
3.9% FINANCING...
ANY THOUGHTS? tia
JUST found this site today.
This price includes wheel locks and mud guards
Thanks in advance