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Sorry to hear that! Here's what you can do to report:
(1) go to BBB to report this(by writing is better)
(2) write to American Honda's VP, so that they can documented this, hopefully they'll do something and prevent ...
(3) write a review on this particular dealership in edmunds
We got some bait and switch too before at other dealership, so we reported to American Honda by writing. Yesterday, we got a phone call from American Honda stated that they'd documented this issue.... We even rated that dealership (sales experiences) in edmunds.
Thanks!
Base (incl dest & after rebate) Price - $ 27,112
ERT - 25
Doc Fee - 151
Sales Tax - (7.25%) $2,159
County Tax - 15
Lic and Title Fee - 80 transfer
OTD $29,542
Also trying to get accessories such as mud flaps, all season floor mates, and trailer hitch (not the package, just the hitch receiver). All the dealers quote the HondaUSA.com website price + installation (even on floor mats!) I know these are high margin items, any thoughts on typical discount dealers might give?
Trying to close a deal by end of the week.
Thanks
Would you all like to go together to do a group buy?
So far the quote I got is near 30K OTD w/o RN.
I took extended warranty from them 7 Yrs/ 75K miles for $1600 (zurich is the warranty company). Does any know about this. Debating whether it is value to take it or not or to take some where else. Dealer said: They offer only on the day of purchase, with an option of canceling with in two months.
thanks in advance,
$32,551 OTD
Thoughts?
I got mine from Ourisman Honda by price matching from web printout (B&W) for
$0 deductible/8 years/120K miles for $1495
Since you already purchased the contract from dealership, www.bernadiwarranty.com ($1235 for $0 dedcutible/8 years/120K miles) will charge you $165 for cancelling the contract with dealership! I don't know if it's worth to do that!
Or, you could try the www.myhondawarranty.com (currently got lawsuits from American Honda).
Or, if your auto insurance is Geico, you can get the Mechanical Breakdown Program (7 years/ 100K miles/ $250 deductible) .
I don't think online purchase would be safe (afraid later in the future, American Honda won't honor any online purchase). Therefore, I go ahead and purchase from dealership instead ($260 extra).
Good Luck!
The dealership is professional and low key. This is the 2nd Ody I've purchased from them. In and out in 1 hour. Everything was as agreed to over the Internet and phone. Southeastern Honda in Palm Bay, FL.
Thanks in advance
The contract is in effect after your purchase. and once in effect, no one knows if it's purchased from internet. (at the end, it's through some honda dealer, just as your local dealer purchase)
He should be fine to cancel his extended warranty (way 2 expensive) and then buy online..Don't think there should be extra charge...
I would ask whether it is transferable to other owners if yes then need to ask there are any fee.
Extended warrenty is bumber to bumber or for transmission and engine stuffs.
Just out of curiosity (no defends at all).
How are you so sure for that?
Are you an insider (one of Honda employees)?
How do you know whether the dealerships or American Honda won't know if you're purchased from internet?
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Check the eshop at dealers' website, then compared to honda.com accessories MSRP. Then quoted more dealers and told them you're going to buy a new Odyssey on..... with options you wanted. Tell them to give you the best offer (OTD with breakdown prices, including options you wanted). Printed out in B&W would be the best tools for you to deal with your dealership. So, be prepared to do so.
Also, you can go online to buy it(ex. ebay, amazon.com, or other websites). It's cheaper to do so if you're not in a hurry.
I read about the case that is going on between American Honda and Saccucci. It looks like that last year Honda announced a set of guidelines for Dealers which prohibits the sale of Honda Care on internet. Saccucci Honda (the dealership) sued them, since they have a major business of selling these warranties from the internet . http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090129/ANA05/901299967&noca- che=1 has the last legal info on this matter. The article states that -
Honda said it still will allow dealers to sell the contracts online.
"We're not taking any action until the suit is resolved," said Honda spokesman Chris Martin. "We don't want to confuse the dealers."
which is consistent with the fact that all the waranty selling sites are still active. The sites that are selling them are Honda dealers, once Honda decides to enforce the rule after winning the case. These dealers will have to shut down these sites or risk loosing their Honda franchise contracts.
So, I don't see how Honda can not treat the current purchasers of Honda Care from these dealerships on par with others.
Moreover, if you are paranoid about not buying online you can still phone the dealers up and buy it over the phone. Since, there is no rule (made by american honda) which states that you have to buy the warranty from the same dealer from whom you bought the car. If they make any changes in the future in this regard, they can not enforce it retroactively to older warranties.
Thanks for the info. Personally, I felt like $260 had flown away!
My hub and I spoke last night whether or not should we backup the contract with local dealership for that extended warranty (for saving of $260). The decision: we decide to keep the contract ($260 is not a big deal to us) with the local dealership though!
Btw, the Navi is great! We love it! Especially the voice command (can be very complicated, we still haven't have time to look at the menu), amazingly the navi could still catch what we're saying (since we're Asian, got strong accent)!
The backup camera is a plus!
Thanks!
First, since some dealers talk about "dealer fees" or "service fees" or whatever they want to call it, I just told them that this is my offer and it had to include whatever fees they like to add. So they could write up and structure any way they wanted to, but my offer was the botom line (sans taxes/title/tag).
Second, in Florida there is a couple of very minor state fees that amounts to about $20.
Third, beyond the basic vehicle price, and these $20 worth of state garbage fees, we pay 6% sales tax and title/tag which varies according to the overall price of the vehicle and whether or not one is getting a new tag or transferring the tag from a vehicle that is being replaced by the new one.
With that in mind, the offer they accepted for my EX-L was $27,940. The car was NOT in stock, they had to do a dealer trade to get the color my wife wanted.
In Northern VA, it's difficult to get the price down. The housing market here is great! I even heard people is willing to bid up the price for a house here (Townhouses sold out here in Ashburn or South Riding, Loudoun County of VA).
Good Luck!
those contract is valid same way as your local dealer contract.
Guess what? We're changing our minds now for the $0 deductible/8 years/120K miles extended warranty. $260 is a huge amount of $$$ ($1495 - $1235 = $260). So, we just spoke with our local dealership and Saccucci Honda (as long as you're not the residents of CA or FL). There's no extra charges or penalties or so. So, we'll save that $$$ for other options like all weather floor mats, or so. The dealership said the monthly payment would still be the same though (no deduct since they already mailed out the forms to American Honda). The only differences would be the loan amount that we financed. So, that's mean ---> if paid by 36 months, then you could possibly pay less on your last 36th monthly payment.
Sounds great!
Thanks a lot!
You can buy almost any extended warranty up until the factory warranty expires and some even after. Be careful of third party warranties as they might ONLY be honored at the selling dealer. There are also financial concerns as these private companies have been known to go belly up and leave the policy holders with an expensive but worthless piece of paper the dealer is under no obligation to honor. Buying a manufacturer's extended warranty is the safest bet because Honda is not about to got out of business. Even with GM and Chrysler the government will back the warranty but not so with Joe Blow Warranty Company.
The dealer's price and the online dealer's prices can have a huge difference for the exact same product.
Had 6PM appt, but was kept waiting until 6:20 before I met a salesperson. Once I did, though, process was acceptable. Took a decent test drive (both my wife and I) and was pleased with both the vehicle and the salesperson- who literally dropped his jaw when he heard the price the internet dept quoted. When it came to deal time, they honored the price, and only dinged me a bit on my trade. No high-pressure tactics at all...just a professional, easy-going but well-informed presentation of the vehicle and its features. My only real complaint was the 3hrs they kept us there unnecessarily- which was likely not entirely on purpose (used car appraiser was running around crazy from car to car, etc.).
Details:
'09 ODY EX-L, RES, NAV (Slate Green- which does not look at all like green, btw)
Price (Incl dest) 30,475
Doc Fee: 195
Tax, Title: 2,458
TOTAL OTD 33,128
Qualified for honda's 3.9%/60 mos financing. With my net from trade at 3,588, my monthly pmt will be 543.56.
FYI, excluding mine, there are only 2 RES/NAV equipped EX-Ls remaining in stock...1 in Gray and 1 in silver.
I am planning to buy an EXL with RES. I like to have blutooth capability so I can use my blutooth enabled phone to make calls. Do I have to get NAV to get bluetooth?
Is ther an option to get blutooth capability without NAV?
Thanks
Can you send me the dealers email address. I am looking for EX-L with RES. If possible can you forward the quote. my email address is 'shdeals@gmail.com'.
Thanks in advance.
I'm in the market for my first Odyssey and have this forum very helpful. My question is, does anyone know if Honda has ever offered 0% on the Odyssey? If so, what do you think the chances are that they offer it again anytime soon? I know the current offers run until the beginning of July (right now at 3.9% for 60 months), so I'm hoping they go lower then.
http://www.handa-accessories.com/odyelec05.html
http://www.parrot.com/usa/products/bluetooth-hands-free-car-kits
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I leave in tampa area. So it will be helpful to know the specific dealer you reached out for your deal.
Thanks.
Thank you very much for valuable information on the extended warranty. I called the dealer, he asked me to fax the intent to cancel and he would cancel it.
I also called Honda customer support and they did confirm that Honda care is their warranty program, which dealers are authorized to sell.
Thanks.
TIA!
What should I expect to pay to have a dealer install a DVD player (with 2 headphones) in a new 2009 EX-L? Does anybody know what the dealer cost is for this equipment?
Thanks,
Greg Putvin
When I asked the dealer about putting one on my Mazda, he told me to go to U-Hall. He told me that's where their dealership sends their cars to have hitches installed.
No tips. They won't budge much from the internet quote price. I got a better price from Boyland but I didn't want to buy from them. ex-l price was 27,507 and i'm sure about the res. I recommend my salesman. Dave S. Tell him that Jim H sent you.
Also, they are running a special through Sunday which states they will beat any competitors quote by $500! They also matched the online prices for accessories (no added install costs--nice!) and matched the online warranty prices without any hassle. I added some accessories and the warranty as it was a no brainer, plus they were making my deal as a match of one they gave to someone else (but the other deal had a grand or two of addons) so I felt a little compelled to add some thru them (I would have added several myself anyway).
I'm assuming that the same ration of cost would apply to the EXL's with NAV and/or RES as well as the Touring.
They were professional and delivered exactly as we agreed. I took advantage of the 3.9% financing. In any case, if anyone is in Arizona or S. California and wants to get the best deal, please email me to jerfrance at yahoo dot com. It's a win/win situation!
Some of the local big dealers (MD,DC,VA) had about 200 odyssies on the lot last year. The same one have in 70-80 right now. As I said this is my opinion FWIW.
Do you mind to share your story for auto insurance? That's a lot of $$$ you're saving now. We've been with Geico for 10+ years now. Ours are not bad from Geico ---> 6 months cost $490 for 2 cars (the coverages are 2x regular). The coverages included roadside emergency assistance services for both cars (free towing to whereever we wanted in North America).
Btw, we still haven't switch to Saccucci Honda yet. Would like to confirm my local dealership (deducted the financed amount) before we do that. We'll stop by my local dealership for some options (Splash Guards, Cargo Net) installing this afternoon.
I did see a bit differences between the Online Honda Care and the Platinum Honda Care offer by my local dealership.
For online: Saccucci only allowed customers for a rental car reimbursement for up to 6 days when auto mechanical failure.
For local dealership: Honda Care (Platinum Plan) allowed customers for a rental car reimbursement for up to 10 days instead.
I don't know much about mechanics, so I did not look indepth to those details and compared. This is what I can share so far.
Btw, did you negotiated with Geico before you switched to Liberty Mutual? Tell Geico you're about to switch to other company and have had been loyalty to them for 10 Yrs or so and see what they can do to keep you happy with them!
I did spoke to Geico before negotiated with much better rates and 2x regular coverages for my 2 autos plus....
Thanks!
All zero percent financing does is cheapen the product.