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2008 MDX Tech Package Pear white with biege interior
He says selling price is 36,800 added roof rails and running boards for 1k
15k miles per year 42 month lease
upfront
$565.89 1st month
No security (I had a prior Acura)
Bank Fee $595.00
Taxes $1931.09 (Gotta love NY)
other taxes (?) 48.34
Total upfront $3140.32
Monthly $565.89
Should I pull the trigger? :confuse:
Forgot add PTG to the post below
This includes destination fee, sales tax, luxury tax, documentation fee, registration fee and tire tax. Seems to include everything.
Is this good? Can I negotiate any more? Will the incentives be any better in October? Am I missing anything?
This is the first new car that I have ever bought, but it seems like there are a lot of cars available.
It is hard for us to figure out all those which are particular to your state (ST, lux tax, reg fee, title fee). If you can post the car price + doc fee + dest fee I am sure lot of us would be able to comment on it. 2008 Base MDX has an MSRP of $40,995 and an invoice of $37,290. If you can get that for about $33,000 then it is a very good price.
Good luck.
Email me (abhmal@gmai.com) and I can give you the salesman's name (let him know Abhay send you). They have more than 30 2008 Acura MDX in stock.
This dealership has no other dealerships (the owner actually approved my deal since "the other guy" was out for lunch) and therefore I believe they are willing to negotiate and make a deal more so than other big chain dealers.
No other dealer (Continental, Muller, Napleton, Pauly, Arlington, Joe Rizza or McGrath) the Chicago area was even close to this price (all were at least $1,000+ apart). They all even warned me that I was being lied too.
gohawks2: my friend bought his MDX at Lynnwood a year ago, and that's why I went there first. It was late so we didn't find the guy that he worked with.
1. Negotiated for the SUV separate before you even started the trade-in talk.
2. Waited until you saw the price you wanted.
3. Didn't mix the accessories in this mix. That is where they make most of their money as their markup on those are pretty high. You can buy most of them off the market.
I thought you were looking for MDX with Tech, PTG and Ent?. Did you get any accessories at all?. You might want to look into Wheel Locks atleast, worth the money.
Did you also get the financing as part of the deal or you paid in cash?. Contrary to some of the opinions I see in this board, I love my PTG. I got 2 kids and we always carry all kinda crap and it is easy to ask them put it and pick it back up rather than I walk their every time to lift the gate.
So far the only negative thing about MDX is ofcourse the mileage (I got about 19miles/gallon on a full tank of gas). Yup, already have about 400 miles on it within a week, ouch. You also need to fill in premium gas at higher prices.
But the ride is sweet . You will love it.
Forgot add PTG to the post below"
it wasn't a mistake - you didn't add PTG for a reason - it is a lousy, useless option. Go with your gut and ditch the PTG!
I paid cash and did not take any financing. Chicago dealers have about 200 MDX in stock and will sell out with these amazing prices.
To anyone in Chicago, no other dealer is going to give the price I got. I consider myself a pretty good at bargaining and none would even come close to this deal (unless the incentives improve further - which is unlikely).
2008 MDX Tech Package w/PTG Pear white with biege interior
He says selling price is 36,800 added roof rails and running boards for 1k
15k miles per year 42 month lease
upfront
$565.89 1st month
No security (I had a prior Acura)
Bank Fee $595.00
Taxes $1931.09 (Gotta love NY)
other taxes (?) 48.34
Total upfront $3140.32
Monthly $565.89
Should I pull the trigger?
I would buy rather than lease at that price unless you plan to write it off as an expense or can't fund that big amount at a low interest rate (I recommend using credit card offers at 0% to fund car buying, do it over and over again and you get your car financed at really 0% APR - of course you need to have sold credit history to get high lines on multiple cards ).
P.S: Never pay anything down on a lease always choose "zero" down especially when the money factor is below 3% APR and secondly if you are in an accident within a few months of buying (God forbid) the insurance company pays off the lease company and you are left with no car. Your down payment is lost since it only reduces the monthly payment and you do not get it back.
Tried to email you without success (mail bounced back). I'm in the Chicagoland area, and looking at getting a 2008 MDX with Tech pkg. Could you please email (siddiqm@yahoo.com) me your salesperson's contact at Acura Libertyville?
1. Wipe/ Condition Leather seats as they are very filmsy. Someone recommended Lexol. Is that any good or you can find something better?. My kids already worn/ stained the seats.
2. What do you use for clearcoat wash/ wax?. any specific products or just something out of the market like zipwax?
Thanks
2. I use collinite dot com for wax (sapphire) - this is the kind of wax that will really protect the car (the company out of NJ makes waxes for marine and electrical transformers you find on your power lines).
3. wash - i basically use a little bit of dawn if i'm stripping down the old wax and laying on a new coat. However, since i'm not fond of sudsing my driveway, i've spluged on the PS21 wash and wheel cleaner. the PS21 will really get rid of those bugs splats with little or no effort, without the suds - it's almost like orange glo for cars. i bought a 5 gallon wash from bavarian auto in NH (lowest cost by the gallon).
4. in about 6 months when the winter weather has had its effects on the car, i like to use the Meguair clay product (or Mothers clay) to smooth out the paint before waxing
Apple Honda, York, PA
Invoice: $37228 minus 4000 dealer incentive
Final: $33228 to include destination and fees (+tax)
Turnversville Acura NJ just quoted me $32765 incl. dest but not include title and fees. Not worth the travel to me at this point though.
Just wanted to give a ballpark figure for those in the market.
Also, can anyone tell me if it's worth the extra money to get the sport?
Here is the deal I did today
2008 MDX Tech + Power Tailgate
35887(includes destination) + 55 doc fee + TTL
No other Acc
Sterling gray/black interior.. with 21 miles on it
Dealer: Acura of Mission Vejio
Very smooth process. All the pricing was negotiated over email.
Went there picked the car from what he had in stock...
My salesman was excellent. He took time to explain things...find car for me. I drove two cars...and then decided on one. There was no pressure/selling as the price was already agreed on.
Sanjay
Thanks.
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Thanks for your posted message at Edmunds forum about your MDX buying experience. I am interested to get a 2008 MDX and Libertyville is within driving distance. Could you share the salesman's contact info with me (kefeiyu@yahoo.com)?
Again, thanks a lot.
Kefei
$38300 for 2008 MDX TECH/ENT (PP2 included)
or
$40200 for MDX SPORT/ENT (PP2 included)
He came back and said that was fine but I was $100 off on the Sport model. I wound up settling for the SPORT/ENT for $40300.
I plan on leasing, and the best I can figure my lease payment will be $546 before 2% tax (no cap cost reduction), figuring MSRP of $48755, MF .00245, Residual 54%.
Cheers !
I could not be happier...drives like a dream (for such a big car)
Love the color (Sterling gray)...I am sure you will agree...
debated for almost a year and finally pulled the trigger.
I almost wrote your comment (PTG being waste according to Dishwash)...but decided against it.
We test-drove the Sport and LOVED the way the suspension felt. We didn't drive the non-tuned suspension on the TECH or BASE so I really have no comparison. The other additions other than the suspension and wheels is the auto-leveling headlights and the perforated seats.
It may be a moot point however, as lease rates seem to have increased from what I was originally quoted (salesman mistakenly told me August rates rather than Sept. rates), so we will likely go with the Tech/Ent at $38300 to lower cap cost by $2k to help offset the lower residual and higher MF.
I purchased the sport package after driven both the tech and the sport package. My daily driving included some hills and curves and I found the sport suspension and auto-leveling headlights to be very useful. The perforated leather seats in the sport package are much softer than the standard leather in tech and base models. I also have a small child and found the power tailgate to be very useful (as it is now standard for all but the base model or older 2007-2008 models).
I recommend that you save a few bucks and go with the tech package if you don’t expect to drive in the mountains very often and do not care for the perforated leather.
Where did you find the dealer cost for accessories? I can't seem to locate this anywhere.
After being misquoted lease rates and now this "new" car with 454 miles on it, I'm thinking about switching dealers.
Price: $37740
Hope this helps.. very happy with the car.
I asked for the 2.9% financing offer - that’s where we are stuck. He said it would be difficult/impossible to get the financing at that price. So we've been waiting.
If I don't get the financing, I'd like to get the vehicle for 40,000 + cost of add ons and TTL. I don’t know if I'll get it - but it sounds as though others may have.
I was hoping to get some thoughts. Thanks in advance
Wash d.c area. Red MDX tech/plt. 25 miles on odomter no other options. 37,300. they wrote down alot of processing fees by about $200 so on my invoive it was 37,100. I used a car consultant who had a minimal charge based on what others are currently posting. My total including TTL in VA was 38,794.
Thanks again to the board it is a real help.