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You might want to stop by the Ridgeline Owners Club (ROC). You can google it, and of course Honda's news site.
I'm looking at Sept 1st just as an educated guess. That's when the news embargo is lifted for the models like the 06 Civic. There should be official pics and reviews in all the publications of the 06 models. The push to clear the 05s should be ending then as well. I'm sure they they don't want this info clouding the atmosphere of clearing out the 05s. Dealers know about this now even if they won't admit it. Just don't ask them while they're trying to close a deal on an 05 civic.
There are people in dealerships posting on forums that have confirmed this info from Honda. They've also changed their extended warranty terms, but I think I'll be happy with the 5/60 powertrain.
There are many uninformed people that are driving off in new 05 civics and aren't aware of the huge differences between the 05 and 06 civics not to mention the Warranty issue. I feel bad for them. The price of ignorance is too expensive. If people are buying an 05 civic at this point in the month, they should settle for nothing less than invoice or below invoice considering what's coming for 06.
BTW, I got a $259/month lease on an RTS for three years. For $6000, I can live without the sunroof!
Congrats on your new RTS!
Enjoy!!!
The trip computer/trip advisor was disable by Honda so I wrote a letter to Honda and yesterday a lady called me and ask me if I can fax her the picture of this trip computer picture to her from the honda brochure. Do any of you have this picture? If so please let me know, I would to have a copy to this and fax this to her. thanks.
or email me at beer33_va@hotmail.com
If you put it in the body of your post, spam-bots can get hold of it, and fill up your inbox..
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If using Honda financing are the dealers really restricted to the rates they can offer based on credit or can they lower the rates offered depending on how bad they want to sell the vehicle?
Honda was offering incentive rates as low as 2.9% but that was for a 36mo. term which would make the montly payment out of reach for me.
I am now feeling like I should have held out for a better rate.
Thanks for any info.
The Honda dealer across town from me is advertising new 2006 RT / AT Ridgelines with a MSRP of $28,215 for $25,437 + tax, tag, title. I have been looking at Tacomas, and haven't really even thought about a Ridgeline until I saw this ad. Last I had heard, dealers weren't knocking much off of Ridgelines. Is this price consistant with prices that some of you guys are seeing?
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Your *e-Price $28,790 + tax, tag, title and administration fee...Underseat Storage is $166.
Now, I am still trying to make decisions, so I have not confirmed this price, but it seems like it should be the next model down.
I did the internet research around here, but when I walked into the local dealership, they quoted the same prices right on the spot, $2300 below MSRP.
I already bought mine!
Oh, well, still wasn't a totally bad deal. My 1986 Toyota just couldn't hang in there another few months.
Keep us posted on your ultra low price fenderbender1 and whether you actually did get that deal!
Thanks.
I haven't really searched around for prices on these, but that was much better than I was expecting. I'll keep you all in the loop on what actually happens.
Sorry to hear about the buyers remorse hazcat, but I bought a Honda Odyssey back when they were the rage...but I don't regret the deal...It was the right price at the time.
BTW, my sister has a 2005 F150 with a six cylinder and is all smug about her fuel economy vs. mine. Ahh, just wait 'til she sees and drives my truck!
I was able to get the RT for $27000 flat, including a tow package and fog lights. I looked at this as $170 over invoice of $25542 (inc dest) plus the $1288 normal price they wanted for the fogs and tow pkg, installed. Tax + license was added, and rear splashs and a tank of gas was thrown in.
Thank you all here for great info. It allowed me to be prepared and confident for walking into the showroom. It paid off, since I was able to challenge the Gen. Mgr. on his invoice price. After checking his own documents, he admitted he was wrong, apologized and gave me what I wanted! That made it all the better....
I spent a few days talking myself out of the all goodies on the upper models; I really wanted a sunroof, power seat, and a few other items, but pricing was important and Honda makes sure everything you really NEED is standard, i.e. safety, power train, VSA, etc. Nothing fancy, but I feel great about my plain white RL!
True, even the RT is pretty loaded. I'm even impressed with the cloth interior on the RT. It's much better than the base Taco cloth interior.
Invoice Price: $27,611
Target Price: $28,875
What's with the $1000 incentive ... ? Hadn't heard of that yet. Sounds like you're getting a great deal there. Good luck latching on to an RTL w/navi for $28,500.
I gave up on the Rtl/navi and decided to buy and eclipse aftermarket. My final negotiated price is 26,555 form 31905 MSRP. I pick it up tomorrow.
Does Honda offer the navi as an aftermarket accessory, if not can you guys recommend one?
Very good: car-like ride, cab space, under bed storage, overall styling
Good: miles per gallon, tailgate opens traditional style and barnyard style
Poor: A typical Honda - somewhat under powered (too much gear shifting). Would not recomend Ridgeline for anyone doing a lot of towing. Also, I have sent HONDA USA two e-mails and never got any acknowledgment.
Very Poor: Tonneau Cover is a "Rube Goldberg." Why?
[a] All Ridgeline Tonneau covers use the same lock and key (can you believe it!)
[b] It's a 2 man effort to take it out and put it back in (very inconvenient!)
[c] The tonneau cover design is poorly engineered and it does not work seamlessly without some frustration - even after the dealer has installed some hoaky shims.
1. Gas prices are a bit intimidating
2. Other competing trucks are selling '05 models off with a vengence of discounts.
3. Post "employee pricing" season has dealers feeling the pinch of anticipating a really lean time for a few months. My friend is a finance mgr at a Ford dealer and says they are really not looking forward to this period.
Does anyone know how "new" or recent the $1000 incentive back to the dealer is? Was this happening during the recent employee discounts? If not, this is another reason for dealers to be more flexible with their pricing. I'm going serious shopping tomorrow, so we'll see what kind of great deals I can scare up.
Now I have a question- I based my starting offer on the information provided by Edmunds that the dealer was getting a 1,000 rebate which was unseen to the consumer. Consumer Reports, when I printed out their $12 info sheet on the Ridgeline, disagreed with that. They said there was no rebate. During the deal the salesman adamently claimed that there was no rebate--this was on the Pilot, not the Ridgeline. In retrospect I think he was right. But I'm surprised that they were willing to come down on their price this far without it. Guess I should have started my bidding 1,000 lower. I should thank Edmunds for the misinformation! (if indeed it is.)
Either way, I wouldn't pick a salesperson as the oracle for dealer incentives.. He has no incentive to be upfront about incentives that the customer doesn't get directly..
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The 05 Pilot has a $1500 incentive...not $1000 anyways...
Just my .02....
MSN says invoice is 27056. Destination makes it 27606. So I bought it 1106 under invoice. The dealer does get the 3% of MSRP holdback, which is 902.25. Guess this would show them loosing money, which I doubt happened. You might be right, but of the three sources I would guess CR to be the most accurate. Anyways, good luck dealing for a RTS for any less than this--at least at the current time/market conditions.
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$3200 off looks good. I saw a Navi all in stock for $3400 off so your deal looks fair.
I like the leather package as you get heated seats.
If deal is set, ask for one more thing that I would want: OK dealer I will take your deal if you throw in rear mudd guards. Done. Easy way to get something the truck needs anyway.
Enjoy.
You also may want to have dealer run numbers on a leadership purchase based on your above sales prices. A 36 month 2.51% (exc credit) ballon. Title in your name. Residual about 59% and 35 payments for 45,000 mile contract would be $350 with absolutely not a dollar down. Residual around $18,900. So you could simply buy it later if you like it, sell it yourself if market is good then or turn it in.
I like having options.
What I like about this, say the world enters a new era of gas prices (bad) and there is no way the truck will hold value -- Honda takes the risk for modest sum since residual is high and interest rate low.
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That is a great deal in my book. What do I smell bait and switch on it?
All you need to get when you buy out of state are the certificate of origin (or manufacturer's title), the odometer statement, and the bill of sale. A temp tag to get you home would be wise as well. That is all you need to take to the DMV to get the car registered in your state and they will charge you the sales tax at that time if you haven't paid it yet. IF you do pay sales tax in the other state, they will probably still charge you either the difference (if any), or the full amount and then tell you to go get a refund from the first state for what you paid there.
Except for taxes and tags.
In fact I had bought an RT a week earlier for $24,000 but because the front seat was so uncomfortable the dealer just upgraded me to the RTS for $2,300.. Well worth the upgrade, the seats are so better as well as the extras that really make a difference. the only thing that is not worth much to me is the 6 cd changer, does not play MP3's which in this day and age is dumb and there is no aux jack or easy way to add one... I am going to upgrade it to an Aftermarket Nav system later, other than that I LOVE THIS SUT....
The dealer was very helpful and there was very little to no haggling for the price.
I will be buying from this dealer for a long time to come..
Little advice don’t bother with any of the extras at the dealers, you can buy everything on line much cheaper and put it in or on yourself
Honda did a very good job with this SUT as far as adding aftermarket parts and how easy it really is, They have very well written PDFs on line to show you how to do stuff before you buy. and as you are installing
Gas on this SUT could be better and I am hopping to be getting better gas mileage as the SUT gets broken in, after the first tank of gas I got 15 + miles to the gallon, and I have been driving this SUT very lightly.
First fill up was at 280 mile and I put 18.5 gallons in, and that was me topping of the last .5 ..
Except for taxes and tags.
In fact I had bought an RT a week earlier for $24,000 but because the front seat was so uncomfortable the dealer just upgraded me to the RTS for $2,300.. Well worth the upgrade, the seats are so better as well as the extras that really make a difference. the only thing that is not worth much to me is the 6 cd changer, does not play MP3's which in this day and age is dumb and there is no aux jack or easy way to add one... I am going to upgrade it to an Aftermarket Nav system later, other than that I LOVE THIS SUT....
The dealer was very helpful and there was very little to no haggling for the price.
I will be buying from this dealer for a long time to come..
Little advice don’t bother with any of the extras at the dealers, you can buy everything on line much cheaper and put it in or on yourself
Honda did a very good job with this SUT as far as adding aftermarket parts and how easy it really is, They have very well written PDFs on line to show you how to do stuff before you buy. and as you are installing
Gas on this SUT could be better and I am hopping to be getting better gas mileage as the SUT gets broken in, after the first tank of gas I got 15 + miles to the gallon, and I have been driving this SUT very lightly.
First fill up was at 280 mile and I put 18.5 gallons in, and that was me topping of the last .5 ..
I paid 27,998 and got special financing from AHFC (4.9%)that started yesterday and runs through 11/21/05 I believe. The dealer charged a 298.00 doc fee, plus the standard sales tax, license plate and registration fee.
I even negotiated my trade in over the phone(2003 Honda Accord LX) and had no problems when I got there. I was in the business office 10 minutes max with no pressure to buy all the usual add-ons (extended warranty, etc). Smoothest car transaction I have ever done.
I guess dealer gave up all markup from MSRP
all hold back
all incentives
I guess they did make the $300 doc fee.
Enjoy you got a deal.
Was the trade in well below NADA loan value?