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Honda Care Maintenance (Dealership Enhanced) $795
I'm not a DIYer and don't have a garage I work with so I estimate cost of required maintenance to be $300-$400. Package performs same maintenance, gives you a loaner while worked on, adds $1k additional damage waiver, and waives disposition fee ($350) on return if you decide to not lease another Honda.
24500 with destination
600 dealer fee
80 electronic transfer??
40 title
1900 GA 6.7% tax
27100 OTD
2015 Honda Accord EXL Sedan
Special internet price: $24,647 (includes destination)
College graduate rebate: $500
You pay: $24,147 plus tax and fees $369.
Dealership offering free wheel locks and decklid spoiler (that we want) for $375.
Its a good deal ......................... Deck lid will look nice.
Post name of dealership and your experience when done.
23 Telluride SX-P X-Line, 23 Camry XSE
Just purchased 2015 Accord EX-L (no navigation)
24873 + 80 (doc fee) + 29 (filing fee) + 271 (title/reg/official fees) + tax.
27249 OTD
This is in SoCal.
Hope it was a decent deal. (?)
Yes you could buy/ hold any car with a credit card deposit. Dealers need to fax over to you the bill of sale / buyers order . You and dealer both sign paperwork then you complete deal when you get down to the dealership and pay in full.. Most local dealerships may want you to come in. A fax buy works best when you have outside financing in place. I like to tell dealers if you could meet or beat my rate I will finance thru you.
I have bought hundreds of vehicles in a lot of different states buying this way. It is fast and easy on both ends.
23 Telluride SX-P X-Line, 23 Camry XSE
Price was $20,632. OTD $22,283.
Thanks to everyone for the advice.
Thank you so much for all your good work on this forum. I am in the market for a 2015 Honda Civic EX and have been shopping around for the best price. The MSRP for the car I am interested $22K incl Dest. Charges. What would be a good price to ask the dealerships before TTL?. I have been trying all your methods but with little success so far. There are still few days left before the year end and hoping to hear back from a dealer. I wanted to ask you what would be an ideal price to ask them to score a good deal. Let me know what you think?
The state your buying in may be a problem. Your models invoice is 19,692 plus 820 for destination
I would email as many dealerships internet dept. as far as your willing to travel to. 10, 15, 20 dealerships if possible. Your target price for this vehicle is about 1000 below dealers invoice price or 19,512 this price includes the destination charge and excludes all taxes tags and dealers doc fee charge.
again area will play a big part in pricing. I received a email from a poster in NC who claims they purchased @1200 below dealers invoice on a civic ex.
In NY and NJ Civic's are selling at invoice price to 500 below.
In MA about 1k below. MD about the same
Be patient and wait til the last day to find that knock out deal. Get more dealerships involved in the price wars
23 Telluride SX-P X-Line, 23 Camry XSE
Car price was 21700.46
Doc fee 80
sales tax 1960.24
electronic vehicle registration or transfer charge = 20.50. ( i dont know what this is can someone explain for me plz?)
vehicle license fee 141
registration 101
CA tire fees 8.75
Total was 24011.95
with .9%financing it was 24574.20
Was it a fair deal?
Make sure any emails / calls go to the Internet manager. That's who you want to speak to. Nobody else. If he or she is busy leave a contact number. Then move on to your next targeted dealership.
You may have to call each dealership to get the Internet mgr. email and number. This is the only way to buy right now. Buying a vehicle this way ( direct calls to the mgrs.) will net you the best results with pricing. I would not lie to you. My track record in these forums speaks for itself. Take the bull by the horns and apply what I'm telling you.
Remember Dealer meets your price you buy that moment holding with a credit card deposit. This is your leverage... Put each dealership on the spot . Your objective is a Answer... YES or NO or a counter offer then you move onto the next dealer. I could go thru 20 dealers in 30 mins buying this way. Its Fast, direct ,and simply..... You will make a good deal ...................................
23 Telluride SX-P X-Line, 23 Camry XSE
You are giving great suggestions here and I appreciate it. However, they are not working out very well for me at this moment. Could you please help?
I actually need to purchase a Honda base model hybrid before year's end. Although I wrote the dealers about a 2015, I would be ok with a 2014 (though there are hardly any around). Anyway, I wrote to 5 dealers and am getting either form letters back, or flyers. No one has given a price at this point and I was adamant that I want to purchase and have credit card in hand.
More importantly, I am in Long Island NY and would like your opinion of what the best price I could get for this model car. I notice that you wrote that NY is not the best, maybe $500 under invoice. Is that before the destination fee? What would you pay for the base hybrid accord right now?
Any help you could give, I'd be grateful.
Best,
Elizabeth
Thanks for all the information on this forum. It helped me immensely to choose better price on my new car. I just bought 2015 Accord sport CVT:
Selling price: $20,700 (destination fee included)
Doc fee: $250
Tax: $1,417 (6.75%)
Title fee: $48.5
OTD: $22,401.95
It was a very good deal as per edmunds invoice price. Didn't get any accessories and didn't qualify for 0.9% APR (Got 3.1% APR!!). Nevertheless fantastic deal
VP
VP
Thanks
VP
You have 2 things working against you. Your area and the supply / demand on this hybrid vehicle.
NY doc fee's are only 75 dollars. NJ doc's range from $299 to 499 so make sure you know each NJ dealers doc fee charge before agreeing to a price.
Make direct phone calls to each of your targeted dealerships in LONG Island, and NJ. Speak only to the Internet managers if possible ...... if they are not available leave your number with I will buy today if we could agree on a price holding with a credit card. Secure a price then go to the dealership.
Try these dealerships in addition to yours.
New Rochelle, Yonkers Friendly, Bay Ridge Honda, Huntington , Atlantic Honda in NY
In NJ................ Auto-Sport, DCH Paramus, Garden State, Hamilton , Paul Miller Honda.
Your target price should be I buy today for 500 below dealers invoice price. Negotiate this price hard be firm and only give in on the 31st of this month. You may have to settle on Invoice price or above but don't forget your buying a Honda with great resale value and a model that dealers are not selling a lot of. As long as the sale price is 500 below dealers invoice it wont matter if dest/ charge was included or not. I like to add it to my target price so me and dealer are crystal clear on pricing.
If you need me I will be around tonight and tomorrow in varies forums helping others with there sales. Start calling dealerships tonight. No more emails....... direct call to the managers.
23 Telluride SX-P X-Line, 23 Camry XSE
Finally i have sent out the emails to most of the dealers (8) in my area for 2015 Accord Touring. I have asked for $31k OTD price. so far 3 have responded with their lowest of $32K, $32744 & $33627. One of the 5 remaining is asking to forward the lowest offer i have to check with his manager if they can beat it. Is it ok to forward the pricing?
Another one from the remaining 5 just sent a one liner saying "we are way too off" I have asked him to send me his lowest so lets see. Seems like he is not happy.
There are 2 more dealers besides the 8 which i contacted but they have only black available which we dont prefer.
Based on this scenario Could you please let me know what you think about the OTD pricing i am asking for and the offers so far I have received?
Should still wait till tomorrow?
Thanks and Appreciate all of your help.
Let me ask you a question? at 31k OTD . How much below dealers invoice are you asking dealers to sell this 2015 vehicle? A 2015 touring models invoice w/dest charge = $ 31,568
I don't remember your buying State? your sales tax rate ? or the amount of tax that will be applied to this sale. ? . ..
Post for me the exact Sales tax numbers applied on this model your asking? Post each one of the dealers you mentioned doc fee charges? Post your states dmv charges that brings you to ask for 31k OTD number, or dealers numbers off 32k , 32.7k, price numbers?
I will comment once you fill in these question marks.
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23 Telluride SX-P X-Line, 23 Camry XSE
23 Telluride SX-P X-Line, 23 Camry XSE
23 Telluride SX-P X-Line, 23 Camry XSE
You have 2 things working against you. Your area and the supply / demand on this hybrid vehicle.
NY doc fee's are only 75 dollars. NJ doc's range from $299 to 499 so make sure you know each NJ dealers doc fee charge before agreeing to a price.
Make direct phone calls to each of your targeted dealerships in LONG Island, and NJ. Speak only to the Internet managers if possible ...... if they are not available leave your number with I will buy today if we could agree on a price holding with a credit card. Secure a price then go to the dealership.
Try these dealerships in addition to yours.
New Rochelle, Yonkers Friendly, Bay Ridge Honda, Huntington , Atlantic Honda in NY
In NJ................ Auto-Sport, DCH Paramus, Garden State, Hamilton , Paul Miller Honda.
Your target price should be I buy today for 500 below dealers invoice price. Negotiate this price hard be firm and only give in on the 31st of this month. You may have to settle on Invoice price or above but don't forget your buying a Honda with great resale value and a model that dealers are not selling a lot of. As long as the sale price is 500 below dealers invoice it wont matter if dest/ charge was included or not. I like to add it to my target price so me and dealer are crystal clear on pricing.
If you need me I will be around tonight and tomorrow in varies forums helping others with there sales. Start calling dealerships tonight. No more emails....... direct call to the manager
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Hi Brian,
First, thank you! Unfortunately, I just walked in the door after 2 meetings. So, calls were not made. I will make them first thing in the morning though!
Not certain if I should call the dealers with invoice minus the $820 destination fee, or with invoice minus dest AND $500 (minus $1320 off invoice). Which would you go with?
I did receive prices from Atlantic $29.5k OTD (with tax) and from Huntington at $27,844 w/ dest. Not including tax and DMV. I have not responded to them yet. Thoughts so far?
Thanks again. Have a great night!
Elizabeth
MSRP: 25485
Selling price: 20900 +Tax, License & fees.
I will sign the deal tomorrow. Hope this help anybody in the area.
23 Telluride SX-P X-Line, 23 Camry XSE
CAR PRICE= 21700..46
doc fee =80
sales tax= 1960.24
electronic vehicle registration = 20.50. (what is this thing?)
vehicle license fee = 141
registration = 101
CA tire fee = 8.75
total = 24011.95
with financing 0.9% = 24574.20
How was this deal everyone?
Hey Brian I am now considering an 2015 EX-L v6 (before I was just considering a EX-L)
I am down into the low 26's with destination on that about 2400 below invoice of 28,710. OTD should come out somewhere in the 29's.
Question is now that I am approaching 30's for a honda accord, I am considering a 2015 Acura TLX. But apparently those have been selling like hotcakes, and it is brand new model. Would you use the same negotiating techniques. I find that negotiating with Acura is vastly different from dealing with honda.
What I am considering to go against the ex-l v6 is the following.
Base 2.4 TLX invoice 30,388 was quoted 31020 from a dealer
Base 2.4 tlx tech invoice 34118 was quoted 34568 from a dealer
3.5 V-6 tlx invoice 34,298 was quoted 34798 from a dealer
I have just gotten a flyer from a local Acura dealer that they are doing a special till 31st for $1000 of "Invoice provided by Acura XXXXX dealer"
In a state of headaches trying to crunch numbers between honda a acura.. But I was thinking the Acura brand is made with more premium materials and would be a much quieter ride then the honda.
Let me know what you think. Thanks
I bought the car from Fairfax Honda in Northern VA.
Selling price: $20,372 (includes destination fee)
Title/Filing fees: $60.74
License fee: $83.50
Taxes: $848.76 (4%)
Processing fee: $585
OTD: $21,950
Thanks for the help!
Auto sport invoice 23392
manual invoice 22662.
Thanks
Which Honda dealer was that? city? State?
Thanks
VP
Electronic vehicle registration.
23 Telluride SX-P X-Line, 23 Camry XSE
From people that have bought in the past, end of the year type deals, is this something that happens every year for a new model year deal to be 2.5k below invoice?
2015 Honda Accord EXL Sedan V4
MSRP : $29,240
Got Out of the door price (includes everything) for
$25800 (24100$ + Taxes 980 + 280Reg+ doc fees 499)and 0.9APR/60mos
2015 Honda Accord EXL Sedan V6
MSRP : $29,240
Got Out of the door price (includes everything) for
$27600 (25800$ + Taxes 980 + 280Reg+ doc fees 499) and 0.9APR/60mos
This is in Northern Virginia. if you need any help, just message me and I can forward the information,
I bought then 1 week ago, you can negotiate another-300-500$ $ low now.
23 Telluride SX-P X-Line, 23 Camry XSE
Your target price should be I buy today for 500 below dealers invoice price. Negotiate this price hard be firm and only give in on the 31st of this month. You may have to settle on Invoice price or above but don't forget your buying a Honda with great resale value and a model that dealers are not selling a lot of. As long as the sale price is 500 below dealers invoice it wont matter if dest/ charge was included or not. I like to add it to my target price so me and dealer are crystal clear on pricing.
If you need me I will be around tonight and tomorrow in varies forums helping others with there sales. Start calling dealerships tonight. No more emails....... direct call to the manager.
As long as you know the dest/ charge is included or has to be added to the agreed sales price it wont matter. its up to you. I would take your models invoice price then minus 500 off that price. this number is your target price. if you add the 820 dest charge make sure dealer is aware of this so your both on the same page.
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Hi Brian,
I wanted to keep you updated on my progress with the 2015 Accord base hybrid thus far. I wrote and called various dealers. The bottom line and best offer to this point is $26,900 incl dest and various fees. Excludes tax & DMV. I am holding out until tomorrow as I still have some follow ups to make. My goal is to reach $26,500 which would align with the budget!
Please let me know if I am missing something, and your thoughts to this point?
Thanks so much again. After so many years of negotiating for cars, and getting burned out, you helped give me the push and motivation I need!
Gratefully,
Elizabeth
You are giving yourself the best chance to reach your target price. At the end of the day if you need to adjust your price do so knowing you made the best possible deal in your area.
happy new year.
23 Telluride SX-P X-Line, 23 Camry XSE
I have been trying several dealerships and I think more than half of them are already aware of me and they are not responding to my emails. On the contrary I have one offer for 15 Civic Hybrid for $21430 + TTL. The MSRP is 25.5K; INV is $24K. What do you think of this pricing? Plz advice. Thx again for your help.
The 2015 Civic hybrid's base model is the L4 cvt..
Invoice price is $22,974. Plus destination = 820 totaling 23,794
If destination charge was included in your 21,430 that puts you at 2364 below dealers invoice price
If not its 1544 below dealers invoice price on the 2015 hybrid model.
1st deal is a Super deal / 2nd is very good. There are no cash incentives on this model right now.
23 Telluride SX-P X-Line, 23 Camry XSE
23 Telluride SX-P X-Line, 23 Camry XSE
AJ what were you thinking trying to squeeze dealers another 1000 dollars. LOL
Post your details when deal is complete
23 Telluride SX-P X-Line, 23 Camry XSE
To answer your question for 15 CIVIC EX, the best offer I have is $18.6K + TTL. I am trying to see if I can round it off to $18K. What do you think about this deal?
Your 2015 Hybrid Civic prices are at 1500 or 2300 below invoice price depending on destination fee.
Your Civic Ex price is 1000 below dealers invoice price.
23 Telluride SX-P X-Line, 23 Camry XSE