Is this a reasonabe offer on a new car ?

Doug · Oct 28, 2006

I think it is, and should be accepted.

Honda CR-V 2007, EX-L, everything but the nav-system, stickers at $26,595, I want it at a flat $26k, I think that's fair. No trade-in.

Fair deal to me at that price ?

Opinions desired !

theticket_22 · Oct 28, 2006

doug if u pay 595 below list on any new vehicle your not getting a great deal...i'd offer 25 flat

earl · Oct 28, 2006

Doug · Oct 28, 2006

theticket_22 said:
doug if u pay 595 below list on any new vehicle your not getting a great deal...i'd offer 25 flat

It's a re-disgned model with changes, 25 flat won't work, dealers can sell these.

Cars can sell over sticker when new, like PT Cruiser, VW Beetle, etc.

2007 CR-V , EX-L at 26 k flat kinda works for me ! Fair price, and I don't have to spend 20 hours a week Fucking with car dealers for months, damn wife with kill me with this, gotta put an end to it, I've driven the Nissan's, Toyotas, Saabs, Hondas, etal.

Even a dime off don't matter , but I don't think you get an 07 EX-L for 25k, torturing me to get it don't work, either

I don't want to start looking at Mazda's, I'm like 07 CRV-EXL, tea green, no trade... 26k.... deal or not ? I'll buy it from negro salesman ( kind of a bullshiter sort). I'm not prejudiced at all, I like Brothers, they jive, but they deal !

I kinda got a phone price of 26k from a dealer 40 miles away, after haggling on the phone.

I think 26 k, my color, and be done is a deal I'd make !

harrington · Oct 28, 2006

Hey I"m buying my wife one as well. Have fun trying to deal on this vehicle. Buy it online. I saved a ton on my last vehicle and they brought it right to my house.

rugby · Oct 28, 2006

Ask to see the invoice, and offer $1000 to $2000 over invoice. And don't let them bullshit you on not seeing the invoice. They entitled to show you the dealer invoice upon your request. Especially if this a larger dealership, it doesn't take much over invoice for a dealer to unload a car. Remember, unsold inventory on their lot is costing them money.

Good Luck.....................Rugby

Journeyman · Oct 28, 2006

I believe the average price on a new car is soemwhere around 15% of the sticker price.

harrington · Oct 28, 2006

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=chartheader colSpan=3>2007 Honda CR-V
EX-L 4dr SUV AWD (2.4L 4cyl 5A) </TD></TR><TR class=chartdark><TD width="50%"> </TD><TD align=middle width="25%">MSRP</TD><TD align=middle width="25%">Invoice</TD></TR><TR class=chartlight><TD vAlign=top noWrap width="50%">National Base Price (excludes destination charge)
A note about advertising fees</TD><TD vAlign=top align=middle width="25%">$26,000</TD><TD vAlign=top align=middle width="25%">$24,042</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

I sold cars for about 3 years part time. You should be able to get this car for $25,000 plus destination. I'm telling you buy it online.

Mr.Blonde · Oct 28, 2006

go to edmunds dot com or kbb dot com and there you can look up dealer invoice, what other people are paying, etc. You might also want to google for a forum just for your vehicle as people will often post what they are paying so you can see if you are getting a good deal or not. GL.

Doug · Oct 28, 2006

harrington said:
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=chartheader colSpan=3>2007 Honda CR-V
EX-L 4dr SUV AWD (2.4L 4cyl 5A)
</TD></TR><TR class=chartdark><TD width="50%"></TD><TD align=middle width="25%">MSRP</TD><TD align=middle width="25%">Invoice</TD></TR><TR class=chartlight><TD vAlign=top noWrap width="50%">National Base Price (excludes destination charge)
A note about advertising fees
</TD><TD vAlign=top align=middle width="25%">$26,000</TD><TD vAlign=top align=middle width="25%">$24,042</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

I sold cars for about 3 years part time. You should be able to get this car for $25,000 plus destination. I'm telling you buy it online.

$26595, rest is probably destination charge, so if I'm within $400 of that, I should be OK.

SportSavant · Oct 28, 2006

how much tax do you have to pay on top of that?

here in Ottawa for a new car it would be 14% extra...

sean1 · Oct 28, 2006

Unless you are buying a very hard to get car (Back ordered sports car) you should be much closer to invoice than asking price... $300-400 profit is better than no profit, and the more cars a dealership moves early in the year, the more they get going forward.

At the end of the year, they have to move old models.

To get a good idea of what you should pay, go to carsdirect.com and see what their price is. I'd say dealerships beat their price less than 5% of the time - usually when they are running some ridiculous special or are short cash and selling at a loss or whatever.

Usually if you take the carsdirect print out with you to the dealership, they'll match. Some will tell you to get lost, but then just order it online...

Sean

Doug · Oct 28, 2006

SportSavant said:
how much tax do you have to pay on top of that?

here in Ottawa for a new car it would be 14% extra...

6% but irrelevant, you pay that wherever you buy it !

Kiss1 · Oct 28, 2006

Wifey is hounding me for ...

This Car

Journeyman · Oct 28, 2006

Doug said:
6% but irrelevant, you pay that wherever you buy it !

Not every state,5% here in Maryland but no tax at all just a few miles up the road in Delaware (if you live there).

SportSavant · Oct 28, 2006

Doug said:
6% but irrelevant, you pay that wherever you buy it !

Here in Ottawa it isnt irrelevent coz, if you buy a car NEW it is 14% but if you buy it USED it is only 7%.....

ALSO....

Here in Ottawa you can pay 250$ to a professional car buyer, and he guarantees you the best prcie on whatever car you buy.

SportSavant · Oct 28, 2006

Journeyman said:
Not every state,5% here in Maryland but no tax at all just a few miles up the road in Delaware (if you live there).

WOW, NO TAX IN DELEWARE, compared to 14% up here.

ucking:

Holysmoke+ · Oct 28, 2006

Doug said:
I think it is, and should be accepted.

Honda CR-V 2007, EX-L, everything but the nav-system, stickers at $26,595, I want it at a flat $26k, I think that's fair. No trade-in.

Fair deal to me at that price ?

Opinions desired !

did you check www.carsdirect.com ?

8ate · Oct 28, 2006

honda has a reputation for not selling below sticker, but they do..!!

nice resale values on hondas, also

gl

:howdy:

Doug · Oct 28, 2006

sean1 said:
Unless you are buying a very hard to get car (Back ordered sports car) you should be much closer to invoice than asking price... $300-400 profit is better than no profit, and the more cars a dealership moves early in the year, the more they get going forward.

At the end of the year, they have to move old models.

To get a good idea of what you should pay, go to carsdirect.com and see what their price is. I'd say dealerships beat their price less than 5% of the time - usually when they are running some ridiculous special or are short cash and selling at a loss or whatever.

Usually if you take the carsdirect print out with you to the dealership, they'll match. Some will tell you to get lost, but then just order it online...

It's not a vette, but it is re-designed and better than the 2006 model, dealer can stick close to sticker.

PT Cruisers sold for thousands over sticker, when a novelty.

I'm stuck a bit here. Wife will have me shopping for cars forever, I've driven a couple dozen cars already, takes her up to 5 hours to decide where to eat dinner.

If I bought a Tribeca and there were any problems, it's my fault, she loves her Honda now, so it's safe, car delivered 250k+ miles, still going !

If I went used with Carmax, any problem... I'm toast !

I don't want to start test-driving Kia's, Hyundai's, Suzuki's, Mazda's, etc.

I have to decide since she is incapable of deciding something as small as where to eat, even though she is the primary driver, I don't drive for the hell of it, I need a destination in order to drive somewhere. She drives about aimlessly, much as some surf the internet aimlessly.

CR-V has a 4-banger that gets good mileage, proven reliability, it fits !

I actually very much liked the Element ( I call it the Uglyment), but a short ( about 5 foot) person has vision problems in it, with it's design, she be short, so no go. I understand that.

Time to get it over with, otherwise it will inhibit my gambling, the CR-V ( 2007) just doesn't go much under sticker, I can get an 2006 for 2k+ under, but it's a way different design, and most dealers have moved them already.

26k or 25.5 k isn't that critical, I'd like to beat the 26.6 k sticker, and be done.