Hi,

Got a quote from a dealer in Pa for $18,700 for an 09 Civic LX.
That includes tax, title, and everything. They took off about $500
from sticker price.

Theye were out of 08's.

Is this a good deal? I like the car, but don't want to pay too
much, of course.


Thanks

 

On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:51:34 -0700 (PDT), caloo calay
<user132384@aol.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
> Got a quote from a dealer in Pa for $18,700 for an 09 Civic LX.
>That includes tax, title, and everything. They took off about $500
>from sticker price.
>
> Theye were out of 08's.
>
> Is this a good deal? I like the car, but don't want to pay too
>much, of course.
>

A good deal is any deal in which you and the dealer are both happy.
$50 over the course of 5 years doesn't mean crap. A few grand?
Perhaps. If you like the car and the price is fair and they don't
have a Doc fee or similiar crap, then grab it. If not, keep looking.

 

"caloo calay" <user132384@aol.com> wrote in message
news:d23eef19-dd8c-4e1f-8772-5a99fcabf81d@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>
> Got a quote from a dealer in Pa for $18,700 for an 09 Civic LX.
> That includes tax, title, and everything. They took off about $500
> from sticker price.
>
> Theye were out of 08's.
>
> Is this a good deal? I like the car, but don't want to pay too
> much, of course.
>
>
> Thanks

Do you think there might be any benefit to looking at one of the many online
car pricing websites or perhaps purchasing a car pricing report from
Consumer Reports, do ya', huh??

 

On Sep 25, 1:51 pm, caloo calay <user132...@aol.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Got a quote from a dealer in Pa for $18,700 for an 09 Civic LX.
> That includes tax, title, and everything. They took off about $500
> from sticker price.
>
> Theye were out of 08's.
>
> Is this a good deal? I like the car, but don't want to pay too
> much, of course.
>
> Thanks

That's fair for an "in demand" car at new model year release. If
you're gonna be sad in a few months when they're selling for $500 less
then wait (assuming your current ride won't cost you $500 in the
meantime).

 

I think the "Fit" has taken the old role of the Civic
as Honda's bottom offering. I think the jury is
still out is if they have the "Civic reliability" being
such a young model. I saw very few on the road
until this summer, when I presume Honda
finally started making them in bulk.

Meanwhile the standard Civic grows each year,
nearly an intermediate car size & price now.
Engineering improvements have keep its mileage
up there, but not as good as the older, lighter models.

 

Thus spake "rick++" <rick303@hotmail.com> :

>I think the "Fit" has taken the old role of the Civic
>as Honda's bottom offering. I think the jury is
>still out is if they have the "Civic reliability" being
>such a young model. I saw very few on the road
>until this summer, when I presume Honda
>finally started making them in bulk.

Well, given that the 2nd year of the Fit (08) is really the 5th year
(I think) of the Jazz, I think we can extrapolate some numbers for
reliability.

Honda appears to have actually been surprised by the response to the
2007 Fit. When I talked to one of the local dealers in mid 2006, she
was excited and promised to call me for a test drive when the first
one came in. Well, she did call. But I had to be there at a specific
time, as she was scheduling test drives on her two cars, but only for
three days.

The 2008s are/were more available, but still in lower supply than the
demand. By the time I bought, dealers weren't getting more than MSRP.
But they weren't getting less, that's for sure.

>
>Meanwhile the standard Civic grows each year,
>nearly an intermediate car size & price now.
>Engineering improvements have keep its mileage
>up there, but not as good as the older, lighter models.

I went from an 89 CRX to a 96 Civic EX. The Civic was "huge". Almost
as big as my wife's 89 Accord (which she traded for a 96 Accord EX at
the same time). Once I put some Tokicos on the Civic, it handled
"quite nicely". Even nicer with the R1s, but that's a different
story.