Re: Honda Fit Prices
 

On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:00:28 -0500, dgk wrote:

> On 1 Mar 2007 13:14:24 GMT, Joe LaVigne <jlavigne@hits-buffalo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:04:41 -0500, dgk wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:59:08 GMT, ern <ern@junk_mail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I paid $20,000.00 for my white 2007 Honda Fit Sport on 26 April, 2007.
>>>>It was on the showroom floor for about three hours when I purchased it
>>>>from Gillman Honda Fort Bend in Richmond (Houston), Texas, U.S.A.
>>>>The first Honda Fit sold by the dealer. It was the only Fit available
>>>>for purchase.
>>>>
>>>
>>>>Details:
>>>> 15,170.00 Manufacturer's suggested retail price - Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
>>> ...
>>>
>>> I was trying to buy one but it was impossible to get one at a price I
>>> was willing to pay. That's because folks were willing to pay far more.
>>> So I didn't buy it. You're the reason that I couldn't get one even at
>>> dealer cost. Should I be sorry that you're an ?
>>
>>I don't know that "" fits. Those people clearly wanted the car
>>more than you did. They were willing to spend more on it than you were.
>>That's the way capitalism works.
>
> Yes, but then you don't complain that you paid too much.

Well, that is true. I was talking in general terms. But in this case,
you are probably right...

Re: Honda Fit Prices
 

>ern wrote:
>> My 2007 Honda Fit cost $20,000.00 U.S.D. on 26 April 2007 from Gillman
>> Honda Fort Bend (southwest of Houston,Texas). The greedy dealer added
>> many unwanted options and charged $715.17 above sticker price to round
>> up to an even number.
>>
>> Do you want details?
>> Ern
>> -------------
>>
>
I paid $16,700 (not counting Honda Co. service contract for $900 for 6
years, and tax, license, interest) for the "higher priced" 2007 CIVIC
LX. Includes wheel locks and mudflaps and some other little extra I
forget at the moment.

You overpaid big time for your Fit. No offense, but you were ignorant,
to overpay that much. Unless you like giving "charity" to your car
dealer. You'd have been better off to give the $2000 plus "charity" to
a bonafide non-profit charity to help people.

Re: Honda Fit Prices
 

You purchased the "regular" model for $16,700.
The $20.000.00 was fot the "Sport" model and all the unwannted
unnecessary options the dreeeedy dealer stuck on.

On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:16:58 GMT, A.Nonimus@nospam.tv wrote:

>
>
>>ern wrote:
>>> My 2007 Honda Fit cost $20,000.00 U.S.D. on 26 April 2007 from Gillman
>>> Honda Fort Bend (southwest of Houston,Texas). The greedy dealer added
>>> many unwanted options and charged $715.17 above sticker price to round
>>> up to an even number.
>>>
>>> Do you want details?
>>> Ern
>>> -------------
>>>
>>
>I paid $16,700 (not counting Honda Co. service contract for $900 for 6
>years, and tax, license, interest) for the "higher priced" 2007 CIVIC
>LX. Includes wheel locks and mudflaps and some other little extra I
>forget at the moment.
>
>You overpaid big time for your Fit. No offense, but you were ignorant,
>to overpay that much. Unless you like giving "charity" to your car
>dealer. You'd have been better off to give the $2000 plus "charity" to
>a bonafide non-profit charity to help people.

Re: Honda Fit Prices
 

On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 16:31:28 +0000, ern wrote:

> You purchased the "regular" model for $16,700.
> The $20.000.00 was fot the "Sport" model and all the unwannted
> unnecessary options the dreeeedy dealer stuck on.

No, he paid 16,700 for a Civic. You overpaid because you wanted to. The
dealer didn't have a gun to your head. In the end, you were plain stupid,
and now you are angry with the dealer for it.

Re: Honda Fit Prices
 

On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 16:31:28 GMT, ern <ern@junk_mail.com> wrote:

>You purchased the "regular" model for $16,700.
>The $20.000.00 was fot the "Sport" model and all the unwannted
>unnecessary options the dreeeedy dealer stuck on.
>

No, I paid $16,700 for the CIVIC LX, not the DX, not the Fit.
You overpaid. That's okay, just learn from it and next time you buy a
car, do some homework and don't let the dealer gouge you. You'll feel
better about it.

Re: Honda Fit Prices
 

On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:04:11 GMT, A.Nonimus@nospam.tv wrote:

>On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 16:31:28 GMT, ern <ern@junk_mail.com> wrote:
>
>>You purchased the "regular" model for $16,700.
>>The $20.000.00 was fot the "Sport" model and all the unwannted
>>unnecessary options the dreeeedy dealer stuck on.
>>
>
>No, I paid $16,700 for the CIVIC LX, not the DX, not the Fit.
>You overpaid. That's okay, just learn from it and next time you buy a
>car, do some homework and don't let the dealer gouge you. You'll feel
>better about it.

He did overpay, but I also wanted the Fit more than the LX. For two
reasons, first, the handling is great. Second, the body style fits my
life better. I don't haul around passengers often but I do sometimes
need the space to put bikes and such. I was willing to pay the list
price for the Fit, which was not very different from the "more
expensive" Civic, but not more.

Oddly, the estimated gas mileage wasn't much better than the Civic
although the hp was less. Both were very good though so it wasn't a
consideration.

Maybe next year, if my 91 Accord ever gives out.

Re: Honda Fit Prices
 

On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:13:15 -0500, dgk wrote:

> On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:04:11 GMT, A.Nonimus@nospam.tv wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 16:31:28 GMT, ern <ern@junk_mail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>You purchased the "regular" model for $16,700.
>>>The $20.000.00 was fot the "Sport" model and all the unwannted
>>>unnecessary options the dreeeedy dealer stuck on.
>>>
>>
>>No, I paid $16,700 for the CIVIC LX, not the DX, not the Fit.
>>You overpaid. That's okay, just learn from it and next time you buy a
>>car, do some homework and don't let the dealer gouge you. You'll feel
>>better about it.
>
> He did overpay, but I also wanted the Fit more than the LX. For two
> reasons, first, the handling is great. Second, the body style fits my
> life better. I don't haul around passengers often but I do sometimes
> need the space to put bikes and such. I was willing to pay the list
> price for the Fit, which was not very different from the "more
> expensive" Civic, but not more.

That's the point. It is fine to choose the Fit over the Civic for what
you want in a car. It is even fine to pay $4000 over list for it, if that
suits you. The OP is a first-class whiner, though, in that he blames the
dealer (and Honda) for his bad judgment, in that he feels he overpaid. He
is clearly not smart enough to realize that he made his own decision on
how much he was willing to pay. The dealer's job is to make money. They
saw that sucker coming all the way down the road...