"E. Meyer" <epmeyer50@gmail.com> wrote in
news:C733F340.143B5%epmeyer50@gmail.com:

> One thing you should understand about Honda. Accessories are not
> installed at the factory.



That's mostly, but not 100%, true. Sometimes the very same accessories are
factory-installed on some trim lines and dealer-installed on others. Rear
spoilers (and their matching hatch/trunk struts) are one example of those.



> Anything listed as factory accessories in
> the Honda brochures or on the web site are still installed by Honda
> dealers either prior to or after the sale. The question here is more
> about separating "real" Honda options from additional dealer added
> fluff like a "nitrogen" package.



Real Honda options will have Honda part numbers. Dealer fluff will not have
Honda part numbers.

A heads-up for anyone thinking of passing on some options when buying a new
car: Dealer-installed options that were only ever dealer-installed are not
stocked by Honda the way parts are that also came from the factory. Few of
those parts are actually produced, so after a year or two, stock runs out
and they're gone forever. This would include stuff like rear mud flaps, and
those rear-window mirrors you could get for the CR-V...



> The solution is to simply refuse to pay it & they normally back down.



You got it. Your only real weapon with car dealers is your willingness to
walk away unless they play ball by your rules.


--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

 

I bought New '09 Civic LX back in March got $3000 off sticker. The one
you show with those goofy add-ons try for $3500 off minimum.

 

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:05:24 -0500, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
<elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote:

>In article <4uidne3y3pZSuZPWnZ2dnUVZ_o6dnZ2d@earthlink.com> ,
> "hondo" <hon@do.hun> wrote:
>
>> since nobody (yet, that I could see) replied to your original question, try
>> edmunds
>> price forum
>>
>> see http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/WebX/.eea7241
>
>or try truecar.com

Or go to the Honda site, click to find local dealers, and have them
all submit bids.

J.

 

Thus spake Tegger <invalid@invalid.inv> :

>Metspitzer <kilowatt@charter.net> wrote in
>news:16frg51dmpt735ak10hb7sli8tse6nhg4d@4ax.com :
>
>> http://i47.tinypic.com/vzj2vb.jpg
>> http://i46.tinypic.com/11ryom8.jpg
>> http://i50.tinypic.com/35i8x78.jpg
>>
>> I am buying it for my nephew. I will be buying the car in Georgia.
>>
>> I tried to use Honda's web page to get a listing of the car, but the
>> options don't match. The car has a rear spoiler, but the option on
>> the window calls it "appearance package" The price is not the same.
>>
>> I also didn't see the Theft protection or Nitrogen package listed as
>> an option on the web site.
>>
>
>
>
>"Nitrogen package"??? What a hoot!
>
>Sure looks like that dealer is adding lots of his own little frills and
>doohickeys to that car quite independently of what the car came with when
>he bought it from Honda.
>
>I'd stay away from that dealer if I were you.

We always call that "additional deal profit". Rust proofing in Texas?
Oh yeah, we get salted about 0 times a year. When it ices, they use
sand. Last year, no days, year before, once. Car wash (three).

If we get "dealer options", we choose them. The Toyota dealer we
bought Carol's Camry from actually gave us about $400 less than we
were going to offer, right off the bat. Then threw in the things we
were asking for. My Fit came home with a full tank of gas and a free
carwash.

Dealers who throw things on and then add them to the lot sticker price
need to be approched with serious trepidation. Offer less then MSRP
and walk away if they go up on that offer. I won't call them theives
because of libel and slander laws.

--

- dillon I am not invalid

"Get a shot off fast. This upsets him long enough to
let you make your second shot perfect."

-- Lazurus Long

 

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:37:15 -0500, Metspitzer <kilowatt@charter.net>
wrote:

>http://i47.tinypic.com/vzj2vb.jpg
>http://i46.tinypic.com/11ryom8.jpg
>http://i50.tinypic.com/35i8x78.jpg
>
>I am buying it for my nephew. I will be buying the car in Georgia.
>
>I tried to use Honda's web page to get a listing of the car, but the
>options don't match. The car has a rear spoiler, but the option on
>the window calls it "appearance package" The price is not the same.
>
>I also didn't see the Theft protection or Nitrogen package listed as
>an option on the web site.

Well I bought this car. I gave 19,100. Anyone think I got screwed? I
live in Ga. It is 7% state tax.

 

On 12/16/09 7:30 PM, in article ic2ji51ckc66e3h6l00ucgjvhhdvh9ngt4@4ax.com,
"Metspitzer" <kilowatt@charter.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:37:15 -0500, Metspitzer <kilowatt@charter.net>
> wrote:
>
>> http://i47.tinypic.com/vzj2vb.jpg
>> http://i46.tinypic.com/11ryom8.jpg
>> http://i50.tinypic.com/35i8x78.jpg
>>
>> I am buying it for my nephew. I will be buying the car in Georgia.
>>
>> I tried to use Honda's web page to get a listing of the car, but the
>> options don't match. The car has a rear spoiler, but the option on
>> the window calls it "appearance package" The price is not the same.
>>
>> I also didn't see the Theft protection or Nitrogen package listed as
>> an option on the web site.
>
> Well I bought this car. I gave 19,100. Anyone think I got screwed? I
> live in Ga. It is 7% state tax.
>

Never look back. Posting a question like that is virtually guaranteed to
prompt the response you don't want to hear. No one on the internet has the
slightest idea what the best deal available for that car could have been.