Perpetual Price Thread

[kchunk]

Hi there. Just joined the forum and am planning on purchasing a new '11 EX this week. I realize there is a model year 2010 price thread here on this forum that is quite lengthy, however, since we are now ending model year 11 and heading into 12, I thought to start a "perpetual price thread" so that it won't lose steam at the end of any particular year. I got the idea from ridgelineownersclub.com and it saved me a few g's when I bought my Ridgeline a few years ago.

Anyway, here goes...I emailed around town (Central FL) and have a few offers in hand. The best "out the door" price for an EX is $22,634, including tax/tag/title and all other fees. I thought that was pretty good. Please reply with any comments.

I was kind of expecting a new round of factory incentives for November, but haven't seen any yet. I realize supply is pretty thin due to the quake over there, but I can't believe there are no factory to customer nor factory to dealer incentives this late in the year. If I missed any please let me know ASAP. I'm real close to pulling the trigger here.

[LANCE CASPER]

Is it an EX with Nav, an EX or an LX ?

[kchunk]

Originally Posted by LANCE CASPER

Is it an EX with Nav, an EX or an LX ?

Yeah...duh. It's an EX no navi. Sorry bout that, original post edited.

[dieselnine]

Have you checked with Coggin Honda on Atlantic? That's in Jacksonville, FL. Not too far from central Florida. If not, shoot me a PM and I might be able to hook you up with my guy who can (I hope) get you the best price around. Coggin is a huge organization. They had to get my 2011 from South Motors in Miami, but at least they had the ability to trade this or that for the color combination I wanted.

[Jayemtee]

As you probably know, "out the door" prices vary from state to state. I don't see that as a very good measuring point on an international forum. I do wish you luck and hope that you get the car you want at the price you want.

Here in Las Vegas Nevada, the 2012s are getting a $700 discount from MSRP, and the the 2011s are getting $900 off. If I were to buy one today, I think I'd get a 2012. For me, I'd need about a $1500=2000 difference to buy a brand new car that is a year old.

[kchunk]

Originally Posted by Jayemtee

As you probably know, "out the door" prices vary from state to state. I don't see that as a very good measuring point on an international forum.

While it's not a good measuring point, IMO, it's certainly a good starting point in figuring what I should be paying.

Here in Las Vegas Nevada, the 2012s are getting a $700 discount from MSRP, and the the 2011s are getting $900 off.

The OTD price quoted above listed the internet sales price at $20,694 so that's about $800 under MSRP. I guess there's still a little work to be done

[CraigCA]

Truecar.com says $20,687 for a 2011 EX/no nav. here in CA.

Oh, I think I'd get the 2012 also. I looked at a 2012 EX yesterday and it's a lot better than my 2010.

[kchunk]

We bought our EX (no navi) last night. The cash price from the top of the buyer's order was $20,871 (vehicle plus delivery), not the best quote I had but the dealer volunteered a $750 down payment assistance if I used Honda financing. Their rate was just a fraction more than my credit union's, so being this was the only incentive I could find, it was certainly the deal maker. With this incentive that made the effective vehicle price $20,121.

Truecar.com, for my area in central FL shows $21,212. So, while its a decent benchmark, it's not the be-all, end-all in new car pricing. If you have the time a little work will pay off.

Looking at the purchase order, the only B.S. fee they snuck by me was what they call a "Third-Party Private Tag Agency Fee" of $49.

Tax, tag, title, yadda, yadda, yadda...out the door $21, 982. A pretty solid deal if I may say so.

In addition, this particular dealer includes a free lifetime unlimited mileage powertrain warranty. Of course it's a crappy 3rd party warranty from Fidelity Warranty Services, but it seems legit and I'm sure would have cost a few hundred dollars.

[dieselnine]

The $49 charge for the third party tag thing is standard in Florida. It's been on my sale slip both times in the past two years. You may get a little back from the state or someone in a couple of months. That too happened both times after the last two purchases.

Hope you enjoy your EX as much as I do mine!