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Nice job! Enjoy your new Civic.

Understood. Just enjoy the car... the safety features will work when and if they are needed.

You're welcome. Honda definitely has a great incentive with the program for college grads and recent veterans as well. Now you have some great (and reliable) wheels. FYI, the collision mitigation system is great. I was on the highway a few weeks ago, in center lane about to turn into the left...

That's awesome! I hear ya about "loving the crap out of it." You will love your Civic. Mine's only 6 weeks old, and I still can't believe it's mine. Congrats on your graduation, as well. That's fantastic.

My suggestion, if you want to get the best deal, is to email some other dealers and see if they are willing to beat the deal you have. Then you keep emailing other dealers with the new lowest offer until hardly any dealer is left. That's when you know you've found the best price you probably...

Very helpful advice, thank you. I was trying to look ahead more today as I was driving to take my foot off the gas sooner so as to not brake as much. Also kept a better eye on keeping the RPMs close to/under 2000. I'll check the tire psi as well...

I sure as hell hope this is the case. Got my car on 28 Dec, just filled up the first time on 7 Jan, and that was a crappy mpg tank... and I even started out in econ mode! Didn't seem to be making any difference, so I switched to regular mode. Not driving like a nut, by the way.

Think I screwed up my "reply" to tdhart. I wrote "I also miss my TDI's mpg's and power, but the Civic Touring handles sooooo much better. I can take corners faster and better than I ever could in my 2012 Passat TDI SEL. Glad you got to turn in your TDI. I'm still waiting for them to mail me the...

FYI, I also am selling my TDI back to VW, but do NOT assume that the buyback will occur on the day they initially told you it will. My buyback was supposed to happen on 15 Dec... it didn't. They have had all my documentation since 22 Nov. and it is all correct, but they have still not mailed me...

Nice. It's a great feeling getting such a good deal, and we have an outstanding car, to boot. Win-win.

Awesome work!! You did a fantastic job- THAT is how you buy a car. Glad the forum was helpful, as well. Congrats and enjoy your new 2017 WOP/Ivory Touring. Is it a sedan, or what? If it's a sedan, we have the same car (OK, minus the add-ons). Enjoy your Touring- I am thrilled with mine.

Picked up my new 2017 Civic Touring Sedan (WOP/Ivory) today. Wow. Still can't believe it's mine.

You didn't mention it, though the Civic MPGs were part of what got my attention (forgot to mention that). Great to know you are getting such good MPGs. 50, though? Surprised to hear that. I'll be happy seeing 42+ HWY.

So I'm not the only TDI owner who's getting a Civic (and a Touring, no less), huh? Love my TDI, but I being able to get a brand new car (and an amazing car at that) with 0 miles instead of the 90K I have now was a no-brainer. The Honda Sensing Package sealed it for me: love all those features...

If a dealer wants to see the quote you got from another dealer, you don't need a printer. You can either forward that dealer the email quote they want to see/match/beat, or take a "screen shot" of the email and send it as an attachment in your email (what I did). They know they are competing...

Sure thing. I prefer email communication with the dealers because everyone involved can answer it when convenient, and I have "proof" of a dealer's offer. Only one dealer stopped responding when the bidding got down to $24,000 + TTL (and doc fees) for the 2017 Touring. One other dealer said he...

Hey, thank you for the support. You're welcome for the info: that's why I went into such detail in my post, to try and help out someone else who will be buying and who maybe wasn't sure of the details of negotiating through email only. Honestly, I could care less if someone online takes issue...

Have a nice day. I'm choosing to spend my time on other things than to go back and forth with you.

You're entitled to your opinion, and I respect that. I'm not apologizing for getting dealers to essentially compete against each other. I'm direct yet polite with them in my emails, communicating that I have a lower offer, and asking if they'd like to counter offer. It's their choice to say yes...