Gruber
Senior Member
- First Name
- Mark
- Joined
- Jan 27, 2018
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- Location
- TN
- Vehicle(s)
- 2018 Honda Civic Sport Touring; 2009 Honda CR-V EX-L
Exactly the same process everywhere. My finance guy did exactly the same thing - I had to know about Honda 0.9% and specifically request it for him to remember. "oh yes, I've heard about that too. Let me check if it's still valid..." Who would remember such nonsense.... He offered extended warranties but was not able to come up with an acceptable price, so I kindly declined. But I take it for granted that you have to know everything and pull every single thing out of their throat. I don't ever get mad, I just smile all the time, talk a lot or just sit silent reading something or playing with the phone and make them wait forever, and we remain friends. I like the process of buying cars at dealers and I regret I can do it only once every several years at best.I did my car-buying exp using a website for comparison. Then those dealerships started contacting me and give me offers. I "reply all" so they can fight over one another for their "best deal." I then asked for financing and trade-in. Once I agreed to the offer, I came in and signed the paperwork. Finance guy also tried to sell me warranties on the spot, but I said no. He first told me that my rate would be 2.5% for 3 yrs (something like that), but I told him that Honda offers 0.9% for 3yrs and my score is good. He then said "let me check... Yes, you are qualified for that rate, but it's only 3yrs. I can give you 1.9% on 5yrs." No, thank you. Any extended warranty was bought separately thru the internet. The process took 1 hour from the time I came in to sign the paperwork.
I got the best price from one dealer and used it to negotiate at another dealer which I preferred and which had the color I liked better.
But I don't want to do everything on the internet by myself by exchanging a million emails. I want to talk to a salesman, he has nothing to do otherwise and just sits there sad. Then I get birthday cards.
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