so $1000 over invoice should also include destination charge?so pretty much $1500 over $29505?

 

In answer to your question - yes - it is an ok price.

Now if you had asked "is it a great price?" or "is it the best price?" Id have to say no.

I bought my 04 back in April (bad time to buy a convertible!) for $31,000 and this included side strakes, front spoiler and trunk spoiler.

At the end of the day - what does it matter what other people paid anyway?

You know how much you can afford - and what you have to ask yourself is, "will I be happy spending 33k on this car?" You already know the answer to that.

I know $1000 is $1000, but ultimately the enjoyment you will get from owning this car far outweighs the deal you got on it.

If you need any more proof - just ask how many of the 00 owners are bitter about spending 40-50k on the S when it first came out. Sure, they paid the premium for being the first ever owners - but I would say 90% of them dont regret doing it.

Just go buy your dream and have fun

 

btw... don't get the side strakes (unless you really, really like them). You'll notice very few, if any, of the S's here have them.

The ashtray and ti shift knob are small potatoes too. Don't bother with those unless you can find a way to make them throw them in at the end.

 

not true

 

Sorry! No offense meant. Just not my cup of tea and I have only seen them a couple of times in the gallery. But then again I am new to the board.

Like I said, if you really like 'em, get 'em.

 

So how about $31,000 with no options. Reminder, i am from the bay area and not the east coast so i find it a little bit harder.

I dont mind spending $31000 but saving $500 i wouldnt mind either!

 

I think a stock 04 with no options - should be obtainable on the west coast even for 31k.

Something you have to factor though is if you are looking for a rarer color or red interior - the dealer may be less likely to let it go cheap if its is a more desirable combo (i couldnt say that any is less desirable - just personal preference).

Try to work out a deal BEFORE you tell them which color combo you want - thats how I got my silverstone/red so cheap. I know I would have paid top dollar if they knew what combo I wanted beforehand.

 

$31,000 is the no haggle price you can get from Tracy Honda.

 

Definitely a matter of personal taste, but I am not getting them because I had to replace mine twice on my 2000 GPW, and it was never raced/tracked. For me, they were way more trouble than they were worth.

 

The numbers I got off of H and A Accessories for the items you list add up to $1,192.80. You'll then have shipping charges on top of that.

When a dealership sells a part retail to the general public, they rarely stick to published retail prices. Most have the attitude of "take em for everything you can get!" Ask the "dealer" what they're charging you for the part and what they're charging you for the labor to install the parts.

If the dealer is allowing the $1500 you're assuming for everything you mention, installed, that's probably not too bad a deal. Basically, I got $1500 off MSRP on my car without options, then you add TT&L for a $33,116.00 drive out. I considered that to be an Ok deal, not a great one.

$33k is a couple of hundred off MSRP. If you're getting that price with the $1500 dollars worth of "installed" options, I'd still call that an Ok deal, not a great one.

JMO!

Good luck & Drive Safe,
Steve R.

PS: Let us know how it turns out!