Who pays markup for a new S2k now a days?!
08-30-2005, 05:45 PM
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That must be a NoCal thing! I got mine for 29.7+ttl in Dallas. When I was in Santa Cruz on business a month or so ago, I was messing with a dealer about a "new" 2005 Grand Prix White that was still on the lot with 75+ miles. He said that the demand of this vehicle was still such that the $3500 "market increase" was still valid, bring vehicle cost to $37K. He said that he could talk to his sales manager about waiving the markup, I told him not to worry about it and left laughing... 
08-30-2005, 06:25 PM
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You'd have to be either an idiot or a rich idiot to pay a markup on this car. All you gotta do is glance at the internet, and you'll see hardtopguy's pricing. That, and the car is 6 years old now. If anyone knows anyone who paid higher than sticker recently, I have a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell them... 
09-02-2005, 07:39 PM
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I paid $29,600 a few days ago- out the door and without taxes. This was a dealer just outside of Atlanta.
www.fightingchance.com has some good info on new car buying. The 29.5K buy was a good one. Mine looked like the best I would get in this area after about 30 phone calls. Maybe I could have gotten a little lower, but it would have taken a few more days of negotions, etc. The supply of still in plastic or just out of plastic in Silverstone Metallic was limited, so I made the deal.
www.fightingchance.com has some good info on new car buying. The 29.5K buy was a good one. Mine looked like the best I would get in this area after about 30 phone calls. Maybe I could have gotten a little lower, but it would have taken a few more days of negotions, etc. The supply of still in plastic or just out of plastic in Silverstone Metallic was limited, so I made the deal.
09-02-2005, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by madkimchi,Aug 30 2005, 12:19 AM
yea here in seattle i saw that same price too. 5k mark up. i am like **** you you don't deserve 5g. i can get a hardtop with 5g. i bought mine for $500 over the invoice and plus tax.
09-02-2005, 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by slowroll,Sep 2 2005, 07:39 PM
I paid $29,600 a few days ago- out the door and without taxes. This was a dealer just outside of Atlanta.
www.fightingchance.com has some good info on new car buying. The 29.5K buy was a good one. Mine looked like the best I would get in this area after about 30 phone calls. Maybe I could have gotten a little lower, but it would have taken a few more days of negotions, etc. The supply of still in plastic or just out of plastic in Silverstone Metallic was limited, so I made the deal.
www.fightingchance.com has some good info on new car buying. The 29.5K buy was a good one. Mine looked like the best I would get in this area after about 30 phone calls. Maybe I could have gotten a little lower, but it would have taken a few more days of negotions, etc. The supply of still in plastic or just out of plastic in Silverstone Metallic was limited, so I made the deal.
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Yep, that was out the door without state taxes. Georgia is something like 7.5% and Alabama is in the 3% range...maybe 2.5%. I haven't gone to get tags yet.
I forget true invoice, but I think it is $29,800. Destination fee of $550 is for all cars, so that means $30,350 total to the dealership. Don't shoot me if I'm off a few hundred. Then, there is the dealer holdback of 3% from Honda back to the dealer. Think rebate or kickback. That was something like $997. The dealer most likely made around $300 profit off of my sale at $29,600.
I dealt with fleet managers, so there was no sales commission to pay the sales people. That saves the dealer some money too and gives more bargaining room.
I forget true invoice, but I think it is $29,800. Destination fee of $550 is for all cars, so that means $30,350 total to the dealership. Don't shoot me if I'm off a few hundred. Then, there is the dealer holdback of 3% from Honda back to the dealer. Think rebate or kickback. That was something like $997. The dealer most likely made around $300 profit off of my sale at $29,600.
I dealt with fleet managers, so there was no sales commission to pay the sales people. That saves the dealer some money too and gives more bargaining room.
09-04-2005, 07:46 PM
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My suggestion is to send requests to all of the on-line auto web sites. Just hunt around and you can find a least a dozen of them. These services basically just send this infomation to local dealers.
An S2000 is about the easiest car to shop for - the only option is the color.
I went this route in April and had several dealers fighting to give me prices well below MSRP. I ended up buying for $200 below *invoice*.
I also live in the San Jose area but ended up driving over to Santa Cruz but I had nearly as good deals from Stevens Creek, Los Gatos and Fremont.
Times change because when I bought my first S2000 back in March 2001 the best deal I could find was $3500 over MSRP and I had to drive to Petaluma to only get screwed that badly.
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An S2000 is about the easiest car to shop for - the only option is the color.
I went this route in April and had several dealers fighting to give me prices well below MSRP. I ended up buying for $200 below *invoice*.
I also live in the San Jose area but ended up driving over to Santa Cruz but I had nearly as good deals from Stevens Creek, Los Gatos and Fremont.
Times change because when I bought my first S2000 back in March 2001 the best deal I could find was $3500 over MSRP and I had to drive to Petaluma to only get screwed that badly.
BTW - If you don't want to worry about spam from now until eternity set up a temporary e-mail account.
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