Buying a car today or next Saturday:
Offers:
26K and lower drive away including stamp duty.
Tints
Mats
Paint Protection
Rear sensor
Full tank of fuel
Exhaust Pipe Finisher
Melbourne Dealers
Anybody got a better offer?
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Buying a car today or next Saturday:
Offers:
26K and lower drive away including stamp duty.
Tints
Mats
Paint Protection
Rear sensor
Full tank of fuel
Exhaust Pipe Finisher
Melbourne Dealers
Anybody got a better offer?
I know the auto VTi-L can be knocked down to around $28.5K to $29K with all of those goodies, but not sure about the lower spec'd Vti.
Where did you go? Do they have any in stock or would you have to wait - if so how long did they tell you?
I got it down to AUTO VTi 25.2K with:
Mats
Tints
AccessoryChrome exhaust
Rear sensor
Paint protection
Full tank of fuel
Accessory LED lights
Drive away ordered and done.
Things I forgot to ask:
Alarm
and alloys, but not such a biggie as for the price I'm assuming they would charge I could just buy aftermarket.
Do you reckon I should go enquire about the alarm system, is it even needed?
2 month wait for Sparkling Grey, 3 month wait for Black (ouch, but I found the black to be too plain black)
I'd also like to add that whilst visiting the Honda dealers in Melbourne, I found Ferntree Gully Honda to be the only rude dealer, practically hanging up on the phone and the man was very inpatient absolute rubbish and I'll be forwarding a complaint to Honda.
I might also like to add that the dealer that was the most courteous on the phone and also one of the largest dealers has received my deposit.
I'm from Melbourne,
Don't have the auto though, got the black manual vti, normally auto is 2k more.
I paid 25.5K driveaway, however i got the modulo full bodykit (front/rear/side/wing) plus foglights.
Brighton is where i got it, they seemed okay, it will depend on the sales person too. But what i did was i showed interest in Essendon and Brighton and played them against each other. probably helped a little.
My mate went to the one on corner or dandenong rd and ferntree gully road, they didn't budge much at all. So it depends, best thing to do is to drive around and talk to each of them ;).
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Originally Posted by drunkntigr
thats a pretty good price i think.Quote:
Originally Posted by drunkntigr
got my auto VTi 15 months ago for 25k drive away with
Mats
Tints
Full tank of fuel &
alarm
the blue-sliver was a 6 weeks wait.
Has anyone actually ever gotten the paint protection? I've seen it in the works on my friends cars and it really does live up to what they say, lovely carcinogenic teflon lol.
Does anybody know how much the Honda dealers should charge for the alarm? I forgot to add that in.
And I've also forgot about the alloy wheels (doh), anybody know what's the cheapest price I can get these in for?
from memory, it was about $695 supplied and installed and that was after the "discount" they had at the time. it is only a mid-range genuine honda alarm.Quote:
Originally Posted by drunkntigr
Which dealer did you go for?Quote:
Originally Posted by drunkntigr
Hey , I'd like to get y'all's opinion on this.
Is this a good deal:
-Rear parking sensors
-Chrome exhaust pipe finisher
-Interior Trim Set
-Accent Lighting
-Bass works system
-Metallic paint
Honda civic Vti auto driveaway at 26.9k?
Thoughts? Is it good/bad?
Thanks
-Rear parking sensors
-Chrome exhaust pipe finisher
-Interior Trim Set
-Accent Lighting
-Bass works system
-Metallic paint
Well if you see my above post, I got everything you have, but no interior trim and the bass works.
I would think you could get it down to the same price as mine, as I got paint protection, which I assume would be equivalent in price to the interior trim and the bass works?
Work it down to 25K?
It can be done no doubt, just depends on timing.
The interior trim set is just over 400 and the bass works is just under 800.
I think if I could have been bothered I could have gotten a better deal. But considering the RRP driveaway of the car is 26.7k (with metallic paint), I think atleast I got some valuable things chucked in for free. Then again statistics are apparently only %7 of people pay RRP for cars.
Out of interest, is there a cooling off period for signing a new car contract?
No! only for used cars.
^^^ Thats a pitty. Oh well.
I think they should have a 3 bus. day cooling off period.
If your thinking of buying civic DON"T go to New World Honda in Berwick try Frankston dealership.
07 Silver Auto VTI
Tints, Mats, Chrome Exhaust, Slimline Weather Shields, Full tank of petrol, Premium Plates
24.5k
Yes what is the usual waiting timne to get the Civic i was told 2-3 months and next shipment in Nov then Some more in Dec.
With them selling 1600+ civics a month you would think they would bring more in.
Depends on what color you want... I ordered my black civic over a month ago.. and it isn't coming in till Nov. If your not fussed about colour there prolly are a couple in the dealership.
Not sure about other places but in Sydney, 2 days ago went into a dealership with gf to pick up her civic sport there were a few civics in stock. Including black.
I guess u have to be lucky :confused:
Yeah.. the dealership where I'm buying mine has a black one 'in' stock... but more of a demo model. I was sort of hoping for a Nov delivery anyway... as motivation for me to save more so the laon is smaller. But in hindsight 3 months is a freakin long time to wait for a car that you're so excited about.
Well when the Golf GTI came out, when they had the special promotion (ages ago) it was around 6 month wait.
Consider your civic lucky :p
O yea my gf civic sport was in white and had to only wait about 2.5 weeks only.
I don't think I got as good a deal, not good at buying cars I guess..
- Auto VTi Sedan Metalic Paint
- Carpets
- 16" VTi-L Alloy Wheels and Tyres
- Pollen Filter
- Full tank
$26,500 drive away
I rang aftermarket to order the rear spoiler was quoted $699, told them I didn't want it. I then rang the parts department in the same dealership and got the spoiler for $575 installed..
I purchased mid August. They told me delivery by mid November when I called 2 weeks ago, I said I would cancel and they called me back and said they could give me one just about to leave on the Oct shipment. So my car arrives 15 Oct, just add a week for dealer delivery (fitting spoiler etc).
I have also ordered the original Honda leather steering wheel wrap from America.. US$57
lol
Don't look back on it. Its a great car and I'm sure u will enjoy it ;)
Look on the bright side of things. 26.5k isn't too bad.
Interesting... Show us when you got it. I admit I'm quite happy with the stock steering wheel. It's perfect size/shape/texture for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joele
he said wrap, so i dont' think will change the size/shape. texture might be.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaCe
This is the part. I guess it will increase the grip size slightly but not a great deal.. Mainly feel/texture and look.Quote:
Originally Posted by dmx
http://honda.autowebaccessories.com/...od24_14596.php
I believe the US coupe one is the one that fits the Australian Sedan.
Hmmm interesting. When I ordered my VTi-L I asked about getting a leather steering wheel but was told it wasn't an option. In hindsight I don't mind the urethane steering wheel, as it is not the hard, rough urethane that is found on some cheaper cars.
As usually it looks like like American cousins have options available that we can only dream about (or order from the US).
When you ordered the car in August did the dealer give you an exact delivery date, or just an estimate?Quote:
Originally Posted by Joele
When I bought mine the salesman told me I should have it within a month but wrote a delivery date on the contract 2 months from the sale. When I queried the date he said it was standard because they were so popular that they couldn't guarantee an earlier delivery, but not to worry as that was a "worst case scenario".
However when I finally received my car it just happened to be on the date written on the contract. In fact telling me I may get it earlier was just a sales ploy. :thumbdwn:
PS: I liked receiving the Honda survey - I got to tell them all about the poor service at one of their dealers.
They didn't write a date on the contract at all, stupid me didn't check that. He did say two months, and when I confirmed the date and was told 3 months I held them to 2 or I would cancel, hence it became 2 again.. He also said could be earlier than 2, but I didn't believe him :thumbdwn:Quote:
Originally Posted by Borg
Apparently VTI-L and Sport are 2 months standard
And the VTI is 3 months..
(if ordered and not local available stock)
I will too, as they were suddenly quite rude IMO once they got me signed on the dotted line.Quote:
PS: I liked receiving the Honda survey - I got to tell them all about the poor service at one of their dealers.
Yes I referred the Parts guy to the actual Honda part in the US and he said I would have to get someone in the US to send it over, as it isn't available in Australia. So I got a friend to order it for me as none of the places I could find agreed to ship to Australia..Quote:
Originally Posted by Borg
Well I've got different story here I believe... the dealer said it will take about 1-2 months for my car to arrive, and it actually come after 3 days!!! :eek: even before I agree with the car loan, the dealer rang me and say "congratulations, your car is here" but I havent even sign anything :confused::confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Joele
Maybe they had a cancellation or something like that in the same specs and colour?? very lucky :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by denot
yeah I think that is the reason they gave me as well... someone else's car loan being rejected or sumthin... anyway... its mine for a year now! :p (and still stock as rock!!!! :( )Quote:
Originally Posted by Joele