benjaminh

Good for both the 2016 and 2017 TLX. You must apply for the incentive at the link below, and then bring it to your dealer. Good deal!

Edmunds Shopper Special Offer

shmobby

weird. When I click your link, I can see it for a split second, then it goes away and I can't find the offer.

mondster

I wonder if this is on top of the 2k dealer cash

benjaminh

Yes, I think so.

Does this mean that it might be possible to get a base 2016 TLX for 25k flat?

benjaminh

Hmmm. Strange. Maybe try just going to the Edmunds site and clicking on Acura?

beach109

This is simply a private special offer that can pop up anytime and be in different dollar amounts, depending on your computer, IP address, time on site, etc, etc.

I seem to see it pop up often. It goes from $750 to $1750 range, and has to be used as cash down, in conjunction with Acura Financial financing or leasing. They've done this before, to kind of see how many Edmunds.com shoppers they can turn into ILX/TLX/etc interest and buyers.

CTNYC

AFAIK (based on others' experiences on other Acura forums) the $1500 can be used on top of all incentives except for loyalty $1k... So if you have a $1500 offer, you can get another $500 off (if you're leasing)

steig

same here, link wont work

CTNYC

AFAIK it's random. It might show up in the future after you look at TLX/ILX. Try a new browser or computer, but there is no solid link that will get you to the page.

steig

Got it to work. Will take to dealer

cube1

I got mine earlier this week with no issues. $1,750. Procedure I used was to 1) Open an incognito window in Chrome. 2) Go to edmunds.com and investigate the car of interest (2016 TLX SH-AWD Advance in my particular case). 3) Then change selection to Lexus ES 350. 4) Pop up opened prompting for email address and perhaps one other bit of information. 5) Submit, and code shows up. (Notes I have seen elsewhere indicate the email will be used for a reminder if the coupon is not used).

Good THROUGH 9/6. CANNOT be stacked with the Lease Loyalty incentive. However, there seems to be another unadvertised incentive out there which they were able to apply to my purchase, so make sure and ask - however that other incentive was only good for delivery through the end of August.

sluudog

I'm in the market for a 2016 and have the 1.5k code. How much was the unadvertised incentive? The terms say you have to finance for at least 24 months, anyone know if you can pay it off before that without penalty? I'm only interested in financing to get the 1.5k discount and would want to pay off the balance asap.

cube1

Incentive seems to be $1,000, but your dealer may be different.

I'd expect that if you opened an icognito browser, visited TLX Advance, then visited Lexus ES 350 you could get the $1,750 code.

The minimum financing seems to be $10,000, according to my dealer. At 1.9% APR, that amounts to only $200 over 24 months, preserving most of the incentive. That said, the sales person *thought* that one might be able to pay it off early, after 4 months. I have my doubts about that.

KeithL

interest rates are low, fully finance it and get GAP coverage. If you wreck a car insurance only cares about paying off the note and even then may come up short. If you own it outright insurance has less incentive to give you good layout in a wreck.

ec51

The finance agreement should specify whether or not there is any type pre-payment penalty.

Technically, once you receive your title in the mail, you could re-finance the loan with a lower (provably credit union).

cruiserchuck

The offer is still popping up on Edmunds today, but it has an expiration date of yesterday. I wonder if the offer is going to be extended.

cube1

In Wisconsin these days, the secured party/lien holder gets the title, not the borrower - just learned about that today.

CTNYC

Pretty sure that's everywhere... The title is more or less the ownership of the car... Hence, the bank has the title... because they own the car, not you...

cube1

Actually, I own a lot more of the car than the bank does. 😉 This did not used to be this way in WI, in 2002 when I last financed. I think it changed because lay people got confused or maybe o e folks bought cars with lie holders listed without understanding what that meant.

CTNYC

If you stop making payments for a few months, I'd wager that the bank will be at your door with a tow truck ready to take both your bank's and your share of the car

But hmm - that's actually very interesting... I'm a bit younger, so I wasn't driving in 2002, but recently in CT, VA, and (IIRC) NY, they list the lien holder on the registration, but you only get the official title of the car if it's completely paid off or you buy it cash. With my TL, I didn't even get my title when I purchased the car cash from the dealership because the dealership had a lien on the car! Took about a month and a half to arrive (along with my plates)

cube1

Actually, if that did happen, the bank gets to keep what you owe plus the repo and other costs - they don't get to keep all the value of the car.

pintureddy72

I am new to this forum and bought my first Acura TLX 2016. Does anyone know if we can refinance the loan with credit union without any penalties? I used Edmunds coupon and got 1K dealer cash when I bought in Aug 2016.

Nexx

yes you can without any penalties. is your rate with your credit union that much better?

skylineblue

What rate did Acura offer you? Did they have the 0.9% for 60 months like they currently do for the 2016 models? I don't think a credit union can even beat the standard 2.9% for 60 months. I've seen credit union offers of 1.99% but haven't met anyone that actually got that rate. Most outside rates for 60 months are around 4%.

pintureddy72

Thanks for the response. My rate with acura is 2.99% and credit union I have pre-aproved since last year for 1.74%. Not huge but better. I had to go with Acura as edmunds coupon required that. My only concern is after I refinance, acura comes with a clause to have me pay back the 1750$ that I got with coupon. So wanted to ask if anyone successfully did that.