I've read that one of the easiest way to buy a car was through a fleet manager. I'm thinking about trying this route for the tsx. So I would like to ask if anyone knows/recommends any fleet manager in the Dallas area.

Thanks.

 

I have friends that live in the Garland area and they drove over to Vangergriff in Arlington because that was where they got their best deal for their 2003 RSX.

 

i think if you go through carsdirect.com or costco auto buying program you deal directly with the fleet manager...

 

Fleet managers on Acuras. That's rich. Not to be rude, and I apologize if I sound that way. Really, you aren't getting a fleet deal on an Acura from anywhere unless you work out of Torrance, CA. We aren't a volume manufacturer. A fleet deal, in it's true form, is a purchase in VOLUME. Whether it is for a company use or for some sort of purchase that is for more than 1 car. When you buy a car from a site, you are basically still buying it from a dealer. They have to buy them from us, and let me tell you, they're not being given away to brokers. Why would we take less than what we sell them for and can't keep them in stock?

 

For my Pontiac I was put in touch with the fleet manager at the dealer when I used carsdirect.com.

For the Acura research, most of them put me in touch with the Internet manager.

 

yeah i think certain 'dealerships', not just 'brands', have fleet managers if there is a business need...i just got a toyota and drove 30 miles further than if i had bought at a local dealership, because it had a fleet manager...it was an awesome buying experience, he showed me the numbers stating this was the best price he can offer, i wrote him a check, and 30 mins later i drove away...i was nicely shocked at how quick it was

 

That's partially true about it being a dealer's perogative to have a fleet deaprtment, but you're still talking apples and oranges. Toyota makes over 2 million new cars per year. Acura makes under 300k. Volume can dictate the ability to "fleet" a vehicle. That was what my initial point was. You can't really get a fleet deal on an Acura. They don't really permit it to a certain extent. Just because a dealer says they have a "fleet manager," it doesn't necessarily mean that you're getting some out of this world deal because they're a "fleet" dealer. On the part about the internet manager, do you think that they dictate they're own invoices/prices separately? They have to work within the same guidlines as anyone else in the store. It's really all in ones perception.