pandimus

If this is a big concern, we could split into groups. Southern/Northern

pandimus

I am thinking we should probably, go to dealers when pricing comes out, take a list of everyone who is buying, and what they want. Tell the dealer, that everyone will be giving a thousand dollar down for holding. Then have the dealer make individual contracts for a price on each vehicle. Put a clause that the contract is not valid till the buyer sends a 1000 downpayment. Then each individual can send their downpayment to the dealer via certified check. Most likely the dealer we choose to go with will not have all vehicle's we order on hand, so we will have to wait for them to come in. When each one comes in, then the respective owner can go pick it up.

Or we can shotgun it. on dec27, when the dealers are hurting for a sale, we could walk in and give them a sale of the lifetime.

what do you guy's think?

TsxVengeance

i got a good friend that works at Mike Harvey Acura, i will let him know about the GB and i think he can hook up some phat deals for us.

pandimus

that would be cool

xaznperswaesonx

hey .. i just talk to Steven Thom (my salesman) and he said he's willing to make a good deal. I spoke with him today and i had a great experience with him. i got my car today so guess i'm not looking at the 05.

Jeffropugs

Sorry guys, I think I'm out. I need a car ASAP. I borrowing my buds car (he's using his motorcycle) until I got a good deal on the 04's. We'll, pretty much no more 04's in Cali that meets my criteria. He's needs the car by mid November (it's getting cold!)

I need to go in and order an 05 now so when the shippment comes in mid November, I'll have a car.

If anyone is interested, I'm going to e-mail dealers tomorrow. I live in Venice, CA and am contacting the nearest dealers.

Send me an e-mail if your interested...

Jeff

lukatmyshu

I'm really anxious to get my car ... since the pricing info has been released are we going to start contacting dealers? I am more than available to help (PM me if you need me to do anything specific). Do we have a ballpark range that we are going for ... I've been offered quotes for 1000 over invoice about 5 weeks ago(I am assuming that the MSRP/invoice numbers are going to be fairly similar between the two numbers) .... Hopefully we should be getting a better deal than that.

pandimus

where did we get the 26,990 figure?

lukatmyshu

http://www.hondanews.com/CatID3039?m...63505&mime=asc

WillTSX

OK. The price of 2005 is out, now what?
Who is taking the charge in negotiating in No Cal?

observer

Good, so the price is out. Two good things out of it:

1) $26990 means it's only $500 more than the 2004 model, not $800 more like some rumors said.
2) There is no surcharge for the automatic.

pandimus

dont forget its another 180 bucks for the navigation though

pandimus

I think we need to get a list of people locations colors and options. Then get a couple people from norcal, and socal, and get some negotiations going.

kenji4861

As of November 9th. The price is finally released for the Acura TSX 05.

Non-Navi
MSRP - $26990
Invoice - $24647 (Assumption)

Navi
MSRP - $28990
Invoice - $26467 (Assumption)


Interested Members that Reported to me - 17
kenji4861
Will TSX
Lukatmyshu
LilCasino
Kinjitas
John
Thomas Y. Liu
TL's friend
TSXforme2005
J-Mack
pandimus
Pexx-Corrh
bufo
Johnn76
Jeffropugs
emperuman
SF TSX


Battle Plan
I'm sure not all of these members will come through and some may join once the price is announced. I think we can all do our part and contact our local Acura's. I'll try about 5-6 in North California. Let's...
- tell the dealerships that 15 are interested in purchasing and negotiate price from invoice.
- we will all put down a non-refundable $1000 deposit to prove that 15 are buying.
- all cars must be brand new (have less than 10 miles on them) and 2005 model.
- we assume and can wait for the arrival.
- must get it in writing what the price is.

When best price is found, let's get the final list of people that want in, hopefully the dealer will be responsible for collecting deposits from each one of us, we all pick up as soon as they are delivered, we are all happy and should have a BBQ or a photoshoot.


Did I miss anything?

pandimus

We need a list of what people want. so we can present it to the dealers. If everyone emails me their info of what they want. Pandimus@gmail.com

first and last name
color
transmission
navi/non

I suppose if you want accesory's you can work them into the deal yourself after we get prices.

kenji4861

I don't think we need a list of SPECIFICS yet. They should be able to give us a price on a non-navi and navi depending on how many are buying. Once price is given to us. we will get a clean list of who's really in and we can then jump into what color/navi/interior. etc.

If you insist in knowing.. these are what people are "interested" in getting. Not a final choice.
kenji4861 - Carbon Grey Ebony MT
Will TSX - SSM/CG/MSM AT
Lukatmyshu - Carbon Grey Quartz/Ebony MT
LilCasino
Kinjitas
John
Thomas Y. Liu - Carbon Grey AT navi
TL's friend - Carbon Grey MT navi
TSXforme2005
J-Mack - Milano Red Ebony
pandimus - AT navi
Pexx-Corrh - navi
bufo
Johnn76 - Arctic Blue MT navi
Jeffropugs - Carbon Grey Ebony AT no navi
emperuman - Black Ebony AT no navi
SF TSX - Carbon Grey MT no navi

lukatmyshu

After we contact 5-6 of the local Acura dealers and see who is willing to make a good deal ... it might be a good idea to send out a few groups of people to different dealerships to see who can make the best deal. I can imagine walking in on November 28th when the dealerships are empty and saying "Look ... I can deliver you 10 sales right now if you agree to this price" .

Oh yeah ... just to reconfirm I'm still in but I HAVE to have a car by the new-year. I need a CG TSX MT with navi

larrymoecurly

If it's not too late I'd like to be included in your No. Cal list. We are ready to buy asap and were just waiting for those '05's. SO here's my request;

pwp/at/no navi

MikesRSX

You can add me to the so cal list if there is one.

Black/Ebony/AT/w/Navi

emperuman

Whats the expected price anyways?? Los Gatos Acura quoted $800 below MSRP on the 05. Have u guys spoken to anyone else?? Should be interesting to know what the price quotes are on an individual basis before we go in for the kill

lukatmyshu

Weird ... Los Gatos quoted me 1000 ABOVE Invoice. I wonder how that works out ....

pandimus

More or less i was just hoping to get a "revarify" of who's in, so whatever i tell the dealer is still a truth. I am not sure if anyone has bailed up to this point

acoga

Was that Bonnie the Los Gatos internet sales manager that gave you that quote? Did she quote you $1K above invoice on an 05? I think $1K above invoice is way better than $1K below MSRP, isn't it?

observer

1K above invoice is slightly better than 1K below MSRP. Don't always believe what salespeople say over the phone though. They might just quote you a lower price to get you to walk into the dealership, then it might be a different story.

D_Nyholm

Hmm, if the price is REALLY good, I would consider getting it shipped to NY (I know shipping usually costs about $750 or so). When you get that price, let us know!

Dennis

emperuman

Yes it was Bonnie who quoted me $800 below MSRP. But she said, all the cars she has are already spoken for.
I offered her $1200 below MSRP, and she said cant do. But this was when there were no MSRP info yet. We are supposed to touch base in a week or so.

One question... Does the invoice include destination charges or not?? If its a group buy, as much as 15 of us doing the trade, can we expect invoice price?? Or is that unrealistic??

tsxhondatuner

oh when i called dealerships i talked to that lady to. what a gijdsaggdsa*****. has has no cars on the lot so she can say whatever price she wants. trust me. i looked everywhere.

kenji4861

Guys, this weekend.. I will be making MANY phone calls and emails. I'll report how it goes.

Pandimus : we can't get a clear list of who's actually in UNTIL we have a price.

So far two have bailed, but two has joined. I'd say tell the dealer 10~15 depending on the price they can provide would be the safe way to go.

pandimus

Ok kewl. I will work the phones and the fax machine too. I will try to tackle every acura dealer in so cal.

kenji4861

Awesome, thanks Pandimus!

pandimus

one of the dealers i talked to just called me and told me he had 15 cars leave the factory headed to his shop

kenji4861

We should get the price. We can wait for the car if the price is agreed on.

pandimus

at least i think it was 15, im kinda tired, i work mid-shift so i might be confusing that with our original number..

pandimus

I just gave him a call, and he will call me back in a few minutes with some prices. He say's he has 15-20 of them.

kenji4861

dude.. for the last time, it does not matter how many he's getting in or when he's getting it.

pandimus

I thought you said you wanted the price on one of those coming in.

lukatmyshu

Exactly ... as long as the car is somewhere in the area that you want to buy it in they can sell you the car. Considering how few TSXes they are I dont think that there will be ANY shop that just 'happens' to have 15 cars in the exact configuration that we want. The important thing is to get them to agree to a price ...

pandimus

But i do agree that we can wait once we get a price agreed on.

blzhong

kenji4861, if it's not too late, I would also like to join the No. Cal. list.
satin silver metallic/ebony/AT/no navi

Dr. T

I am very interested; I've already put down a deposit with Premiere Acura in Santa Rosa, but it would be really helpful to have a group buy price for negotiation purposes.
My heart's desire: PWP/AT/Non-Navi