Dark8

I am lookin to buy an 3.2CL Type-S... I am able to spend $18,500 on the car alone... I went to this car dealership on saturday and test drove this car everything seemed fine except for 2 things. The first was there was about an 6inch vertical scract about 3inches below the driver side door handle on the out side. The other thing was that on the navigation there was 2 scratchs on the screen it self. This car already has tinted windows which is nice. The asking price when I went to the dealership was $24,300. And i already see that doing a lil research on they're own website drops the price down to $21,980. Which is still about $18,500. here is a link if u wanna see the car

http://www.mcgrathacura.com/inventor...000&make=Acura

I was just wounderin do you guys think i can get this car down to $18,500 or should i keep lookin and do u think $18,500 will be enough to buy one with less then 40,000 miles. I also am lookin for one with out navi cause then it will be a lil cheaper.

Dem1K

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are you planning on getting it $18.5 out the door?? If so, GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD luck!! I Just bought an 01 CL-S with 50k miles on it, and it was listed for $19k + tax & liscense. I luckily got em down to $19,700 out teh door, which is about $18,000 b4 tax & liscense. That was the CHEAPEST I found a CL-S for in my area at a dealership. However, you could always go buy private party. Plus, if you're trying to find one with under 40k miles for around $18.5, that'll be EXTREMELY tough. Good Luck lookin around.

Dark8

Mayb i didnt say it 100% correctly... I am able to spend $18,500 on the car itself which is not including Tax, Warranty etc... So if the car itself were $18,500 is what i mean not tax and all those other fees

Dem1K

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ahhh.....well, that car that you posted...you most likely won't be able to get it down, unless you wait til the end of the month perhaps?? Look for a car thats listed for about 19-20, and work from there

Dark8

hmm why do u say wait til the end of the month?

Dem1K

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because, at the end of the month, car salesman are like chickens w/ their heads cut off...they are running around frantically to get a sale to meet their month-end quota (usually). Near the end of the month you usually have much more room for negotiations. For example, I bought my CL-S on 1-30-04 and they just got it in a few days before. They listed it for $19,000 and they said they wouldn't budge, however my dad told him that we have the cash and we'll come down and buy it but we wont pay a dime more than $19,700 out the door (so basically we said no more than $18,000 for the car)...they thought it over for about 30 min and the salesman NEEDED a sale bad because he only sold 3 cars that entire month. So, they budged and I got my beautiful CL-S

916CL

there someone on the black market selling a black 01 cl-s for 12,500 which is a great deal and you could spent the other money on mods

Dark8

Damn nice... Ill have to take your advice up on that ill try to do that see what i can do cause $18,000 not bad but also had 50k miles im lookin for something no higher then 40k but still good deal

Dark8

yeah i saw it but it has high miles... im lookin for soemthing with lot less miles thanks tho

Dem1K

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well Dark, keep in mind though, the car I bought has 50k miles, however it is an Acura Certified vehicle which comes with the additional 1 year/12,000 mile bumper-to-bumper warranty, as well as it was inspected. Oh, and they also threw on brand new rubber and new OEM chrome wheels .....for free . It came with the splash guards & wheel locks as well. But yeah, the reason why i bought it was cause it was Acura Certified, and my dad felt comfortable w/ that purchase.

Dark8

hmm didnt know it was certified which is nice... yeah so ill keep lookin for cars in my area but do u think overall 18500 is a enough? i also want them to install a autostarter included with the car ill have them install it or w.e tell them to throw it in..

Dem1K

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im sure you'll be able to get one, it'll just take a little time to find one in your area. Whats your zip code, if you dont mind me asking...I'll look it up in autotrader

Dark8

no prob. i checked autotrader.com already ... best thing i got so far was that one i already test drove... my area code is 60060

Dem1K

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k i just checked......here are the following

1) cl-s, black, $17,995, 46,172 miles, Miller Chevrolet
2) cl-s, black, $18,684, 44,336 miles, Navarrete Pontiac GMC of Elgin
3) cl-s, black, $18,495, 57,500 miles, priv party
4) cl-s, gold, $18,970, 32,304 miles, Harry Kaufmann Motor Cars, Inc
5) cl-s, Certified, white, $18,994, 43, 240 miles, McGrath Acura Of Westmont
6) cl-s, Certified, white, $18,995, 46,839 miles, Muller's Woodfield Acura

7) cl-s, silver, $18,995, mileage not listed, Pugi of Chicagoland
8) cl-s, black, $18,998, 42,456 miles, Wilde Nissan Suzuki
9) cl-s, gold, $18,998, 42,259 miles, Fox Valley Ford, Inc.
10) cl-s, Certified, silver, $19,495, 42,345 miles, Muller's Woodfield Acura
11) cl-s, silver, $19,500, 30,000 miles, priv party
12) cl-s, Certified, gold, $19,900, 37,371 miles, Joe Rizza Acura
13) cl-s, Certified, black, $19,950, 45,887 miles, Continental Acura
14) cl-s, silver, $19,995, 54,242 miles, Bob Waterson Motorsports
15) cl-s, black, $19,999, 49,000 miles, priv party

I hope that helps

Dark8

Is it better to buy private party??

Dark8

Is it better to buy private party??

jriga

I just bought an 01 CL-S, 50k miles, perfect condition, well cared-for, new tires, etc...

$16,000 - they're out there. I'll sell you mine for $18,000. LOL

Dark8

yeah i am gonna have to keep lookin... i just dont wanna end up with on with tranny problems....

brian6speed

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Thay are all covered up to 100,000 miles anyway.

Dark8

yeah that is true but i dont want the hassle of keep going back and forth .... if im buyin a car i dont wanna have to keep bringing it back to the dealer cause the tranny is messed up

brian6speed

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the defect rate isnt as high as everyone makes it seem. And i wouldn't expect you would have to replace it multiple times. Only a rare few have had to.

brian6speed

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comptech also has a tranny cooling kit you could buy. I think i remember that the problem was that the transmission was supposed to self cool, but wasnt doing it properly. Im not sure if this just helps or solves the problem.

Dark8

aiight coo hopefully that wont happen to me!

G

I bought my 2k1 mid month in January. It was an Acura Certified car with just under 35k miles. After walking out on them twice, I managed to get it for $18k w/o TT&L. Included in that price was tint, new floor matts, new rubber, and wheel locks. It didn't have nav, but I didn't want that anyways. Oh, and I also got $13.5k for my trade in-a 2k Jeep grand cherokee laredo V8 4x4 with 68k miles-which, if you know anything about that SUV-I got an awesome deal. The key in car buying is to not be afraid to walk out-sometimes more than once. hehehe-I walked out on a deal when we were $500 bucks off. They called back in an hour giving me the $500 and then some!

Dark8

hahaha nice!! hopefully i can get a good deal like that!! what was the orginal askin price of the car?

G

$22.9k

It also helped that my father bought an MDX about a week before.

Oh yeah, I also got the extended warranty that covers everything with a motor for about $400.

Dark8

damn it started at $22.9k and u got it down to $18k ???

evilstorm

i bought an 01 cls for 18.5k at orland park acura, with 29k on it

G

Yup, I was pretty happy! I then bought some Comptech headers off of my salesman for $100 plus my stock ones and install-they had about 28k miles on them, so it wasn't that bad of a deal.

Dark8

i wanna get a black CLS ... i had a red 5.0 as my prevous car black is lot harder to wash.. =(