As I type, my parents are finishing up the paperwork on a Desert Mist Metallic 2005 RL.



I can't wait to go home and drive it. I negotiated the whole deal for them from across the country and it worked out fantastically. Pictures to come as soon as my parents send them to me tomorrow.

 

Nice!....
If you don't mind, please fill us on the price you negotiated. What state did they take delivery in?
Steve C.

 

Congrats - I know that they will be pleased.

 

Congratulations on the new member of your Acura family. Your folks are going to love the Desert Mist Metallic - mine looks great even in between washes. If you got the 18 inch wheels for them, I'd love to see some pics as I'm considering buying them myself.

 

IF I get an RL (still undecided) I will get the 18" wheels. One of the RL's I have test driven had the 18's, so I have test driven both wheel sizes. I could not tell any significant difference in ride or noise levels (I will want to do some more test drives to be sure however).

 

Price was $43000, negotiated by me from where I am located. Car was delivered by my dealer of choice in CA.

 

Unfortunately, no 18-inch wheels. Primary driver is to be my mom, so a cushier ride is preferred. And I look forward to seeing the car tomorrow. She promised to send me pictures.

 

$43k.....that include dest. charge?
Any options?
Steve C.

 

That's below invoice, care to share some of your negociating tips ??

 

Can it be possible that Acura is giving dealer incentives that make this possible? At least in CA? another poster reported elswhere his boss got one for 43.5 at a CA dealer. Hmmmm!
I can't get anywhere near 43k here in NY. My best is $45,200

 

 

43,000 is less thean invoice(before holdback. Was it NEW ?

 

No incentives. It's not a Cali thing either. It might just be one of those regional price variations.

Plus, I had the added advantage of having worked with this dealer for the 6th time on this deal. This is our 7th Acura and the 6th from this same dealership so we tend to get really good treatment and a lot of breaks. Most people couldn't believe the price I got on my TSX one month after release either.

 

Yesh, it is less that invoice. See my post above for why the dealer was so willing to work with me. And yes, the car was brand spanking new. Only miles on it were the test miles at the factory, transportation mileage to and from the container ship, and then the mileage my parents put on it during the test drive.

Honestly, it's not hard to really get a good price on any car. You simply work multiple dealerships simultaneously and know exactly what numbers you want to make the deal happen. I intentionally low-balled the dealerships when I submitted the quote and then told them to come up with the best deal possible. One dealer came back to me with the number of $43,000 and I took it to my dealer of choice and asked them to match it, which they did.

 

CONGRATS on the fantastic price.
Unfortunately for those who paid list, it appears the RL will not retain its value as did earlier versions. IMOP Acura will loose its loyality base as a result of early deep discounting.

My only complaint with the vehicle is for a 50K vehicle there are too many creaky sounds in the interior cabin, a very common complaint of many owners.

I did go against my policy of buying the 1st year model and consequently am
expieriencing the unexpected.


Again,
congrats and best wishes.

 

Congratulations.

 

"Many owners" eh? Well, my Acura RL is as tight as a drum and the new one I just got for my family is just as tight. Don't have any figures to spout here, but the one friends bought a few months ago has no creaks, groans or rattles either.

Hope you are wrong about "many owners" having such problems. But I have no statistics to offer other than the three purchases noted above.

Still, three silent RLs out of three certainly isn't bad.

 

Ahh... How do you think us CL guys feel driving around in a discontinued model

CGTSX2004, do you think you can negoitate a decent trade in value on my CL

Hmm...If I can get $20K on the CL, 43 for an RL... I'd only have to come up with a 23K down payment...

 

We'll talk...

 

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Did that 43k include dest. charge, or was it added on top of the 43k?

Hey, I quoted myself!
Uh Oh, hope the moderator police don't bust me for that!
Steve C.

 

Uh-oh...guess you gotta be

Yes, the $43,000 included everything. That was the final sale price.

 

That just kills the resale value for the rest of us. Thanks!

 

That price is just unreal!!! Congrats on a job well done.

Now that June 1st is just about here, I will likely start the process in earnest and see what I can come up with. Steve C is in the same area (Westchester County, NY) and we are hearing $45k and up. Obviously pretty good, but NOT as good. I figure if I work a few dealers well into June and the month is nearing an end, they may be more apt to deal and I will have all my ducks in a row. We'll see...

Enjoy the car and post some pics...

 

Would you mind giving the dealer and sales person's name? I'm in the market for one now. With the new $599 lease deal, there has to be dealer incentives in place.

 

Dealer is Browning Acura of Cerritos. I'm not sure who the salesperson was because I was not present for the deal.

And no, there were no dealer incentives. Again, partly it was timing (Memorial Day weekend is always good for deals on cars), partly dealership preference (my family has 5 previous Acuras from this dealership), partly negotiations (I knew exactly the price my parents were willing to pay and I offered that to the dealers, worked all the numbers ahead of time so I knew if a dealer was BSing me or not) and partly luck. The $599 lease deal is absolutely ridiculous because it supposes a fairly high money factor.

 

Mine is tight as well. Not sure how many people are having these issues but I have had nothing but fun driving my car.

 

You beat me by $700, and mine was a demo with a few more miles-good job negotiating a great price! Did your folks get a good deal on financing? Power Acura in Torrance was offering 1.9/2.9/3.9% for 3/4/5 years respectively, so I assume that other dealerships are offering it as well. It is not a formal special, but the dealers seem to have a lot of discretion on this topic. The great deals are good and bad-good for us buyers, but bad for the future value of the car if it is not just a regional anomaly.

 

They leased the car since it was put under the business, but yeah, I was able to not only get the low price, I was able to get the 2.9% translated into the money factor too.

I really think the lowest prices are limited to the SoCal area because even just looking at the numbers in the sign in thread, the more recent purchases don't look like they are coming close to the price in other regions of the country.

 

Where the F are the pics bish?

 

My mom can't figure out how to get them from the camera to the computer...

They'll come when my brother gets home in a few weeks and takes a bunch of pics for me, unless I can find an excuse to go back to Cali on "business."

 

Alright...finally...PICTURES!!











Sorry for the poor quality. My brother is not really much of a photographer...

 

Your family really loves Acura huh. Congrat on the new RL, looking very nice.

 

 

How about some interior pics CG?

Anyway, very nice car.