TLX Type S markup
 

My local dealer (Los Gatos, CA) has a TLX Type S in the showroom with a $6000+ markup. So the final price is around $64k. Ridiculous. I'm disappointed that they are doing the markup game.

Yea, with everything going on with the car market, you'll be hard pressed to get any deal off sticker. That, added with the fact that this is the launch of a "special edition" model, it's unsurprising that dealers are looking for ADM. They'll make plenty of them ... there's no reason to be paying above sticker for this car.

It’s not just the type S either. I was looking into getting a glc 43 last year. A fully load glc last year was going for about 65-69k discounted. Now I’ve seen preowned glc going for over 73k. The market is ridiculous right now.

Same $hit, different brand.

OP shop around, this topic has been discussed a lot. California market is crazy. Prices are insane but you don't have to pay it.

You may have to be willing to travel a bit to get one but someone will sell you a Type S at MSRP. Start calling all the Acura Dealerships until you find one that will then take a road trip!

There are dealers in Southern California with 3 or 4 Type S sitting there. I'm sure you can haggle one down to MSRP but might have to pay for the accessories they tend to throw on the cars. You know like the fake alarm :annoyed:

Just took my ‘00 S2000 in for its 38,000 mile oil change and saw a $20,000 ADM on a Civic Type-R. Silly.

Patiently awaiting a 2022 TLX Type-S.

Just wonder if dealers will also add ADM on 2022 Type-S cars or not ?

They will add ADM as long as they can sell the car. Then they will drop back to nitrogen etc. Next to straight MSRP, then to discounts & finally incentives. With our local dealer at 0% interest for TLX it might be coming sooner rather than later.

One of the dealership in San Diego had a $15k mark up on a Civic Type R... Took the Pilot in for a recall. I came back a few days later to pick it up and saw that they sold the Type R... There's always someone out there willing to over pay lol

As they say, there's a sucker born every minute. If I ever looked out onto my driveway and saw a Civic I paid over $50k for ... I'd probably shoot myself once my brain started functioning normally again.

Unfortunately, I can almost guarantee the exact same price gouging is going to happen with the Integra Type-S ... at least for the first couple years.

I'm not actually in the market for a TLX, but I am in the market for an MDX. My dealer's lot looks empty as they have so few cars.

I've never bought a car for above invoice price, so to be even entertaining the idea of "bargaining down to MSRP" is ludicrous to me. I guess I just won't be buying a new car anytime soon.

I got $1,000 off MSRP plus a $2,500 Acura loyalty discount on my new TLX. You may have to go out of your zip code but you can get a fair price on a non specialty car today.

For the record the first thing my sales guy said was "NOBODY is going below MSRP!" and an hour later he came back and offered me a $1,000 discount.

I never bought a new car for more than 3% below invoice and that included real limited production vehicles...that is my limit...an AMD on a Type S is beyond laughable....

I went to 1 Chicago dealer and markup was 8k over msrp so I went to another one 45 min away and had it for msrp

Which had markup and which didn’t?

I bought my Type S from Advantage Acura of Naperville for MSRP in August.

Joe rizza in Orland, I got my 22 from Mcgrath in Morton Grove

Took a 133 days for my ordered 2022 to come in no ADM slight discount. In CA the same car would cost me at least +$10,000 ADM. Regardless of brand you need to shop nationally for price. Recent history, 3 cars in NC, 2 in Oregon, 2 in Georgia. Surprisingly last two were bought locally in NC from the same dealer.

I am not a fan of McGrath due to a very poor experience in the past but I’m glad they took care of you. 😎

Ive been to all of them, Id say the Naperville one was the best service experience, but Mcgrath Morton Grove had the type s I wanted and no one else did, plus sales was cool. they got me in and out and they gave me real good money for my 19 Aspec

did u have any issues with ur mirror lights yet? im gonna wait for a tsb to come out. my buddy works at Acura and said its better to wait rather than have them replace same failing bulbs.

My buddy at the dealer ordered a new bulb but it hasn’t come in yet. Well, it may have as I got a call saying a part arrived but I’m also waiting on a new weather stripping by my window as it’s cut short from the factory.

I will let them replace it when I finally bring it in but so far only my driver side has acted up. My passenger side seems to be operating normally. The only reason I had them order it is to add on another case for Acura to look into. I don’t really care to go back every time it happens.

Hopefully the fix isn’t a new mirror assembly when Acura releases a TSB. My car is ceramic coated, mirrors included, and I have PPF on the mirrors. Acura would have to eat the cost of both and I’d likely raise a bit of hell to get it done if I wanted it fixed.

Reviving because its relevant. The Type-S will command premium prices at this point. Just because they didn't sell a ton doesn't mean it's not desired. Trust me.
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I'd love to know what the khaki bros are saying about your car. 4 love the color, 1 thinks white would be nice. Lol

Its always that one who thinks white or black would like nice on it... bleh! Give me a pop of color!

Also further more, I have already started to hear and see a couple Acura dealers mark up their remaining new TLX Type-S inventory what little they have left that is, if any

Yes I bought gently used 6 weeks ago, and so glad I did. Timing was perfect.

Mine got delivered to dealer yesterday, MSRP plus $499 DOC fee . Waiting for accessories to come in . PU next week .
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Urban Grey Pearl with Ebony

Solid choice interior and exterior. I don't prefer the flash and this combo hits it about right for me. Congrats on your new car!

and the black rims with the grey looks right!!

Than you, I took delivery Wednesday, lot to learn . I got a couple of accessory’s, all season mats, Heated Sterring wheel and spare tire . Urban Grey Pearl color is nice looks different when sunny out vs low light .

Congrats! I'm going to have to keep an eye out for urban grey.
This is the first car I have felt the need to actually read the manual. Partly because there are so many features, and partly because some things are not intuitive.

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That's a good thing!
I've been on this forum many years, as all of the models have evolved, and can say first hand that many of the operational questions asked can be answered with critical thinking time invested in reading / understanding the supplied factory owners manual(s).

Youtube is your friend, also

I also have this same car, took delivery last Wednesday from dealer stock. They added some bullshit stuff to the car (all season mats, clear edge trim, nitrogen in the tires, some paint coating that was probably not even applied, window tint. From this list the only things I would have added are the clear edge trim. I am not a fan of the all season mats, I prefer the premium carpet mats. I already pulled the all season out and put the stock crappy mats in until I can get the upgraded ones. I didn't want them to tint it either because the dealers never go dark enough. The car was sitting on the lot and is probably one of the last TLX-S that they will have so I bit the bullet. I'm in DFW and there are currently four on lots. Most dealers order white or black so when i had a chance (and probably the last chance) to grab an urban gray, I jumped on it and paid about $2k too much. I offered to finance if they wanted to give me a better price but they didn't care, so I paid with my debit card. I have great credit (high 700's) and the lowest interest rate they offered was 4.99%. The finance guy didn't try to sell me any of the warranties or extended service etc. I tapped my card, called my bank to approve at 8:00 at night and drove home with the car. They were salivating over my 2013 TL SHAWD with 74k on it but I ended up giving it to my son. My guess is they would have only given me $8-$10k for it.

You may be the first person I have heard say this. Curious as to your reasons?

😆 🤣 ...the all-seasons are actually quite phenomenal. I have the carpet for the summer and obviously they're just sand magnets.

I just prefer the carpet to hard plastic mats. The carpet mats in my 2013 TL are still in great condition and living in DFW there is very little winter weather where I think the plastic might have a leg up. Also, in the trunk items tend to slide all over the place with the plastic. I pulled out my all season and the premium carpeted mats I ordered just got delivered by UPS.

I hear you, but the tracking of dust, grass, sand, etc, in the Atlanta metro is annoying with carpet. The rubber is easy to pull out, shake and wipe and back installed. No endless vacuuming. I just appreciate the easy of maintenence.