Well, That Was Fast
Today I went car shopping, and hung out with some friends.
I went to the Honda dealership to check out the Civic’s. Turns out the 2007 models were basically the same price as the 08′s so I test drove a 2008 2 door Civic Coupe EX. I pretty much immediately fell in love with it, and decided it was the car for me. So, I went back to the dealership and started the process of haggling. After adding a body kit, rear spoiler and some nicer interior lightning they offered 25k, which was very close to what most websites said it’d cost with the accessories I added.
Well, of course I’m not going to just let them run me over. I notified them that I would be paying in cash and offered to buy it for $22k. They counter offered $24k. I told them I was insulted by the offer and got up and left. I expected a phone call within a day or so telling me they’d offer $23k or something. Well, I ended up going straight from the dealership to Olive Garden to have dinner. About 30 minutes had past, and I got a call…ship it, Brand new Honda Civic for $22k w/accessories. Easiest $3k I’ve ever saved in my life.
Anyways, I don’t have the car in my driveway yet. I wanted it in black, so they have to order it, then they have to add the custom accessories I requested. It’ll take about 3-4 days until I have it, no biggie. I’m very excited about getting a new car. I absolutely loved it when I drove it, and I’m very confident in Honda’s reliability. I’m thrilled that when I go to pick it up it’ll have exactly zero miles on it =).
Now all I gotta do is come up with a cool custom license plate. I believe it’s seven letters/numbers. So far I’ve had the suggestions:
“REBUY”
“IAM NLHE”
“PLUS EV”
“TY EPT”
Any suggestions are welcome, but for now that’s all I got.
on October 12th, 2007 at 8:13 am
try these…
NL BALLA
SHIP IT
on October 12th, 2007 at 10:40 am
How about:
3K WIN
PWN HON
on October 12th, 2007 at 10:41 am
How about these:
JUNGLE
JUNGLER
EPT$$
SHIP IT
on October 12th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
pushrvr
on October 12th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
love the civic, but shoulda went TL, that practically screams baller. Good choice tho.
on October 13th, 2007 at 1:57 am
tyept AJ
I Call
$allin$
on October 13th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
did you pay for those big events or did you just win seats through sat.
on October 13th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
DC,
I bought in to all of the major events I’ve played.
on October 14th, 2007 at 12:18 am
Why no SI.Isn’t it the same interior just faster.
on October 14th, 2007 at 12:22 am
The Si was only available in manual, and I didn’t want to own a manual.
on October 14th, 2007 at 3:33 am
SH1P 1T
R1GG3D
on October 14th, 2007 at 3:58 am
How about,
BFACE (short for Baby Faced ACEassin (assassin).
Enjoy your new car (and poker!)
on October 14th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
27JungK,
Did you pay in cash or did you write a check? What was their reaction when you told them you were paying cash?
on October 15th, 2007 at 11:20 am
try:
$$$hipp
$hip It
$hipWip
Chee$$e
$$tylin
IPWN00b
on October 15th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
IPUTUAI
PAIDCSH
CHKRAYZ — I saw a pimp Mercedes in Tucson, AZ with that on it.
Nice haggling Adam. Hopefully more folks that pay cash for things will realize just how easy they can talk down the price. Sounds stupid, but I had to buy a new A/C and heater for my house… Since I was buying everything at once I asked for a 5-10% discount. The rep had to check w/ management and the manager counter-offered full wholesale price of 25% off. OMG, right? All you gotta do is ask!!! Congrats and GL in your next big purchase!!!
on October 15th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
What happened to rk4life?? so tight. And by the way how funny was it that when we walked in their and no one even glanced at us, but then when you mentioned “New 08″ and “buy with cash” in the same sentence, they waited on our every want hand and foot… haha
on October 15th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
STNDRD
on March 1st, 2008 at 3:50 am
hi wery good site