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Car Forum / Honda Cars / September 2008Cost of 09 Civic ?
Hi, Got a quote from a dealer in Pa for $18,700 for an 09 Civic LX. That includes tax, title, and everything. They took off about $500 from sticker price. Theye were out of 08's. Is this a good deal? I like the car, but don't want to pay too much, of course. Thanks >Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Is this a good deal? I like the car, but don't want to pay too >much, of course. A good deal is any deal in which you and the dealer are both happy. $50 over the course of 5 years doesn't mean crap. A few grand? Perhaps. If you like the car and the price is fair and they don't have a Doc fee or similiar crap, then grab it. If not, keep looking. > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Thanks Do you think there might be any benefit to looking at one of the many online car pricing websites or perhaps purchasing a car pricing report from Consumer Reports, do ya', huh?? > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Thanks That's fair for an "in demand" car at new model year release. If you're gonna be sad in a few months when they're selling for $500 less then wait (assuming your current ride won't cost you $500 in the meantime). I think the "Fit" has taken the old role of the Civic as Honda's bottom offering. I think the jury is still out is if they have the "Civic reliability" being such a young model. I saw very few on the road until this summer, when I presume Honda finally started making them in bulk. Meanwhile the standard Civic grows each year, nearly an intermediate car size & price now. Engineering improvements have keep its mileage up there, but not as good as the older, lighter models. >I think the "Fit" has taken the old role of the Civic >as Honda's bottom offering. I think the jury is >still out is if they have the "Civic reliability" being >such a young model. I saw very few on the road >until this summer, when I presume Honda >finally started making them in bulk. Well, given that the 2nd year of the Fit (08) is really the 5th year (I think) of the Jazz, I think we can extrapolate some numbers for reliability. Honda appears to have actually been surprised by the response to the 2007 Fit. When I talked to one of the local dealers in mid 2006, she was excited and promised to call me for a test drive when the first one came in. Well, she did call. But I had to be there at a specific time, as she was scheduling test drives on her two cars, but only for three days. The 2008s are/were more available, but still in lower supply than the demand. By the time I bought, dealers weren't getting more than MSRP. But they weren't getting less, that's for sure. >Meanwhile the standard Civic grows each year, >nearly an intermediate car size & price now. >Engineering improvements have keep its mileage >up there, but not as good as the older, lighter models. I went from an 89 CRX to a 96 Civic EX. The Civic was "huge". Almost as big as my wife's 89 Accord (which she traded for a 96 Accord EX at the same time). Once I put some Tokicos on the Civic, it handled "quite nicely". Even nicer with the R1s, but that's a different story. |
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