Connecticut Honda Car Dealers

I just purchased 2012 CR-V EXL AWD w/RES for 30,800 OTD. I live in CT. It has remote start as well. Here is the break down. Price: 28,392 Dealer Fee: 399 Tax: 1828 (6.3%) Reg: 180 I am going to get it this weekend. Hopefully, I got a good deal?

I own a 2011 Pilot EXL w/ NAV 4WD. I bought it in May 2011. I currently have about 12,000 miles on it. So I'm well past the 2 traditional "engine break in points" of 5K & 10K miles. We LOVE our Pilot. The ride, the ulitity, the passenger room, the cargo room are all fantastic. The gas mileage is just awful. My wife gets maybe 15.5 driving around town. We usually get about 360 miles per tank. I just took a weekend trip from our house in Stamford, CT to Pittsburgh, PA (about 400 miles each way). I averaged about 17.5 mpg for the entire trip. Cruise was set at 75 going there and 65 coming home. My best tank was a little over 19 mpg & that was literally driving the Pilot as if it was a hypermiling Prius (Set cruise at 60, let everybody pass you...) The thing is, whether you get 12 mpg (my wife driving all city miles during break in), my PB 19.2 mpg, or even the EPA sticker claim of 22 mpg, it costs the same amount to fill the Pilot up every week. Don't let the Pilot's poor gas mileage send you fleeing to another marquee's dealership. We do LOVE it. In our mind, there was no better 3 row, 4WD SUV out there.

No problem dancingdiva. What you heard is correct, through July 5th Honda was providing a total of $1,500 in dealer cash on 2011 Accord V6 models. Dealer Cash is not something that manufacturers typically advertise, so I'm not surprised that you haven't seen it mentioned anywhere on Honda's site. Any dealer that tells you otherwise is lying to you. Honda is scheduled to introduce its new July incentives some time tomorrow. It's difficult to say what they will be like, but please feel free to check back with me later this week and I will be happy to provide you with an update. Car_man Host Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Forum

Thanks Car_Man for the advice. Just wondering about negotiating the price. I read here that there is a $1500 dealer incentive for an Accord V-6 til July 5th but I cannot find it on the Honda sites. The dealers do not want to even discuss it with me and say there is no dealer incentive now so I cannot use it to bargain. That would be surprising since it is toward the end of the year and I would think the Factory would give the Dealers some cash for the depreciation of a year end car. The prices without the incentive are still to high I think. Where might I find this dealer incentive of $1500? Thanks so much for your help. It's nice to have this place to come to for some advice.

Hi dancingdiva. Since you are new to leasing, you definitely should check out the following informative articles on the subject that are available here at Edmunds.com: 10 Steps to Leasing a New Car and Calculate Your Own Lease Payment. In short, the easiest way to get a good deal on a leased vehicle is to shop around for the lowest possible selling price and then have the dealer that you decide to go with calculate your vehicle's monthly payment using its buy rate lease money factor. You're already half way there if you've negotiated a selling price that you're comfortable with. Just make sure that the dealer is using that price to calculate your payment. Honda Finance's June buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36 month lease of a 2011 Accord Sedan EX-L V-6 with 12,000 miles per year are .00077 and 55%, respectively for consumers who qualify for its top aka "Super Preferred" credit tier. Car_man Host Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Forum