Find Honda Dealers in Des Moines, Iowa

I thought I would post on here my lease I just got from Smart Honda in Des Moines, IA. They were great to work with and I believe I got a fair deal. 2011 Pilot EX-L Alabaster Silver with Black Leather MSRP- 36860 Negotiated Price 32313 state tax 6% Lic $374 Doc Fee 185 Title $25 Aquisition $595 I leased for 36 months, 12K miles a year. Money Factor .00107, residual 56% I paid for the lic, doc and title up front and first payment. Total monthly payment is $400 on the dot. I think I did well. I got roughly$4500 off and by my calcs with the invoive being 32488 without the $810 Honda destination fee was about a $1000 under invoice. I shopped 9 other regional dealers and none of them even came close. The best offer for the price of the vehicle from other dealers was $33300 even after some hard pressing. Good luck

I just got a 09 Accord LX 4 cyl AT in Des Moines, IA. Vehicle was $18,400. Total OTD was $20,368. Good deal? I shopped around with different working with various internet managers until I got this deal. I feel I did pretty good, all things considered.

Purchased at Honda of Ames in Ames, Iowa. Good customer service. Got quotes from Inver Grove Honda in Minnesota and Holmes Honda in Des Moines, IA.

I pulled the trigger today on an EXL (no nav/res) after much shopping and reading on here - thanks to all - really helps the confidence - all you have to do is tell the dealer you're reading this forum and they instantly have a look of defeat in their eyes..lol. Decided I couldn't justify the factory DVD on the RES when I can have one installed by a car audio specialty place here with a 3 yr warranty for $500 less -I bought in Kansas City (Frank Ancona Honda) - no pressure dealer - straight shooter sales manager: Only extra was the wheel locks which were already on it - $26,136 (incl all fees) + TTL only. They had a ton of EXL's in stock (like 20) so let me know if you need my dealer name but I pretty much dealt directly with the sales mgr which was nice instead of passing notes back and forth via the helpless sales guy like other places. I wanted silver and they only had one left so I bought, but I think if you don't care on color you could easily get down to $25.5k next month. In this economy how can they raise prices (or take away financing). The Oklahoma Dealer that dol007 in an earlier post was very nice and was at $25.8 but for us that's 5 hrs away - not worth the gas/time for $300. Also Holmes Honda in Des Moines IA said he could get to $26,050 but again not worth $90 less to drive & waste 3 hrs driving. Good luck to all -

You could always have your local dealer call or contact the one that sent me the e-mail. I outlined in the previous post that it was Holmes Honda in Des Moines, IA. Do a quick google search to find their web page and contact info. You could even go as far to say that you have family in Des Moines that would purchase the car and ship/drive it out to you if the price difference is that dramatic. I don't know how much it costs to ship a vehicle, but I don't think it would be more than $200 or so. Worth a shot at least. Good luck!