Price paid, plus dealer info

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Sales tax goes by where you register the car unless you are registering out of state, then it depends on the reciprocal arrangement if any, between the two states.
For example, if you buy in CA and drive out of state, you pay sales tax based on the dealer zip code but if you ship it out via truck then you pay sales tax where you register the car.
 
Brian Harrison said:
You have to register in the ZEV state for the dealer to get the $3k incentive cash driving the lower prices. Not to say you can get a better deal shopping past state borders. And sales are more than on pace as Honda stated a 4 year goal of 75,000 total clarity sales. Not the only 2018 Honda still getting delivered to dealers. And the only one that's fully imported.
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NaughtyNeutron said:
Checking in with the forum, I got the below quotes (Final Out the door includes 6% tax + $305 dealer doc fees)
Base - 30828
Touring 34220

Does this check out? they have a few color options.
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I tried getting this in PA and the dealer was pushing me to fill up the credit application online till I read your post. PA isn't on the list of ZEV states. No dice.

I'm looking to get a commuter car for the tax credit I would be eligible. Its either the Clarity or the Volt.
 
$30,450 + $80 doc fee for base model in South San Diego + 0.9% Honda Financing no trade in.

I tried really hard to get to $30k. No one would go that low.

I think that I got a good deal, but who knows )
 
Geor99 said:
$30,450 + $80 doc fee for base model in South San Diego + 0.9% Honda Financing no trade in.

I tried really hard to get to $30k. No one would go that low.

I think that I got a good deal, but who knows )
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I spent a week going to almost every honda dealer in San Diego. I got to 30800. Nobody would go to 30k.
They had already installed their 800 dollar "professional package" or whatever they called it so I like to think that I got it for 30.
My favorite part of car shopping is when people say "If somebody beats me promise you will come back and give me a chance to beat them."
Uhhhhhhhhhh.........................why don't you just beat you now?
 
Aaron said:
I spent a week going to almost every honda dealer in San Diego. I got to 30800. Nobody would go to 30k.
They had already installed their 800 dollar "professional package" or whatever they called it so I like to think that I got it for 30.
My favorite part of car shopping is when people say "If somebody beats me promise you will come back and give me a chance to beat them."
Uhhhhhhhhhh.........................why don't you just beat you now?
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Because they want to make as much money as possible?
 
Also, it is one other way for them to know the competitors pricing. I have noticed that car dealers are now playing the "dynamic pricing" game just like Amazon.

If you read thru these posts, it appears that no two folks have gotten the same price from the same dealer for the same car.
 
I went back and forth with 6 dealers in San Diego trying to grind out every penny. I'm definitely no expert, but here was my plan.

I told each one that based on my home zip code, provide me with the final receipt including taxes and every little charge- all in.

It was hard to get them to do it , but eventually they did Then I went back and forth between them to get the best price

I got $30,450 +$80 doc fee + taxes.

I did not get this $800 professional package. What the hell is this all about? Please share.
 
WantEV said:
Hi all: I am shopping for my Clarity base model in SoCal (San Diego / Orange County), and here are the prices I've been quoted recently. Before TTL obviously. Thought it would save you all some time.

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I bought in Oct from Penske and they had 11 left after me. So they've moved some recently. My salesman said they average 2 per month.
 
TIger said:
closed the deal for 30,481 (including propack) + tite+taxes in Socal Penske at Chula vista
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That's the exact deal at the same place that I got, but what's the propack? I may not have gotten that I don't know what it is. Please fill me in.
 
I bought a base model for $29,500 in Vermont. However, I did some searching using the Consumer Reports buying service (interred various zip codes) and found a dealer in Conn. that was willing to sell for $29,500. Asked my local dealer here in Vt. if he was willing to price mach. He replied "show me the quote". I did and he came down after initially only offering $1,000 off sticker price. I'm happy!
 
Geor99 said:
Holy Mackeral!!! $28300???? That's a screaming deal. How did you pull that off? Wow!!!
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Thanks. Contacted every dealer in MA via email. Played them against each other. Now the $3000 dealer cash in my ZEV state made it on par with some of these other deals people are getting. My net 5 year cost vs keeping my paid off Subaru is almost zero accounting for gas savings, tax credit/state refund, and anticipated depreciation
 
Geor99 said:
I went back and forth with 6 dealers in San Diego trying to grind out every penny. I'm definitely no expert, but here was my plan.

I told each one that based on my home zip code, provide me with the final receipt including taxes and every little charge- all in.

It was hard to get them to do it , but eventually they did Then I went back and forth between them to get the best price

I got $30,450 +$80 doc fee + taxes.

I did not get this $800 professional package. What the hell is this all about? Please share.
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Sounds like we used roughly the same tactic and got roughly the same result.

We specifically wanted a base model, not a Touring. Our car was to be registered in GA, which has do dealer incentives. Our goal was either $32,000 all in including 7% sales tax in GA, or $30k out-the-door in TN and we’d handle the sales tax.

Dealers in Cumming, GA, Knoxville, TN and Cleveland, TN all declined, saying rather brusquely we were about $3,000 apart, and we could hardly expect them to take a loss.

But as I posted in my “Introduction” thread, Economy Honda Chattanooga got close enough that we pulled the trigger.

Their online ad and sales proposal:

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Anyway, we put $3,000 down on a credit card, and have been told a check for $30,500 for the balance will have us driving a Clarity home today or tomorrow with all GA taxes and tag/title fees covered. But we’ve had enough dealings with shady dealers that we’re holding our breaths and hoping for a clean deal. I’ll definit post here what happens, for good or ill!
 
Geor99 said:
I went back and forth with 6 dealers in San Diego trying to grind out every penny. I'm definitely no expert, but here was my plan.

I told each one that based on my home zip code, provide me with the final receipt including taxes and every little charge- all in.

It was hard to get them to do it , but eventually they did Then I went back and forth between them to get the best price

I got $30,450 +$80 doc fee + taxes.

I did not get this $800 professional package. What the hell is this all about? Please share.
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That's pretty much what I ended up paying at Ball Honda, but I had another $500 incentive (they have one for military, school teacher, etc.) on top, for OTD pricing of just under $33K. But I had to get Honda financing at 0.9%. Mine also came with (free) a dealer installed "protection package" (I am sure similar to your "professional package") which included mud guard, wheel locks, trunk tray (which covers only half the trunk but I grew to like it) and door edge and wheel molding vinyl protection. It was not a bad experience; once we agreed on all terms via email, I went in, took ~1 hr to sign all the papers, and they had my car ready with full tank of gas AND battery, detailed nicely.
 
ABex said:
Just purchased our 2018 Clarity Touring model this evening (picking up tomorrow night). Searched around at dealers in a 150 mile radius, and even across the country. Pleased with the deal we ended up with at our local dealer in IL (after the third visit!).

We paid $34,495 for the car, with our OTD (tax, title, etc.) total at $37,331.40. We got the all-weather mats and the bumper applique included, too- with the federal tax credit and what we can sell our previous car for, we will end up out of pocket right where we hoped to be (and probably about $1500 better than their best trade-in value offer).

Many thanks to this forum for providing us with good suggestions (like tracking the last 6 digits of the VIN to be sure the car hadn't been sitting on the lot for months and months- one we looked at had been manufactured in 2017 and sat on the dealer lot since January 2018!), and a good sense of what is reasonable to pay.

Now to enjoy the car :)
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Hi, Can you please share the Dealer's and Sales Person's name as I am in IL and am interested in the Clarity Touring model? Thanks
 
Trying to find a touring from outside SoCal and have a some questions:
1. Is it normal for the dealer not wanting to take care of the sales tax and saying that's my responsibilty or could that be a shady dealer?
2. Has anyone purchased a New vehicle from out of state and can give some advice?
3. Any particular signs that the dealer might be shady.....I wouldn't be signing anything unless the paperwork was in order, which would be dealt with by mail as I do not plan to fly out to pick up.
Thank you
 
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