mattheo0118
Member
I bought my 3rd Clarity yesterday. Each time I've bought, the deal was better than before.
Bought my first clarity back in June 2018. It was the base model, I bought it for $29,800 +TTL 0.9% for 60 months.. Ive been blessed and always owned cars with power adjustable seats. I thought by being simple and getting the Base model, it would make more financial sense. After my first 150 mile road trip with the car, I hated the seats because my awkward body couldn't get comfortable with the preset settings on the manual adjustments.. Owned the car for 9 months and 8,900 miles later. I traded it in for a 2018 Touring in March 2019.. I bought the Touring for 29,000+TTL (same color) 0.9%, Honda offered the dealership a $6k incentive. I thought I got a steal because I sold my base to the dealer for $22,000. After tax credits and all, I was only out $2k for a brand new car and it was a Touring with leather and power seats.
November 2020, I was looking around this website and saw someone buying a new clarity touring for $27,600. I did the math and figured I'd break even if I traded in my car and bought a new one.. Vroom offered me $22,347, dealership and CarMax only offered $19.5k.. People on Craigslist have been trying to sell theirs for 23-25k and it's still sitting.. I sold it to Vroom... Again someone on this website posted that there was a $1500 rebate to dealership for the CA clean car reward...
I was already in negotiations with dealership and they offered $28k, when I found out about the $1500 I asked them to sign up for the program but they didn't care to do it.. I contacted another local dealership on the list and they agreed to sell the car for $26,400+TTL... During the paperwork process, I found out there was a special $500 rebate for Clarity buyers from Honda. That's when I knew I left about $200-$300 on the table but I was pretty happy with my purchase price. After tax credits, I'll be paying $21,700 for this car. I sold my old one for 22,300ish. After adding tint on my white one, I'll break even.. Benefit is I get a brand new car, a different color to keep me interested in it, new tires, etc...
One thing I hate about the 2020 is the noise it makes at low speed is alot louder than the 2018, I can hear it in the cabin.. It's obnoxiously loud. Any idea on how I can reduce the volume level?
Moral of the story, this Forum has been great for me, I appreciate everyone who shares their knowledge, findings and experience. Y'all rock!! Thank you!!!
Pictures below:
18 Base-> 18 Touring March 2019
18 Touring waiting for Vroom to come pick up
20 Touring in the drive way
Bought my first clarity back in June 2018. It was the base model, I bought it for $29,800 +TTL 0.9% for 60 months.. Ive been blessed and always owned cars with power adjustable seats. I thought by being simple and getting the Base model, it would make more financial sense. After my first 150 mile road trip with the car, I hated the seats because my awkward body couldn't get comfortable with the preset settings on the manual adjustments.. Owned the car for 9 months and 8,900 miles later. I traded it in for a 2018 Touring in March 2019.. I bought the Touring for 29,000+TTL (same color) 0.9%, Honda offered the dealership a $6k incentive. I thought I got a steal because I sold my base to the dealer for $22,000. After tax credits and all, I was only out $2k for a brand new car and it was a Touring with leather and power seats.
November 2020, I was looking around this website and saw someone buying a new clarity touring for $27,600. I did the math and figured I'd break even if I traded in my car and bought a new one.. Vroom offered me $22,347, dealership and CarMax only offered $19.5k.. People on Craigslist have been trying to sell theirs for 23-25k and it's still sitting.. I sold it to Vroom... Again someone on this website posted that there was a $1500 rebate to dealership for the CA clean car reward...
I was already in negotiations with dealership and they offered $28k, when I found out about the $1500 I asked them to sign up for the program but they didn't care to do it.. I contacted another local dealership on the list and they agreed to sell the car for $26,400+TTL... During the paperwork process, I found out there was a special $500 rebate for Clarity buyers from Honda. That's when I knew I left about $200-$300 on the table but I was pretty happy with my purchase price. After tax credits, I'll be paying $21,700 for this car. I sold my old one for 22,300ish. After adding tint on my white one, I'll break even.. Benefit is I get a brand new car, a different color to keep me interested in it, new tires, etc...
One thing I hate about the 2020 is the noise it makes at low speed is alot louder than the 2018, I can hear it in the cabin.. It's obnoxiously loud. Any idea on how I can reduce the volume level?
Moral of the story, this Forum has been great for me, I appreciate everyone who shares their knowledge, findings and experience. Y'all rock!! Thank you!!!
Pictures below:
18 Base-> 18 Touring March 2019
18 Touring waiting for Vroom to come pick up
20 Touring in the drive way
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