hello all,
i am looking to buy a 2010 fit sports in taffeta white within the the next 2-3 weeks. has anybody purchased a 2010 fit sport A/T in los angeles or orange county area recently? if so, about how much did you spend otd?

i been getting quotes of about...17300, which is a little higher then msrp -_- and i believe registration and licensing fees with tax comes to about 1900 or so...

i was wondering if anybody in los angeles or orange county area has bought a fit for less? thank you ^^

 

Sounds about right to me, In fact maybe a bit lower; SoCal you pay a premium because they figure everyone has money out here, or something. Besides with car sales being so low, the old way was they would go out of their way to make the sale, especially on price. Now however that may be one of the few sales they make that day, so taking a hit on the price is not something they can afford to do.

All that, and Honda does not have much room between the invoice and the MSRP anyway.
If memory serves the sticker on mine was around 17,900 (and change) and I ended up with about 17,600 and a better price on my trade. Best work out the trade in price, if you have one first, before you even let them know what car you are going to be looking at and are going to talk price.

Got mine at Wessloh Honda, San Juan Capistrano, and despite the possability if a better money deal out there, I'd go there again. Decent people to deal with. In fact I had bought a 2010 Civic just afew weeks before the Fit.

 

try driving to dealers outside la and orange county area, also sometimes dealing with online sales departments they give you good deals.

 

so how much did you end up paying otd?

 

It was $17,900 and change. Say $17,937 which was sticker (I think). That price included the destination charge of $700.00 so depending on what side your dealer drops that fee, you could say I paid $17,137.00 or $17,937.00.

They did give me $8500.00 for my trade, which was not too bad when you figure that I could have private party sold the car at $9,000.00. Also, this was in late December of last year where there was a tax advantage (writing off the sales tax and registration) which added up to about a $500.00 savings. That was part of the reason we ended up buying two cars that month.

Bottom line was I was not willing to give up in the deal and walk for a couple of hundred bucks. I liked the dealer experience, and to me that is worth something as I plan on doing business with them over the life of the car(s). Look at it this way: I was going to spend say $17,000 on the car anyway. It would take me a mater of days to make up any difference between say Norm Reeves Honda, and Wesseloh. Was it worth the extra hassle and time to negotiate over and over again? Not for that little of an amount. If it would mean thousands, and some dealers (Irvine auto center, for example) then I would have walked, but As I said I liked the dealer, the people, and the overall experience. About the only complaint would be that they were selling cars that day (tells me something in itself) and it took longer to get the deal completed.

Paid cash on the balance by the way, I'd never finance a car. Why pay the percentage.

 

oooo i c hmms well that sounds like a good deal, i wish i was in the market for a new car during the tax advantage in december T_T. im currently shopping prices right now, hondaworld in west minister just gave me a quote of around 17000 including destination charge, and i checked the ca dmv site for registration and license fees + tax, and thats about 1900. so i think im gonna try to push for 18.5 otd does that sound like a fair price? or am i low balling?

 

i bought mine at Sierra Honda last July 5. brand new Fit Sport, White, manual

to OP: the dealers actually have white ones?