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36.325,00 Price (Touring) 530,51 Honda remote start (installed) 327,20 Roof rails (installed) 2.323,92 MA Tax % 6.25 5,00 title preparation 299,00 Adm Fee 145,50 Reg Fee 272,44 Sales comission ---------------------------------- 40.228,57 Total No trade-in, Cambridge Honda MA, 11 December'2010

Interesting story, thanks. Some of these dealers...geesh. I never got cambridge to respond. Chambers wouldn't quote in email...just generic "come on in". Bernardi was a bait and switcher b/c they didn't have the config. But i found that CMBR was very hard sell and old school textbook selling style in the beginning. I am glad you worked them over. ;) At my dealer, the F/I guys was surprised and maybe annoyed that i had an emailed OTD price and my check to that effect. Maybe he thought it an obstacle to selling (hard sell too) the extended warranty and other things that I clearly did not want nor want to pay for. :P

First of all, I would like to thank all the forum posters here since you really educated me a lot on this buying process. This is my little pay-back. Please forgive me for the lengthiness of this message. Earlier this week, I requested quotes through honda.com for an '08 Ody EX-L silver from 10 local dealerships in the Boston area. I stated in all requests that I would pay by cash, no financing needed and I'd prefer to be contacted through emails. Within 2 days, I received 6 quotes in the emails (all quotes below include destination charge, which is clearly stated in each email): Cambridge Honda: $26,998.00 Atamian Honda: $26,999.00 Honda Gallery: $27,156.85 Kelly Honda: $27,200.00 Bernardi: $27,301.00 Herb Chambers: $27,801.05 The doc fee ranges from $264-299. Title, registration and inspection: $115 ($50+$36+$29: standard charges for new plate in MA) I also received emails from two dealership without stating clearly what exact price they would offer me, so I didn't put them into my consideration at all. I also received several phone calls from others even though I stated clearly that I prefered emails. I didn't take their phone offers seriously either. In fact, their offers weren't that good to begin with. At the end I decided to go with Cambridge Honda because of price plus they stated in their email that the quoted price includes an "industry exclusive 5 year/100,000 miles warranty at absolutely no additional cost". There is a catch to this and I'll describe more. Before I went to the dealership, I called them up to confirm the pricing, including doc fee, TTL, etc. I also asked her specifically whether there would be charges other than what we just discussed and she quickly responded "nope, that's it!". There is another catch to this and I'll describe more. Yesterday, I went to Cambridge Honda, hoping to get everything done within an hour or two. I walked out in almost exactly two hours, paid $1,000 deposit with a credit card. The two hours I spent at the dealership was pleasant but a little annoying. Here is what happened during the two hours I spent there: I was passed around to different people, first the service dept rep, next the accessories guy who tried to sell me wheel locks, mud guard, etc. then another person who tried to briefly go over the car with me, then another one to go over the details of pricing and at the end, the extended warranty guy trying to sell me the HondaCare warranty. Here are the two catches: 1. The "industry exclusive 5 year/100,000 miles warranty at absolutely no additional cost" to me it's a scam. You have to do all the maintenance work at Cambridge Honda in order to get the 5 year/100,000 miles warranty. It wasn't asterisked in the email and I didn't know it until I asked for more details. 2. I specifically asked to confirm there would be no other charges other than doc fee and TTL and I received a quick "nope, that's it!" on the phone. But when I looked at the pricing agreement, I noticed there was a 0.75% "commission charge" added to the total and I immediately asked to talk to the manager. The sales manager kept saying that the amount was what the sales people got paid, all dealership do the same, etc., which is total BS to me. At the dealership, I even called a friend who used to work at Bernardi and she never heard of such a charge. After some heated conversation, the sales manager agreed to remove the commission charge. So, don't budge on any add-on charges other than the regular doc fee and TTL. In fact, doc fee to me is also a scam and I really can't justify why they charge nearly $300 for documents that cost less than $1. But since all dealership in my area charge about the same, I didn't bother to haggle on that. Lastly, I was too naive to bring in my personal check book not knowing they needed a bank check or official check (This is my 3rd car purchase and my previous two purchases were used ones from friends). Now I understand why they didn't mention the fact that they needed a bank check or official check when I was confirming the pricing with them over the phone simply because they wanted to up-sell me with accessories, extended warranty, etc. This morning, I brought the bank check and spent another hour at the dealership for signing papers and going over the car features with the salesperson (I'm not 100% sure but I believe they are required by law to go over all the features before you drive the car off the lot) then I walked out the door with a free bottle of champagne and my brand new silver Ody with about 6 miles on it! My advice to new car buyers: Tell the dealership that you would need the exact amount for the bank to write up a bank check or official check before coming in, if you're not financing. Anything that sounds too good to be true, ask them whether there is any catch, like the "industry exclusive 5 year/100,000 miles warranty at absolutely no additional cost" I received in the email. Lastly, do not purchase HondaCare from the dealership. You can get it online for a lot less. I purchased my HondaCare warranty 8yr/100k $0 deductible for $1,120. Cambridge Honda offered me $1,495 which I quickly declined. I would still recommend Cambridge Honda since I never felt pushed to buy anything. Every time I said no, I wasn't given any hard sales pitch and all staff there are quite polite and friendly. However, I still don't like the fact they surprised me with the bogus "commission charge". I made two trips and spent a total of approximately 3 hours at the dealership. Hopefully, you'll spend less time than that after reading this message. I personally would like to walk in, pay it and drive it off the lot but I learned my lession. At the end, I paid $26,998 + 5% MA tax + $264 doc fee + $115 title, registration, and inspection, i.e. $28,726.90 OTD (MSRP $32,845 including destination) Good luck to you all!

G'day It is either a Riley 4/68 or 4/72, the last of the variations of the Pinin Farina designed BMC four door saloons, running from about 1959 to 1969. My guess would be a bout 1961-63 from the two tone colour scheme (which looked unbelievably smart at the time. The Farina design included a marked Ponton front with the fins which were most pronounced on the Austin Cambridge. There are close similarities to the Peugeot 404 which was also a Farina design Cheers Graham

Austin A55 Cambridge (1955-61) the first of several Pininafarina designed Austins; they were was also known as "Austin Farinas".