Here are the details on my purchase...basically MSRP (with destination), tax, license and doc fee. I couldn't get rid of the protection package, but I was able to trade out wheel locks (aftermarket will save me $) and add in the rear seat protector.
Thanks for sharing your experience. Welcome to the board! Can you say what dealer or even what area of the country you're in?
I'm in Seattle (about as far from Cary as you can get!) and I bought at Carter Acura, just north of town. The Carter group of dealerships advertise no second sticker and no dealer markup, so I pretty much knew what I was going to get. My package came with the all season floor mats (not bad, but not as good as WeatherTech, IMO... I still might buy a set before the PNW fall/winter arrive), the trunk protector (WeatherTech doesn't make one yet) and the splash guards (this was a must for me, anyway). I got a car that the guy in line ahead of me ended up not wanting (A-Spec Tech, Liquid Carbon, 6MT), so the accessories were already onboard (except the wheel locks), so they said they couldn't take them off (Floor mats? Really?) once installed. I figured I wasn't willing to let $500 come between me and a $43K purchase. I guess I could have waited for my unit to come off of the line and tried to negotiate, but the car was literally 10 feet away from me, so.....
Thanks! That makes sense. And I'm not criticizing, I totally wouldn't let $500 kill the deal. If the accessories were already "installed" on a car, I can easily see a dealership asserting they're part of the car you're buying now and not really willing to remove things like splash guards. I know with far fewer cars and not doing markups, they have to make money somewhere, I'd just rather get stuff I actually would want.
That sucks. But the White over black is really nice looking!
I actually just placed an order at Leith in cary for a white with orchid interior, had them remove the protection package from my pricing actually. And I think when “building” the car on Acuras website they have the same package in accessories for $400 when at the dealer it was something like $750. They for sure try to find ways to make some money but hoping to have some order details soon!
Welcome @Raleighguy55! Which model of Integra did you order?
A-Spec with the Tech package!
I had that conversation with my salesman last week. There's a bunch of different accessory price lists posted here from different dealers if you're curious. Leith's was pretty high compared to others. You did the smart thing by sorting that out at the time of order and pricing. I didn't ask about the specifics of that until last week when the car was already in transit. I'd been waiting 4 months and I we both knew I wasn't going to walk out over a $250 accessory upcharge. I did pick accessories I wanted though, so I'm still happy with it. And I survived the "business manager" trying to sell me armor all and wheel protection and all that garbage.
Lol yeah luckily there was not a ton of haggling needed to be had. I just hope when the car arrives there are no surprises as far as costs go. Did it take 4 months for a car that you ordered to get here? They salesman was telling my october at the latest but after I signed the deal he seems a little less optimistic lol
I didn't have any surprises - negotiated up a little bit on the trade and was happy with that, a lower finance rate than what Acura advertises. There's the "doc fee" (but not exactly a surprise - they mention that on their website). I've never been able to negotiate that off when buying a car in NC, but YMMV.
Well, it did but I was kind of a worst-case scenario. I've seen people post that reserved their cars in June and got them before me. I reserved on April 20, over month after the initial reservations went live in March, but before the first cars were delivered in early June. I wanted 6MT in Red. They weren't building Red for the preorders, so I knew I'd be waiting a bit for the color I wanted. Originally my Red/Ebony was scheduled to be built mid-june. But right around launch, Acura shifted production to build more CVTs and delayed 6MTs. That pushed my build date into late July and it slipped again to early August.
Sweet! I’m very excited about it, just singed the deal last Friday so still don’t have a build date or anything but good to know there will be a Doc Fee and maybe some push for extended warranty and what not!
Yeah his push for extras was pretty sad. I bought an MDX there in 2013 and they were at least pushing Acura Care to extend the factory warranty. This was mostly 3rd party junk cobbled together and the pitch was mostly scare tactics about the cost of replacing lost keys, dented rims or broken tech parts.
Well I will keep that in mind for when the time comes! I appreciate the feedback!
