[gandalf]

Accompanied with my niece when she went to buy an 09 SI. Coupe, 3 weeks ago..
No Nav or Summer Tires
One Dealer in Massachusetts advertises "Shop Us Last"
She had bought an 08 EX there 5 months earlier and had totaled it.
We went in with an E-mail from another Local Honda Dealer saying they would sell the car to her for 1.00 over Invoice.

Learned something new. Besides MSRP, and Invoice.. they have "NET" Price, which is their cost AFTER getting all holdbacks, rebates and any other deals from Honda.
MSRP on the SI Coupe was 22,550, including destination. Her Final cost excluding Mass. Sales Tax and State title fees was 20,500. Then they hit you with the 248.00 Documentation fee they charge on every car they sell.. They brought out the Paperwork on the car and it showed that we got the car for $157.00 over "Net Cost" and they claimed the salesmans commission had to come out of the 157.00 Saw that the car had been on their lot for 5 days also.
I really think it was a pretty good deal, considering they were being so arrogant 5 months earlier when she bought the EX and gas prices were over 4.00 a gallon.
At that point, they reluctantly went 500.00 over invoice for the EX..
They also wanted 1900.00 for the Extended Warranty, but ended up taking 950.00 for it..
Considering how many Civics they sell a month, and how few SI's are sold.. I was pretty surprised they were willing to deal at all.
This is also the 3rd car we have bought from them this year.. Not sure if that helped.
There was also a leftover 08 SI Sedan there that they quoted me 19,500 for..

I have to say I felt a whole lot better about this deal than the one for the 08 EX