I had put in a $100 deposit thru dealer #1 a month ago which they had promised me to take deliver in less than 3 months. In the meantime, I registered in honda.com, and they forwarded my my name thru one of my local dealers (dealer #2).
Dealer #2 called me on 10/2, and they had the VIN number and expected to take deliver in less than a week. The dealer did not want to quote over the phone, and I had to negotiate the price in person. Initially they wanted $3500 over MSRP, and I stuck with MSRP regardless. After 3 hours of negotiation and test drive, I have made them to agree with MSRP. They called me 2 days later, and I picked up my 2002 EXL-RES on 10/5. The paper work went very smooth.
Over the weekend, I put in 130 miles on it. The engine has a lot of power, and the trans is very smooth. The DVD works fine even with VCD disks, but it doesn't work with any of my CD-R, or CD-RW VCD movies that I made.
The issues that I have are the following,
1) Whenever I open the hood, I need to slam the hood in order to close it. The hood sheet metal is too soft to push it down and lock the hood.
2) Whenever I drive to the road that is not smooth, I can hear the "tick" or rattle noise from the left side. I am still investigating.
During the visit in Dealer #2, they do have a lot of 2002 EX or EXL. They do expect to sell these very quickly.
Dealer #2 called me on 10/2, and they had the VIN number and expected to take deliver in less than a week. The dealer did not want to quote over the phone, and I had to negotiate the price in person. Initially they wanted $3500 over MSRP, and I stuck with MSRP regardless. After 3 hours of negotiation and test drive, I have made them to agree with MSRP. They called me 2 days later, and I picked up my 2002 EXL-RES on 10/5. The paper work went very smooth.
Over the weekend, I put in 130 miles on it. The engine has a lot of power, and the trans is very smooth. The DVD works fine even with VCD disks, but it doesn't work with any of my CD-R, or CD-RW VCD movies that I made.
The issues that I have are the following,
1) Whenever I open the hood, I need to slam the hood in order to close it. The hood sheet metal is too soft to push it down and lock the hood.
2) Whenever I drive to the road that is not smooth, I can hear the "tick" or rattle noise from the left side. I am still investigating.
During the visit in Dealer #2, they do have a lot of 2002 EX or EXL. They do expect to sell these very quickly.