We are moving from Alaska to the lower 48 next month. We sold our 2008 Touring (sad sad day) recently to upgrade to the 2011 Touring. I contacted a dealer in Phoenix as part of our USAA membership and asked them what the process would be to order a van. I want the cherry pearl color and I know that can be somewhat hard to find. The sales man said no problem we will look for a cherry pearl and contact you once we find one. Well he found one today. He's wanting us to pay for the vehicle sight un seen and pick it up once we get to AZ. He said that's the only way to make it "mine." We had originally discussed putting a deposit down to hold the van, but we didn't discuss dollar amounts since there was no VIN# yet. I don't want to lose this van since it's the exact color and model I want, but I also don't want to have to pay for something a month before I need to kwim?
Also on a side note. We had asked the salesman during the .9% promotion if we could secure our financing....he said no since there was no VIN#. No suddenly 9 days later he finds our van and can no longer honor the promotion. That's another reason we wanted to wait a bit. I thought Honda might do a July 4th promotion. Sorry to be long winded. Thanks for any help you can offer me
Also on a side note. We had asked the salesman during the .9% promotion if we could secure our financing....he said no since there was no VIN#. No suddenly 9 days later he finds our van and can no longer honor the promotion. That's another reason we wanted to wait a bit. I thought Honda might do a July 4th promotion. Sorry to be long winded. Thanks for any help you can offer me