CivicB18
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Today alone I saw quite a few 2013 Accords on the road. 3 white Accord Sports and what looked to be EX's or EX-L's.
All of them were attractive but the Sport just looks awesome in motion. You immediately know it's an Accord but the way the car sits on the road and certain design elements/details make it look really, really good! Awesome job Honda!
~Patrick
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superchg2
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Kicking Ass and Taking Names!
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Gfn8r
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CivicB18 wrote:
Today alone I saw quite a few 2013 Accords on the road. 3 white Accord Sports and what looked to be EX's or EX-L's.
All of them were attractive but the Sport just looks awesome in motion. You immediately know it's an Accord but the way the car sits on the road and certain design elements/details make it look really, really good! Awesome job Honda!
~Patrick
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Lots of Accords on dealer lots around Toledo, OH (with the weird trim mix I've mentioned on other threads--no Tourings in all of Northern Ohio). But I have yet to see one Accord "in the wild" (on the street, with either temp tags or a normal license plate, and not dealer plates).
The inventories at the three dealer sites I check also don't seem to be moving much--same numbers, maybe a car or two less. (Not even sure if the stale 2012 leftovers are moving, either.)
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Jet Sitter
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Gfn8r wrote:
CivicB18 wrote:
Today alone I saw quite a few 2013 Accords on the road. 3 white Accord Sports and what looked to be EX's or EX-L's.
All of them were attractive but the Sport just looks awesome in motion. You immediately know it's an Accord but the way the car sits on the road and certain design elements/details make it look really, really good! Awesome job Honda!
~Patrick
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Lots of Accords on dealer lots around Toledo, OH (with the weird trim mix I've mentioned on other threads--no Tourings in all of Northern Ohio). But I have yet to see one Accord "in the wild" (on the street, with either temp tags or a normal license plate, and not dealer plates).
The inventories at the three dealer sites I check also don't seem to be moving much--same numbers, maybe a car or two less. (Not even sure if the stale 2012 leftovers are moving, either.)
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The same here in Louisville. I haven't seen one on the streets, but the dealerships have a pile of them. Still cannot find a 6mt and who is even going to want one with only two colors to choose from? I had great expectations for Honda, but even though they have some decent looks to them, the CVT drive train and the DI engine are both loser's for me. I've decided to install a aftermarket grill in my 2000 Accord and buy some new wheels from tirerack and drive it another 170K miles.
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aznxthuggie
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I have yet to see one on the streets. socal.
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Jet Sitter
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If I could purchase a Sport 6mt, in light tan, with push button start, I'd probably would buy it today. I'll see what they offer in the coupe.
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superchg2
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Jet Sitter wrote:
Still cannot find a 6mt and who is even going to want one with only two colors to choose from?
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The only 6 speeds my local dealer seems to have are Civic Si's.
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tsxfan19
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Jet Sitter wrote:
Gfn8r wrote:
CivicB18 wrote:
Today alone I saw quite a few 2013 Accords on the road. 3 white Accord Sports and what looked to be EX's or EX-L's.
All of them were attractive but the Sport just looks awesome in motion. You immediately know it's an Accord but the way the car sits on the road and certain design elements/details make it look really, really good! Awesome job Honda!
~Patrick
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Lots of Accords on dealer lots around Toledo, OH (with the weird trim mix I've mentioned on other threads--no Tourings in all of Northern Ohio). But I have yet to see one Accord "in the wild" (on the street, with either temp tags or a normal license plate, and not dealer plates).
The inventories at the three dealer sites I check also don't seem to be moving much--same numbers, maybe a car or two less. (Not even sure if the stale 2012 leftovers are moving, either.)
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The same here in Louisville. I haven't seen one on the streets, but the dealerships have a pile of them. Still cannot find a 6mt and who is even going to want one with only two colors to choose from? I had great expectations for Honda, but even though they have some decent looks to them, the CVT drive train and the DI engine are both loser's for me. I've decided to install a aftermarket grill in my 2000 Accord and buy some new wheels from tirerack and drive it another 170K miles.
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Yeah - I'm in Louisville too. I've seen one on the lot at a dealer, and a couple on that same dealer's overflow lot.
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Jet Sitter
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Sam Swope has 57 of them. The number hasn't changed in the past 10 days.
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superchg2
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Jet Sitter wrote:
Still cannot find a 6mt and who is even going to want one with only two colors to choose from?
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The only 6 speeds my local dealer seems to have are Civic Si's.
Here's a crazy idea. What if the dealer's stocked 6 speed Accord Sport's, offered them in all the colors, and had an $895 sunroof option?
Let the ridicule begin!
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Jet Sitter
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I could not care less about a sun roof. I have one my 2000 EX and I know I haven't opened it a dozen times in 12 years.
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NealX
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superchg2 wrote:
Jet Sitter wrote:
Still cannot find a 6mt and who is even going to want one with only two colors to choose from?
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The only 6 speeds my local dealer seems to have are Civic Si's.
Here's a crazy idea. What if the dealer's stocked 6 speed Accord Sport's, offered them in all the colors, and had an $895 sunroof option?
Let the ridicule begin!
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Best Idea of the Day!
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superchg2
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Jet Sitter wrote:
I could not care less about a sun roof. I have one my 2000 EX and I know I haven't opened it a dozen times in 12 years.
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We open the sunroof in our 2000 EX 2 or 3 times a week in nice weather but the vent feature is handy, too.
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EXV6
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I've seen 3 Accord sedans so far. All silver. Yawn.
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Jet Sitter
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My other Honda is an S2000.
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outersquare
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superchg2 wrote:
Jet Sitter wrote:
Still cannot find a 6mt and who is even going to want one with only two colors to choose from?
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The only 6 speeds my local dealer seems to have are Civic Si's.
Here's a crazy idea. What if the dealer's stocked 6 speed Accord Sport's, offered them in all the colors, and had an $895 sunroof option?
Let the ridicule begin!
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They'd probably lose money on all of them.
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Jet Sitter
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I think I'll wait for Gen 10
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Jet Sitter
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Jet Sitter wrote:
Sam Swope has 57 of them. The number hasn't changed in the past 10 days.
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I checked today, someone bought one. Their now down to 56. At the current rate, they should sell 4/month locally.
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benbess
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Jet Sitter wrote:
Jet Sitter wrote:
Sam Swope has 57 of them. The number hasn't changed in the past 10 days.
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I checked today, someone bought one. Their now down to 56. At the current rate, they should sell 4/month locally.
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I'm in Louisville too.
As you know, they are selling as they are getting them in, and so they are probably selling dozens a month. But the inventory will probably keep building until they get to around 100 maybe?
Sam Swope's prices are silly. Way above msrp.
Hope to get a big discount in a couple of months, but who knows, I may need to drive out of the city for that....
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superchg2
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benbess wrote:
Jet Sitter wrote:
Jet Sitter wrote:
Sam Swope has 57 of them. The number hasn't changed in the past 10 days.
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I checked today, someone bought one. Their now down to 56. At the current rate, they should sell 4/month locally.
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I'm in Louisville too.
As you know, they are selling as they are getting them in, and so they are probably selling dozens a month. But the inventory will probably keep building until they get to around 100 maybe?
Sam Swope's prices are silly. Way above msrp.
Hope to get a big discount in a couple of months, but who knows, I may need to drive out of the city for that....
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benbess, thanks for the clarification on this particular dealer.
Probably a good one to avoid if you live in Louisville!
Back in the day, I remember a local KC dealer had a dirty MR2 demo. (1st gen.) on their lot with a $3,000 addendum in the window. I couldn't believe it.
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benbess
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superchg2 wrote:
benbess wrote:
Jet Sitter wrote:
Jet Sitter wrote:
Sam Swope has 57 of them. The number hasn't changed in the past 10 days.
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I checked today, someone bought one. Their now down to 56. At the current rate, they should sell 4/month locally.
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I'm in Louisville too.
As you know, they are selling as they are getting them in, and so they are probably selling dozens a month. But the inventory will probably keep building until they get to around 100 maybe?
Sam Swope's prices are silly. Way above msrp.
Hope to get a big discount in a couple of months, but who knows, I may need to drive out of the city for that....
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benbess, thanks for the clarification on this particular dealer.
Probably a good one to avoid if you live in Louisville!
Back in the day, I remember a local KC dealer had a dirty MR2 demo. (1st gen.) on their lot with a $3,000 addendum in the window. I couldn't believe it.
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Sam Swope isn't necessarily bad, but you have to be careful. I got bought my 2002 Accord LX from them, as well as the 2008 EXL navi manual. The LX I got at a big discount, almost $4000 off msrp. How? Well, a competing Honda dealer 10 miles farther away from where I live had an internet ad with that price and Sam Swope matched it.
On my 2008 I did a special order to get the manual transmission and the exact color I wanted right after the all new model was introduced. I ordered it almost exactly 5 years ago. Anyway, I wasn't in a strong bargaining position what with it being all new and even more because it was a special order. You can't pretend you don't want the car or could just buy another if the car you want doesn't exist anywhere else in the whole country! But still I managed to get $1000 off list.
This time I'm not special ordering, and hope to get at least $1500 off of an EXL navi sedan. But right now Swope has them marked up about $1500 *above* list. Yikes. I don't mind them getting a bit of profit, esp. on an all new model that's getting rave reviews, but I'm not going to get ripped off either.
The bottom line is that Swopw will almost certainly bargain and discount if that's the way you want to buy them. I will probably go with their internet sales person through Truecar or something like that, because my salesguy retired.
But if you just go in there and ask for their best price, you're just asking to be overcharged.
Swope also has a good service dept, and so I would like to buy from them if I can. But if they won't bargain big time on price by December I'll take my biz elsewhere....
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Jet Sitter
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benbess wrote:
superchg2 wrote:
benbess wrote:
Jet Sitter wrote:
Jet Sitter wrote:
Sam Swope has 57 of them. The number hasn't changed in the past 10 days.
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I checked today, someone bought one. Their now down to 56. At the current rate, they should sell 4/month locally.
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I'm in Louisville too.
As you know, they are selling as they are getting them in, and so they are probably selling dozens a month. But the inventory will probably keep building until they get to around 100 maybe?
Sam Swope's prices are silly. Way above msrp.
Hope to get a big discount in a couple of months, but who knows, I may need to drive out of the city for that....
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benbess, thanks for the clarification on this particular dealer.
Probably a good one to avoid if you live in Louisville!
Back in the day, I remember a local KC dealer had a dirty MR2 demo. (1st gen.) on their lot with a $3,000 addendum in the window. I couldn't believe it.
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Sam Swope isn't necessarily bad, but you have to be careful. I got bought my 2002 Accord LX from them, as well as the 2008 EXL navi manual. The LX I got at a big discount, almost $4000 off msrp. How? Well, a competing Honda dealer 10 miles farther away from where I live had an internet ad with that price and Sam Swope matched it.
On my 2008 I did a special order to get the manual transmission and the exact color I wanted right after the all new model was introduced. I ordered it almost exactly 5 years ago. Anyway, I wasn't in a strong bargaining position what with it being all new and even more because it was a special order. You can't pretend you don't want the car or could just buy another if the car you want doesn't exist anywhere else in the whole country! But still I managed to get $1000 off list.
This time I'm not special ordering, and hope to get at least $1500 off of an EXL navi sedan. But right now Swope has them marked up about $1500 *above* list. Yikes. I don't mind them getting a bit of profit, esp. on an all new model that's getting rave reviews, but I'm not going to get ripped off either.
The bottom line is that Swopw will almost certainly bargain and discount if that's the way you want to buy them. I will probably go with their internet sales person through Truecar or something like that, because my salesguy retired.
But if you just go in there and ask for their best price, you're just asking to be overcharged.
Swope also has a good service dept, and so I would like to buy from them if I can. But if they won't bargain big time on price by December I'll take my biz elsewhere....
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I noticed that they have alot of add on's on the cars they do have.
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RichL215
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Holy Toledo!! Sorry, had to say it.
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tsxfan19
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benbess wrote:
superchg2 wrote:
benbess wrote:
Jet Sitter wrote:
Jet Sitter wrote:
Sam Swope has 57 of them. The number hasn't changed in the past 10 days.
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I checked today, someone bought one. Their now down to 56. At the current rate, they should sell 4/month locally.
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I'm in Louisville too.
As you know, they are selling as they are getting them in, and so they are probably selling dozens a month. But the inventory will probably keep building until they get to around 100 maybe?
Sam Swope's prices are silly. Way above msrp.
Hope to get a big discount in a couple of months, but who knows, I may need to drive out of the city for that....
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benbess, thanks for the clarification on this particular dealer.
Probably a good one to avoid if you live in Louisville!
Back in the day, I remember a local KC dealer had a dirty MR2 demo. (1st gen.) on their lot with a $3,000 addendum in the window. I couldn't believe it.
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Swope also has a good service dept, and so I would like to buy from them if I can. But if they won't bargain big time on price by December I'll take my biz elsewhere....
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I'm new to Louisville and live closer to Montgomery Honda - what do you know about their service dept?
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Jet Sitter
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I don't know anything about Mongomery, but I can tell you that the service at Swope's is excellent. I have a 2000EX Accord that has been serviced exclusively through Swope and they have always been fair. The last service was a timing belt/water pump that they changed for less than what it would have cost at Ken Towerly.
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DrWhiner
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benbess wrote:
Jet Sitter wrote:
Jet Sitter wrote:
Sam Swope has 57 of them. The number hasn't changed in the past 10 days.
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I checked today, someone bought one. Their now down to 56. At the current rate, they should sell 4/month locally.
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I'm in Louisville too.
As you know, they are selling as they are getting them in, and so they are probably selling dozens a month. But the inventory will probably keep building until they get to around 100 maybe?
Sam Swope's prices are silly. Way above msrp.
Hope to get a big discount in a couple of months, but who knows, I may need to drive out of the city for that....
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Haha. Thanks for your sensible analysis. Good to see post not from internet armchair critic.
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MASTERNC
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I've checked inventory for about 6 dealers in Philly. No 6MT sedans.
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Gfn8r
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RichL215 wrote:
Holy Toledo!! Sorry, had to say it.
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:-D
Still have yet to see one in the wild around here, one month after release!
Cripes, I might be the first one "in the wild" with my Touring which is on-order through my broker! (Well, not really--they've sold some, but I just haven't seen one in my normal runnings-around! I'd expect to see some Coupes on the lots any day now.)
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Honda44
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I got a quote from Southern CA dealer for $700.00 above invoice for EX-L just yesterday. Though he wass trying to charge HDAG on top, he backed off when I mentioned Honda's new marketing campaign.
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auto_enthu
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I've seen a black Accord a few days back on the road.
The front and the side looks very nice and clean.
The rear is nice too, but looked like a blatant copy of genesis (irrespective of whether it is intended or not).
The rear looked too similar to genesis and makes it hard to identify from a distance whether it is a Honda or a Hyundai.
I know it won't be an issue to many people, though.
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