Car Shopping - Day 2 - 2004 Acura TL
Day 2 is equally fun as the choice has come down to WHICH TL to buy, and it's all a matter of price and value.
We ventured off to the centre of the universe - Toronto for the afternoon and evening in pursuit of the one.
Couple dealers later, no car is bought yet as all claimed prices are firm, priced to go, there were cases they would not take $23000 offer for a final price of $23486. Wow.. the economy is not that bad yet I suppose
Notes: be warned of the Admin Fee and Safety Fee, which is another way for dealers to profit. I have seen Safety Fee from $395, $495, $695 from various dealers, which is a complete ripoff
2005 Acura TL, Black on Tan, Navigation, 75000 km, $22000
2006 Acura TL, Silver on Black, Navigation, 80000 km, $22000
With no car and almost giving up for the day, we headed back to Mississauga to check out other TL's only to find none were left (along with 3 police cars and 1 ambulance on the parking lot at Canadian Fine Motors, interesting.... they weren't happy with the discounts?). For reasons beyond me we got convinced to go to the Scarborough location of Canadian Fine Motors claiming to have only 2 2004 TL's left (2 2005 were sold already), and 1 when we arrived - a Pearl White 2004 Acura TL with Navigation and Skirt package, and 18" tires (why why why...). It looks better in reality
2004 Acura TL, White on Tan, Navigation, 87000 km, $17900
Long story short, maybe too spontaneous, that was the one we bought after some hard negotiation (still, only in "hundreds" off), and a new set of tires
Let's hope our first purchase from a private dealer does not turn into a regrettable decision, as I have heard rumors about Canadian Fine Motors on RFD. It is ironic we started out with 2005 to 2006 TL, and ended up getting a 2004 instead.
As Murphy's Law will have it, we then found this 2004 Acura TL for $2000 cheaper (no skirt, 17" tires) after getting home, and there is no cooling off period for car purchases in Ontario.... so our car is worse than 1, better than most listed cars out there. Fingers crossed.... we won't regret it
We ventured off to the centre of the universe - Toronto for the afternoon and evening in pursuit of the one.
Couple dealers later, no car is bought yet as all claimed prices are firm, priced to go, there were cases they would not take $23000 offer for a final price of $23486. Wow.. the economy is not that bad yet I suppose
Notes: be warned of the Admin Fee and Safety Fee, which is another way for dealers to profit. I have seen Safety Fee from $395, $495, $695 from various dealers, which is a complete ripoff
2005 Acura TL, Black on Tan, Navigation, 75000 km, $22000
2006 Acura TL, Silver on Black, Navigation, 80000 km, $22000
With no car and almost giving up for the day, we headed back to Mississauga to check out other TL's only to find none were left (along with 3 police cars and 1 ambulance on the parking lot at Canadian Fine Motors, interesting.... they weren't happy with the discounts?). For reasons beyond me we got convinced to go to the Scarborough location of Canadian Fine Motors claiming to have only 2 2004 TL's left (2 2005 were sold already), and 1 when we arrived - a Pearl White 2004 Acura TL with Navigation and Skirt package, and 18" tires (why why why...). It looks better in reality2004 Acura TL, White on Tan, Navigation, 87000 km, $17900
Long story short, maybe too spontaneous, that was the one we bought after some hard negotiation (still, only in "hundreds" off), and a new set of tires
Let's hope our first purchase from a private dealer does not turn into a regrettable decision, as I have heard rumors about Canadian Fine Motors on RFD. It is ironic we started out with 2005 to 2006 TL, and ended up getting a 2004 instead.
As Murphy's Law will have it, we then found this 2004 Acura TL for $2000 cheaper (no skirt, 17" tires) after getting home, and there is no cooling off period for car purchases in Ontario.... so our car is worse than 1, better than most listed cars out there. Fingers crossed.... we won't regret it
posted by Jerry Hung at
11:43 AM
4 Comments:
I am considering looking at a car at Canadian Fine Motors and have also seen the threads at RFD. How was your experience. Did you find out anything about the car after the purchase? Did the dealer provide any assistance if you had any after purchase problems. Please let me know. Cheers!
Hi Watson
I can't find your email or how to contact you, but here is my update, 2 months later
Canadian Fine Motors is fine, relatively, as long as you stick to what you want.
I have read many negative reviews on RFD and not sure why, especially the HQ Scarborough comments
The owner (it's a family business, and I have dealt with all 3 brothers) were helpful, nice
We got what we want, they gave in a bit, we got new tires through them too (at wholesale price), so I don't mind recommending them (actually I can refer you and we can split)
Car so far has no issues, thank god. Other than 18" wheels are stiffer @@ especially on winter crappy roads
Thanx for responding Jerry. I am going to be in Markham tomorrow and was thinking I might drop in on the Scarborough location. I have been looking at Audi A4's as a compromise for me and the kids (4.5yrs and 1.5yrs old) to still fit in the back.
Hopefully you get my e-mail from this post as I would be fine splitting a referral. Cheers!
Strange, still can't see your email (all it shows is your Blogger profile which is inaccessible)
Watson: you can email me at blog AT jerryhung.com
By the way, my eyes were initially caught by a black 2006 A4 for $15xxx at Canadian Fine Motors Scarborough, it was scary how much cheaper it was than everybody else. But after test drove a 2007 A4 at an Audi dealer, decided I didn't like the Turbo sound, and switched to TL instead after test driving a 2004 TL at an Acura dealer (much smoother and cool gadgets inside).
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