Thanks for the input. I went to another dealership after my first post and
got the same story there. Since my big requirement is giving my wife a car
w/ ABS and AWD, the Subaru Forester X is a real temptation, currently being
offered to us under invoice. A CR-V would have been nice...

"Ellen G" <EMG_217@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:bopick$1g9moi$1@ID-195482.news.uni-berlin.de...
> John, I bought mine at Barry Honda in Dartmouth 3 weeks ago. Same
> thing, about 500 less than MSRP. There were 3 on the lot and plenty of
> other people wanting to drive the one I bought. I decided it wasn't
> worth worrying about, it's not like this car is going to break the bank
> like the Chevy Tahoe did.
> Good luck, but if you see one you like you ought to buy it.
> Ellen
>
> John wrote:
> > Any recent CR-V shoppers out there, we would appreciate your opinion...
> > are your dealerships successfully selling at ~ MSRP pricing right now?
> >
> > I went in armed with all of Consumer Reports' info on holdpacks,
> > wholesale/invoice rates, and was told by the sales manager that he could
> > discount $500-600 off MSRP at the most. Simple supply/demand. It would
be
> > easy for them to discount Civics and Accords but CR-Vs are in high
demand,
> > there just aren't enough available. Heading off to more dealerships to
> > validate this, hoping to find something closer to invoice if possible.
> > (Boston area)