On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 19:09:30 GMT, "John" <hutch@dontspamplease.com>
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,

1. It's holdback
2. It's not yours. It's for the flooring of the vehicles. They may
sell the one imediately but it's used to cover the ones that aren't.
It's part of the cost of doing business.

>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.

Let's see, it's mid-November, AWD and 4x4's are about to be in major
demand when the weather turns white and fluffy, so yeah, he's going to
get whatever he wants for them. After all, there are still many people
who are blinded by the badge. There isn't anything wrong with the
CR-V but there are other equally good vehicles (if not better in their
own respects) out there. Shop around a bit.