Honda Car Forum

Hello All,

Will need to purchase a car for a new job I'll be starting in 4 or 5
weeks, been doing a lot of the preliminary leg work and decided a new
car suits me best (lots of daily mileage will accumulate), and a Honda
Civic would be nice, but what has got me is the delivery time???

Can't seem to find any info on that anywhere...

Really curious about a new Civic LX, Manual (remember the lots of miles
part<grin>), side air bags, don't care bout color, do care about the
extra alarm add on and, believe it or not, the trunk tray.

Any thoughts or experiences you can relate? Will go Auto if manual
makes the schedule impossible... I'm in NYC if that helps. And it also
explains why I don't know. Haven't "owned" a new car in 15 years
(cheaper to rent a weekend a month than pay the insurance alone here!)

--Andrew

A> Hello All,

A> Will need to purchase a car for a new job I'll be starting in 4 or 5
A> weeks, been doing a lot of the preliminary leg work and decided a new
A> car suits me best (lots of daily mileage will accumulate), and a Honda
A> Civic would be nice, but what has got me is the delivery time???

A> Can't seem to find any info on that anywhere...

A> Really curious about a new Civic LX, Manual (remember the lots of miles
A> part<grin>), side air bags, don't care bout color, do care about the
A> extra alarm add on and, believe it or not, the trunk tray.

A> Any thoughts or experiences you can relate? Will go Auto if manual
A> makes the schedule impossible... I'm in NYC if that helps. And it also
A> explains why I don't know. Haven't "owned" a new car in 15 years
A> (cheaper to rent a weekend a month than pay the insurance alone here!)

A> --Andrew



No one have any experience with wait times for new Honda Civic's with Manual
transmissions in the NE or NYC?

Your comments are appreciated.

--Andrew

Andrew <I_dont_like_ham_@_or_spam_thanks.NOSPAM.net> spake unto the
masses in news:c9iqie$epa$1@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com:

>
> No one have any experience with wait times for new Honda Civic's with
> Manual transmissions in the NE or NYC?
>
> Your comments are appreciated.



Why don't you call a few dealers? They are probably the best ones to tell
you.

--
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Hello Tegger®,

Tuesday, June 1, 2004, 8:14:46 PM, you wrote:

T> Andrew <I_dont_like_ham_@_or_spam_thanks.NOSPAM.net> spake unto the
T> masses in news:c9iqie$epa$1@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com:

>>
>> No one have any experience with wait times for new Honda Civic's with
>> Manual transmissions in the NE or NYC?
>>
>> Your comments are appreciated.



T> Why don't you call a few dealers? They are probably the best ones to tell
T> you.


Was actually trying to put off dealing with them until I could gather
as much info as possible... but I think I may just have to buy what is
already on the lot....

--Andrew

I just got an accord EX stick, rare car. They found one in Dallas and
delivered it. Order time was said (unbelievably) to be 2-3 months.

Andrew <I_dont_like_ham_@_or_spam_thanks.NOSPAM.net> spake unto the
masses in news:c9j7l3$kuv$1@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com:

> Hello Tegger®,
>
> Tuesday, June 1, 2004, 8:14:46 PM, you wrote:
>
> T> Andrew <I_dont_like_ham_@_or_spam_thanks.NOSPAM.net> spake unto the
> T> masses in news:c9iqie$epa$1@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com:
>
>>>
>>> No one have any experience with wait times for new Honda Civic's
>>> with Manual transmissions in the NE or NYC?
>>>
>>> Your comments are appreciated.
>
>
>
> T> Why don't you call a few dealers? They are probably the best ones
> to tell you.
>
>
> Was actually trying to put off dealing with them until I could gather
> as much info as possible... but I think I may just have to buy what is
> already on the lot....



Look at it this way: If what you want is not on a particular dealer's lot,
they can call around and see if another dealer has one that they are
willing to give up. They can even get them in from another state (expect to
pay a bit more if they have to bring one in).

The dealer will know exactly what the lead times and availability are like.
And their info will be a lot more up-to-date and specific to your area than
some guy posting on Usenet.


--
TeGGeR®

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In article <c9j7l3$kuv$1@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com>,
Andrew <I_dont_like_ham_@_or_spam_thanks.NOSPAM.net> wrote:

> T> Why don't you call a few dealers? They are probably the best ones to tell
> T> you.
>
>
> Was actually trying to put off dealing with them until I could gather
> as much info as possible... but I think I may just have to buy what is
> already on the lot....

Yeah, but you want something that's in plentiful supply. If you have to
make 5 calls to find exactly what you want, I'd be surprised.

Got my civic lx last year and took about a month to find the car I wanted,
but I was specific with color and I wanted 5 speed on it too. They got it
all the way from Florida ( I'm in Jersey).

Good luck

Dmitry

"Andrew" <I_dont_like_ham_@_or_spam_thanks.NOSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:c9j7l3$kuv$1@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com...
> Hello Tegger®,
>
> Tuesday, June 1, 2004, 8:14:46 PM, you wrote:
>
> T> Andrew <I_dont_like_ham_@_or_spam_thanks.NOSPAM.net> spake unto the
> T> masses in news:c9iqie$epa$1@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com:
>
> >>
> >> No one have any experience with wait times for new Honda Civic's with
> >> Manual transmissions in the NE or NYC?
> >>
> >> Your comments are appreciated.
>
>
>
> T> Why don't you call a few dealers? They are probably the best ones to
tell
> T> you.
>
>
> Was actually trying to put off dealing with them until I could gather
> as much info as possible... but I think I may just have to buy what is
> already on the lot....
>
> --Andrew
>

Thanks everybody, that was exactly what I was looking for (I didn't
know that they night get it from another state, for instance) and that
I MIGHT not be limited to what is on the lot.

--Andrew

Andrew <I_dont_like_ham_@_or_spam_thanks.NOSPAM.net> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Will need to purchase a car for a new job I'll be starting in 4 or 5
> weeks, been doing a lot of the preliminary leg work and decided a new
> car suits me best (lots of daily mileage will accumulate), and a Honda
> Civic would be nice, but what has got me is the delivery time???
>
> Can't seem to find any info on that anywhere...
>
> Really curious about a new Civic LX, Manual (remember the lots of miles
> part<grin>), side air bags, don't care bout color, do care about the
> extra alarm add on and, believe it or not, the trunk tray.
>
> Any thoughts or experiences you can relate? Will go Auto if manual
> makes the schedule impossible... I'm in NYC if that helps. And it also
> explains why I don't know. Haven't "owned" a new car in 15 years
> (cheaper to rent a weekend a month than pay the insurance alone here!)
>
> --Andrew

Why don't you just call your local dealers and Ask? Or goto honda's web
site and do an inventory search. New order from fatctory takes 8-9
weeks, if they are still buliding them. It's that simple.

And don't pay more than $14K, before tax and title.