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Picked up my 2002 MDX (GG/Touring) yesterday after an 8 1/2 month wait(!).
Want to take the time to thank those who helped make this blessed event a reality:
Thanks to ACURAMDX.ORG and especially all the posters who have provided valuable information and invaluable humor to someone enduring "the wait". I've been poring over this site almost daily and it reinforces my faith in the Internet community.
Thanks (of course) to Tim at Hondacuraworld.com. Ordered my splash guards and fender flares earlier this week and they were waiting for me when I came home from the dealership. Spent my friday evening putting the stuff on and it was the most fun I've had without drinking beer in a long time.
Finally, thanks to Chris at Acura of Peabody for his honesty and professionalism (two words you don't often hear when speaking of car salesmen). I paid MSRP with NO forced options. I went to other dealers closer to home and heard the usual song and dance about being able to get my vehicle in 3 months if I would take their "luxury package" ($4000 in add-ons I didn't need). I couldn't bear to enter into an exchange of this type on principal alone. My dealer shot straight from the start, even when I jokingly offered a "bribe" to get bumped up the list, his reply was that it woudn't be fair to the others already waiting and it wouldn't reflect well on the dealership. Exactly.
Later,
BostonX
Want to take the time to thank those who helped make this blessed event a reality:
Thanks to ACURAMDX.ORG and especially all the posters who have provided valuable information and invaluable humor to someone enduring "the wait". I've been poring over this site almost daily and it reinforces my faith in the Internet community.
Thanks (of course) to Tim at Hondacuraworld.com. Ordered my splash guards and fender flares earlier this week and they were waiting for me when I came home from the dealership. Spent my friday evening putting the stuff on and it was the most fun I've had without drinking beer in a long time.
Finally, thanks to Chris at Acura of Peabody for his honesty and professionalism (two words you don't often hear when speaking of car salesmen). I paid MSRP with NO forced options. I went to other dealers closer to home and heard the usual song and dance about being able to get my vehicle in 3 months if I would take their "luxury package" ($4000 in add-ons I didn't need). I couldn't bear to enter into an exchange of this type on principal alone. My dealer shot straight from the start, even when I jokingly offered a "bribe" to get bumped up the list, his reply was that it woudn't be fair to the others already waiting and it wouldn't reflect well on the dealership. Exactly.
Later,
BostonX