We live in Anacortes and already knew that we wanted to buy a Honda Fit. We had dealt with Honda of Seattle on a used / certified Fit and found them unwilling to negotiate my trade in since it had been an accident once. I went to Honda on line and applied for the special end of year 2.9 financing rate. They give you the decision right away and it was super easy.
I had contacted dealers via the internet including Simms in Burlington and Northwest in Bellingham. I found the internet sales at Klein (John L.) the most motivated in coming up with a potential deal prior to making it to the lot. We have an 11 month old son and did want to drive from dealer to dealer. Even though there is a higher sales tax we decided to head to Klein because they had the selection and I really got the feeling they wanted to make a sale. At the dealer we worked with Rich on the same specific car we had initially inquired about. After telling Rich that we did not want to pay any ADM, Rich made it clear that there would be no ADM (and if you do not know what that is I suggest you do the research esp in the Seattle market.) After talking numbers and a few back in forth’s to the sales manager we reached a deal. I do not like reading dealer reviews where the reviewer says something to the affect, “Oh it was just the best car buying experience of my life.” Give me a break, buying a car is tiring work. I fully recommend Klein, John L. and Rich. Our 2010 Milano Red Fit is awesome.
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