Got it...
Went to Honda of Kirkland and test drove an '04 Element. We left with it a few hours later. :)
It rides nice and seems to have decent power, contrary to some reviews. It is no sports car, it doesn't accelerate to 60mph in 4 seconds, but it is not sluggish.
We were even able to add bumper to bumper and actually get lower payments by stretching to an 84 month rather than a 72 month term.
I wanted to negotiate a lower price, but I was not in the mood to play the games. It was listed on thier site for $1k less than what they were asking for. I was going to try to bring them down 1k - 1.5k, but after finding that out I was fine with it.
The salesman Micheal was great and the guy we xigned the paperwork with, Steve, was doubly so. Steve didn't try to hard sell frivolous things and actually pointed out the 84 month term as an option as BECU only add .25% for the additional 12 months, unlike Bank of America that adds over 2%.
He also was quick to point out that we should re-fi in July or so and we'll likely drop our intrest by 1 - 2 points down to 5 or so.
All in all, a very good experience. I would recommend them to anyone looking for a new/used car, a Honda especially.
It rides nice and seems to have decent power, contrary to some reviews. It is no sports car, it doesn't accelerate to 60mph in 4 seconds, but it is not sluggish.
We were even able to add bumper to bumper and actually get lower payments by stretching to an 84 month rather than a 72 month term.
I wanted to negotiate a lower price, but I was not in the mood to play the games. It was listed on thier site for $1k less than what they were asking for. I was going to try to bring them down 1k - 1.5k, but after finding that out I was fine with it.
The salesman Micheal was great and the guy we xigned the paperwork with, Steve, was doubly so. Steve didn't try to hard sell frivolous things and actually pointed out the 84 month term as an option as BECU only add .25% for the additional 12 months, unlike Bank of America that adds over 2%.
He also was quick to point out that we should re-fi in July or so and we'll likely drop our intrest by 1 - 2 points down to 5 or so.
All in all, a very good experience. I would recommend them to anyone looking for a new/used car, a Honda especially.