Got Tired of Waiting Picked up our New Civic Hybrid Yesterday

[hopeto]

My order # is 1225 and configured on 12-29-07. Got tired of the wait. New car for my wife and she got cold feet over most of the issues hammered to death on this forum.
1. Short Warranty
2. "Funny" automatic with shifting issues.
3. No back seat and no trunk
4. No cruise control.
5. Premium fuel recomended
6. Etc., etc., etc.

This was our experience buying a Civic Hybrid in the Dallas area: There are none to be found in dealer inventory. Most dealers were telling us that they pre-sold them as soon as they had VIN confirmation and they would arrive within around 30 to 45 days. Two weeks ago on 05-06-08 we struck a deal on one coming in with no navigation. Gave us a great price on our 03 Mazda 6 trade in. Got a call about a week later that someone with a no-nav on order wanted to get one with nav, so we moved up on the list. Got a call Saturday the 17th that the car was here. Picked it up yesterday. The Civic Hybrid comes with all the options. Your only choices are with/without a nav system and what color.
1. Sticker price (not higher) for car.
2. Great trade-in allowance.
3. 2.8% Honda finance for 5 years (good credit).
4. Bought genuine Honda Care extended warranty for 8 years - 120,000 miles - $0 deductible for additional $1000. (even covers the battery pack)
5. No other add-ons to car (fabric protector, VIN etching, etc)
6. Wife loves it!

Don't know what I'll do when/if the Smart ever gets here. Maybe I'll drive it.

Good Luck with your Smarts!

[Smart09]

how much was the price of the car in total?

[hopeto]

$22,600 + $635 destination to the Dallas area, $23,235.00 total.
Minus the trade, + tax,title, license, + $1000 for the extended warranty.

I'm not trying to compare a Smart to a Civic Hybrid.
Just telling what went into our buying descision and we got tired of the wait.

[Smart09]

no, dont worry in understand. i am about to go crazy waiting for my smart. how good of gas mileage does the civic get? nice car by the way. maye when the smart is common in the near future you can buy one?

[S_M_ART]

I am contemplating the same thing, My reservation is 1578, and I still cant get a DDE. My wife and I are considering replacing the F-150 & Taurus with two CIVIC Hybrids... Just emailed the dealer this past weekend. I might be able to get within a month.

When/IF my SMART Cabriolet ever comes in, maybe Ill get it for the fun of a convertible, or maybe Ill wait till they bring the diesel / hybrid SMARTs to the states...

[hopeto]

The Civic Hybrid is rated at 40/45. Most of the real world numbers I hear are 37 to 48.
My 060 over 302 powered, C4 tranny, 32 Ford Hiboy gets considerably less.

[blackbeagle]

You made a terrific purchase. Although I love our Smart, I'm certainly not going to say that you should have waited.

You can never go wrong with a Honda. Good luck with it!

[anthony94114]

The Civic comes with a tax credit too, right?

[Smart09]

Originally Posted by blackbeagle

You made a terrific purchase. Although I love our Smart, I'm certainly not going to say that you should have waited.

You can never go wrong with a Honda. Good luck with it!

amen to that

[hopeto]

The current tax credit on the Civic Hybrid is down to $1050 and drops to $525 as of July 1st.