I got this letter from the Manager from the local Acura dealership today and thought I would share this.....

Subject: Wanted: 2003 - 2006 Acura RSXs

Wanted: 2003 - 2006 Acura RSX's

Our records indicate that you are the owner of an Acura RSX. Due to our
record Certified Pre-Owned Sales, we are in need of FIVE well maintained
2003-2006 Acura RSX's. We will give you top dollar for this much sought
after vehicle. In addition, you will receive $500 of complimentary
accessories of your choice with the purchase of any in stock New Acura.
Choose from Acura's Best Selling TL, the Razor Sharp TSX, the
Re-Designed MDX, the Turbo Charged RDX, or the Exhilarating RL.

But hurry, because this offer expires when we receive the first five of
these desirable Acura RSX's! Please contact me or any of our friendly
sales consultants about this limited time offer. Visit
http://www.*******acura.com to see our current specials.


Thank you,

*****
Sales Manager
***** Acura
*****
*****


I found it interesting that our cars are in such demand that Acura sent this letter out to all of their rsx owners. Anyone else experience something like this in other regions? I'm curious as to what "top dollar" is.

Lets see the comments

 

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Wanted: [Insert Gen] [Insert owner's vehicle here]'s

Our records indicate that you are the owner of a [Insert owner's vehicle here]. Due to our
record Certified Pre-Owned Sales, we are in need of FIVE well maintained
[Insert Gen] [Insert owner's vehicle here]'s. We will give you top dollar for this much sought
after vehicle. In addition, you will receive $500 of complimentary
accessories of your choice with the purchase of any in stock New Acura.
Choose from Acura's Best Selling TL, the Razor Sharp TSX, the
Re-Designed MDX, the Turbo Charged RDX, or the Exhilarating RL [exclude owner's vehicle].

But hurry, because this offer expires when we receive the first five of
these desirable [Insert owner's vehicle here]s! Please contact me or any of our friendly
sales consultants about this limited time offer. Visit
http://www.*******acura.com to see our current specials.
</TD></TR></TABLE>
Fixed.

They want you to buy another car.

 

Yeah, this sounds a little sketchy, hmm.....

 

Yeah, they are probably not giving anymore for the cars now than they would any other day.

The RSX's are in demand, but KBB (and others) reflects this.

But I'm curious, so I PM'd you.

 

Why not the '02's also?

 

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Probably forgot what year they came out, not kidding

I'll find out tomorrow.

 

Doesn't surprise me. Numbers that don't have dollar signs in front of them they ignore...

 

^LOL

 

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Yeah, all they care about is the commission they are going to receive on the sale. If only people actually cared about their job and doing it well....


Modified by dc5Aspec'd at 10:48 PM 2/6/2008

 

I got the same email. We bought our dc5's from the same place.

 

i never got anything...but then again the acura dealer i bought mines always has 5 or more rsx's and i see them get sold weekly, i drive by it every week when i goto school and i always see different colors in and out of that dealer

 

expletive Bobby Rahal. I received the email as well. I am thinking about throwing in the spider gears and trading it in to them. ********~

 

Thats a BS email lol. Call them up and offer to sell them your car for 2k above KBB value since the car is in such high demand lol.

 

By "high demand" they mean "high resale value". They're trying to make money off you twice - once when you trade it in for less than it's worth, and once when you buy another Acura! Suckaaaa!

I used to work at Lexus. They did this *ish all the time. Trust me, I know how the salesman work it.

 

F*ck Acura. No one hardly knew about the letter they even sent out. I hate people who don't do their job....

They gave me a ballpark est. of $16 for my 17k(miles) car Hell I bought it for $27.5, Full A-spec, in 06! They definitely need to be more organized before sending a letter out like this......

 

Its a trap.

 

You should put in the managers name so we can bomb that manager with emails.

 

the fact that you actually thought this wasnt a marketing gimmick is worth the read in itself. i had a nissan before my rsx and they would call me about once a month and give me the same story. now i drove a 2002 nissan sentra se-r spec-v which i dont think was ever in demand, but sure enough they would call at least once a month and try this on me.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chadismo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the fact that you actually thought this wasnt a marketing gimmick is worth the read in itself. i had a nissan before my rsx and they would call me about once a month and give me the same story. now i drove a 2002 nissan sentra se-r spec-v which i dont think was ever in demand, but sure enough they would call at least once a month and try this on me.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I thought it was just interesting thats all, first time I've ever received something like that. That's all.

 

yes, i have read and heard about this from other people...

some place even threw in an LCD tv... not sure if i would do it or not

 

Sell it to them, buy a beater, hold out for the 08 CRX Si

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Earthworm Jim &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sell it to them, buy a beater, hold out for the 08 CRX Si </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

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Are they really bringing the crx back? Have any links? I don't feel like searching

 

yes, and i got the letter in paper form . for my 05..nothing mentioned my 02

 

I used to get these letters all the time when I had my VW, probably once every two or three months. Dealers are having real hard times selling new cars right now. The used car market is quite strong though.