Best to keep the options open my current car went up £600 in the 2 quarters after having the test drive at the end of last summer till the point i could actually order in jan.
£1000 off is a pretty good deal, I only managed to get £200 off the civic sport which was hard work, but still I’m very happy, especally with the colour i picked and sometimes it comes down to a compromise being made on certain things some you can and some you just cannot accept.
Dealers are strange in the way they operate I guess it’s to do with them being part of a group but all are franchise of a certain brand and mostly all of them operate in the same way.
They order cars to meet quotas the manufacter sets out and get discounts for that and they then takeout a loan on those car at 0% with say mercedes for a 30days then after 1 month they must pay interest on that loan to mercedes. so it starts to cost them money sitting there. So then offer deals on them but the ones they pick are to maximise their profit in a sence. Some may have the popular packs on that cost more, which is where they also make their £££.
goodluck tommorow hope it go’s well.