My lease is up in the first 2 weeks of Q2, I could order now, but I might wait till late March. Just to see if any Q2 price leaks happen, which might sway me to wait for Q2.
@djkav If whatever car(s) you are looking at/want are currently at a reasonable Advance Payment, wouldn’t you be better ordering during the current quarter? You are them price-locked incase your chosen vehicle AP increases in Q2. Confirm with the sales person that if the AP drops in Q2, they will cancel and reorder on the Motability system at the new lower Q2 AP without losing your place in the build queue. Or, if a brand new vehicle appears in Q2, you can always cancel the current order in total and go for the new model. It would be a win/win for you as opposed to gambling on what might/may happen and potentially losing out. Also, Motability sales people may have a full diary during the last couple of days of any quarter, so if any leaks do appear on Q2 AP’s (which to be honest seem to happen only a day in advance and on a few marques only nowadays) you may end up scrabbling around finding somewhere to place an order in the dying throes of the current quarter.
I know it is a bit of statistics, but I think one should also accommodate the monthly cost of circa £320 we pay (£80 a week from April). For example if someone can order a car in Q1 to be delivered precisely in X months, but permitted to order in Q2 the latest, with exact same X months delivery, won’t they be indifferent even if the price of the vehicle will increase by £960?
N.B. From a practical perspective, I think @djkav will be better off placing order in Q1 and if prices reduce – can update the order to reflect the new price or to order another vehicle entirely.
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