I appreciate your advice but I can assure you that I’ll be fine. Trust me on this... ;)

Even if I cook them dinner beforehand?

That’s one way. Most dealerships will take down your name for any upcoming “GT” cars.

I’m not worried about receiving an allocation.

Have a good relationship with your dealer is definitely helpful.

I’m glad you understand how the system works.

Congratulations.

I can assure you that I won’t be paying over MSRP.

Thank you, my friend.

Oh really? What’s that?

Yes. I have a deposit down.

Old news. Dealerships having been taking deposits for them for a while now.

Can you really beat up an electric vehicle though?

https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/…

It’s worth a try.

Although there is evidence of potential violations and she was obviously very careless, my judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case.

You might be thinking of Gemballa. However, he actually did end up murdered in Africa.

Because Raph did a poor job of explaining how this works. From R&T:

It’s pretty obvious that you’re a paid Mercedes employee, just come out and say it.

I seem to remember someone mentioning this yesterday...