Originally Posted by doink

I'm new on car financing and have a question. I'm planing on ordering the 2012 Z and my dealership require a deposit. Since I've seen from other threads that it average around 1-2 months to receive the car. The question is that do I pay for the car when ordering or wait until the car arrives then pay for it? And if its the latter part, do i just order the car, then as the car gets closer to delivery, then start shopping around for car loan financing?

I'm kinda new at this since I usually buy my car in cash and never had to order a car that has 1-2 month car delivery window.