Ordering and down payment question...

[takimbe]

Ok, this might be a stupid question, because I have never bought a car new before, but I have read that when you order your Z, you can hold it with 250 down.

Prior to this, do you sign any paperwork and negotiate the price of the vehicle before the order is placed along with financing/initial down payment etc? Or is this not done until after your car arrives?

Reason for me asking is that I want to buy a Z by June/July, and I want to know if I would have to have all this negotiated and done by april/may, or can I order the car then, and keep saving up to pad my initial down payment until June/July, when the car arrives before signing all paperwork and really negotiating the price? I just dont want to do it all in june, only to hear that i have to wait until august/september to get my car!

thanks in advance guys! great forum here!