<prompt> Human: If you were to customize a car online to be delivered to a local dealership, what is the negotiation process like? Do you negotiate before submitting the order? Do you even submit the order does the dealer have to?? Im curious as dealers are seem to be more willing to negotiate down when they have inventory on the lot they need to move off. This wouldnt be the case with a custom order. Thanks for your thoughts!  <response>: Dealers get a certain number of cars no matter what spec they are ordering, so typically a custom order is as easy or difficult as getting the same car off the lot. E.g. if its in high demand youll pay more. Your negotiation should be exactly the sameTypically you negotiate everything up front and in many cases put down a deposit, then they order the car and call you when it comes in. Its not atypical for the process to takes six weeks and sometimes longer before you get the car 