Quote Originally Posted by gareth_oau View Post
another option is to treat it like a tender.

create a list of the car you want with all the options.

give it to a few dealers (including some interstate ones), and ask them to price it up, with all the options individaully priced,

when you get tall the quotes back, cherry-pick the best prices from the list, to create your hypothetical best price, then go back to the dealer(s) who you think are most willing to negotiate and advise them that their quoted options are overpriced and are they willing to match.

Dont forget they are experts at human psychology, so dont be weak with them
That is more or less what I did. A useful tip is to phone a salesperson at each dealer, you will probably get a much better response than if you send emails to a whole lot of dealers. Some dealers still haven't figured out they might sell more cars if they respond promptly to emails from potential customers.