newyorktoLA

Is it possible to trade in my E350 4 months early for another one, use the Costco Program, and then add loyalty and MBCA?

Please help

I want to order my next E350, so when should I negotiate the car, before I order it or after?
My plan is to go to my dealer, place an order for a car and before the order is placed, get Costco pricing. Then when the car comes in (4 months before my lease ends), I will sit down with finance person and whip out MBCA certificate and tell them I have loyalty discount. Will this work?

I've never gone through with ordering a car before, so when do I negotiate lease payments?

YYZ-E55

In reality, you can't negotiate payments 3 months out because rates/residuals are released monthly. Negotiate your discount at the time of ordering and hope that the programs remain favorable (or get more favorable). Chances are that they will - RVs will increase (new model year), rates will likely increase as well but the net effect should provide a similar payment.

DCubed

Costco is just a price formulation so it goes with everything. Loyalty will only be on the table if MB is offering it at the time, MBCA is always valid provided you qualify and lease pull ahead will always be going on but the only variable is how many payments will be waived. At the end of the day these 4 things do go together.

newyorktoLA

Thanks Dcubed
Realistically, do you think it will be possible to get invoice pricing when I order my next car? How much do dealers usually give off a car when it is being ordered from the factory?

newyorktoLA

True, thanks for the info; I was wondering about the residual values, but why would they increase if the car has already been out for MY12? Doesn't this mean the model is already one year old?