I also looked at it this way, personally. The car was perfect for me after a lot of shopping, and really nothing else was even close, even the M2C. Again, a "just me" thing. The fact that there were 2 deposits after me at my dealership, and I'd been declined on even depositing at 2 other dealerships told me that it'd be pretty tough in my region to get an allocation at the time. The stress of trying to chase out an allocation somewhere else in the country, find a car spec'ed the way I'd want to, deal with a dealer I didn't know, ship a car, do financing/transfer over the phone etc. All things I've done at different times in life. Just weren't worth a theoretical savings that I wasn't sure would even exist. I was buying the luxury of putting in a deposit, and then walking in later and signing and driving and having zero stress in the transaction. Worth it to me, senseless to others
. Maybe in between to you.