Glad to see customer service is cr4p at all dealerships. A few comments to ease the pain..
1. most large dealers can register the car themselves with the DVLA system, so provided a striker hasn't turned it off thent he dealer can still register a car without speaking to DVLA
2. i got told my reg number as the car arrived at the delaer, so i could sort out the insurance etc
3. I paid the balance with my switch card.My bank, HSBC, so have a £10k per day limit for electronic transfer (i found out as ihad to send a house deposit through over several days !) but no issue with a debit card transaction.
and lastly...a marmite comment
get yourself some mudflaps, cos i'm sick of taking tar off my Mk6 - its been washed twice and both occassions I found 50+ tar spots, including the rear spoiler !