thanks Jim, you guys are the best...
one of the weird happenings is that the dealership knew about the S-plan pricing, but they hadn't done an S-plan sale in probably over a year (the salesman said) - he even asked me what website he could goto to get a plan for himself
to be honest, I was rather amazed... the head salesman even told me that he may use it, he is currently driving a '99 Civic Si because he didn't know he could use an internal plan!?!!? how weird is that!?!?!
don't worry guys, I'll just become your new favorite troll