Trying to negotiate over email for a Subaru Impreza 2.0i

I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this. I live in the Portland area and I’m trying to avoid going to any dealerships in person and wanted to do all the negotiating on email so I can not be pressured, make the right decision, and have everything on paper.

The dealer I am talking to is really trying hard to get me there saying that “We won’t pull credit without a signature on the application, so we won’t b able to acquire & lock in your rate.” Is that valid? Do I really need to go down or is this just some type of tactic?

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