congratulations on finally getting your picanto from that most trusted and reliable dealer (did that sound sarcastic?), I am really pleased that you finally got sorted out, i hope you got some extras for the car as compensation.
i have been waiting for my picanto from hidsons rainham for about the same length of time.
When i ordered it on sunday the 11th, I was told it was in stock, however i was then a week later told it was in the docks awaiting pdi.
then i was told it hadn't been delivered to the country and have been fobbed off again and again. It's now the 30th and i'm still waiting.
I traded my 53 reg rio, and took it to the dealership on the 17th, as my insurance run out, expecting delivery, as they knew I was coming, andi had been told it was in stock. After signing the rio documents over, i was told delivery would be now tuesday the 20th.
No paperwork was finalised, therefore i assumed I still held ownership of the rio as no payment to me had been made.
However on returning to the dealership yet again yesterday, after being fobbed off several times about delivery dates, i was amazed to see my rio on the forecourt for sale, even though i had not been paid for it, and am still paying the finance (until it's change over). I am seriously considering cancelling my order, but they have my car for sale, how legal is this?.
i finally got them to give me a courtesy car, but still have no final date for delivery, probably because this would be false anyway.
They have registered my car, so i am covered by the free insurance, when i get it, but that's no good without the car.
sorry for the long post, but it's been a long month, without my new car.