So a free car that was worth 10k at the start of the year is now worth £8.5k but still free is a problem?? I understand your point, and im not talking about waiting 2 or 3 years Its been 8 months from what i have been reading, would 4 more months really be that much longer to wait if you already had a car and were in no financial crisis?
The point is, she doesnt own the car, so at any point they can pull out and call it off. If the mag owe the body shop money, or there is some dispute, it may not resolve itself until they go to court. Wouldnt imagine this is the first time something like this has happened.
What you want to know is the real reason of the hold up. You dont want to wait years for a car that is eventually not going to materialise. I agree you dont want solicitors, but you want to know whats going on. And IMO you will get bored of Max Power at some point, so I wouldnt worry about peeing on their parade too much, plenty of other mags out there