I tried this..... They can't. After weeks of battling to get my car all I would say in dealers defence is they are being kept completely in the dark by Mini UK. Dealers do seem to be providing us with the limited / completely fabricated information they are being fed from Mini UK customer services....they're struggling to get at the honest view of what's going on.
If there really was a roof contrast colour issue then offering to have a body coloured roof early in the order process should get round this right?.....mysteriously it didn't...
Ordered 31st March, delivered 28th June. 13 weeks. Petrol not a diesel.