Hey folks! I just called 1-866-ASK-MINI and learned I'm already in production!

I thought I was week #32, but I was mistaken. According to the rep, my car is already in the paint shop! Next step is assembly. I'm stoked!

So, if the Oxford plant is the mother birthing all of our MINI babies, wouldn't that make us all womb-mates?

All hail the "Production Week 30" family!

 

I'm in the paint shop and should be completed tomorrow! It is a good day.

 

Welcome to Week 30. Some of your brothers and sisters here have already been loaded on boats!

 

Well I got my inquiry report from my MA today, and my status is 150 - Production Started!!! I just ordered on Tuesday!

I guess that makes me a Week 30. I didn't think I'd see this thing until September so I'm super excited right now.

 

You're probably going to get yours before me because you're so much closer to the factory than I am!

I'm going to monitor my progress every day.

 

I wonder if you and I will be on the same boat!

 

Funny thing is, my car will be going where I've wanted to go for years...through the Panama Canal. Fascinating engineering project, especially considering when it was built!

I've been to England once before, and I hope to return. I'd certainly make a point of trying to see the MINI's "birthplace". A factory tour would be great.

For now, I'll have to settle for the glimpses into the MINI's origins via the MINI Owner's Lounge links.

 

My MY is on the way to the dock and hoping to make the Southern Highway!

 

On it's way to the dock...Yeah me!

 

Ask MINI automated response says mine is in the Paint Shop but is still expected to be completed 7/25? Is this normal?

 

I talked to my MA and he tried to look it up in his computer and he suspects it should be already on a ship on its way here. I am not sure if that means I am a week 30. I read here that some even new the name of their ship. How would you find that out?

 

My MA emailed me and told me that my MCS is sitting on beach in South Hampton waiting for the cruise ship to pick him up.

 

I noticed your order date is close to mine....where is your MINI headed once in the states?

 

If you are already on a ship...then you are probably a 28 or 29.

Here is a great resource
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...d.php?t=144057

 

I am waiting for the Courage departing 7/28. I've started a thread for anyone else with tickets for this cruise. This is not going to NY or CA.

 

Well mine won't be completed until next week, although it was started this week. Does that make me a week 30 or a week 31?

 

Probably week 31. It is based on when your car actually comes together which happens right before painting. This is towards the end of the production time.

 

My Clubman, "Edgar" is now "Production Complete and waiting for release to the carrier". I hope there's room on the Don Juan on the 31st for him!

Now it's time to start checking the VIN on the carrier's website to confirm he's on board. Has anyone been able to do that yet for the Don Juan?

 

Probably not quite yet. The bookings for the Courage just showed up yesterday about noon GMT.

 

Hey bro, how did you find out for sure you are booked with them? I suspect that I am going to be departing on the 28th via the Courage as well (arriving in Brunswick, GA) but I just want to be sure! Thanks!

 

NSX JR
Mine was ordered 7/9 and completed 7/22.
I should be on the same ship as you.
It's coming to south Florida.
How did you get a booking number?
I put in my VIN, but I get nothing.
Dabaldone

 

Just enter your VIN on the Auto Cargo tracking site for WW. If it does not come up, then you're not booked yet. I only got the booking number after my VIN showed up in their database.

 

Mine is waiting at the port too. I've tried my VIN and havent gotten anything back yet.

Im in NY, so I assume I'll be on the Don Juan, but has anyone made sense of the K-line schedule? I wonder if there is a chance mine will end up on that line.

 

Yeah, it is basically the same format as the WW schedules except that in many cases it shows two dates in each block. The two dates are just arrival/departure from that port.

 

I called Ask Mini today and found out that my car is in paint production and is scheduled for completion (yesterday actually). Does that mean that it is scheduled for completion in paint production or the entire car is scheduled for completion?