Aw, what a bummer. Hopefully it won't be TOO much longer than those of us on the East coast. Just think that once you actually get your Mini, you'll undoubtedly have much better weather in which to enjoy it!

 

Thanks for the welcome and the (future) links! You're right, there must be a lot fewer orders being placed or something...I couldn't believe it when I first saw on the MINI site that my car went into production so fast--thought it must be a mistake and had to call the ASK-MINI line to verify!

 

I just noticed that one of our group already had a birth. Congrats, mrdirosa.

Here is a post from zonedguy providing a full description how to track your car after it has been completed: How to Track Your MINI

You all probably already know about the: MINI Owner's Lounge

Below are some excerpts from zonedguy's post that describe how to start tracking a day or two after completion:

"
Typically it takes about 36 hours for your MINI to arrive at the Southampton docks once you’ve passed Final QA.
MINIs are shipped through two different carriers, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WW) and K-Line America of KLTL Total Logistics (K-Line).

[The “Port Loc.” (or destination) will be] on your Vehicle Inquiry Report. This information will tell you which port your MINI will be shipped to before it is placed on a truck and delivered to your dealer. The Ports of Call for MINI deliveries and their shipping companies are:
-Halifax, Nova Scotia (Port Loc = ?) : WW, ~6 days for transport
-New York City, NY (Port Loc = NYCPOA) : WW, ~8 days for transport (truly based in Jersey City, NJ)
-Charleston, SC (Port Loc = CHSPOA) : WW and K-Line, ~15 days on WW, ~13 days on K-Line
-Brunswick, GA (Port Loc = SSIPOA) : WW, ~17 days for transport (thanks to Bandit for the Loc Code!)
-Manzanillo, a.k.a. Panama Canal (Point of reference only) : WW, ~13 days
-Port Hueneme, CA (Port Loc = PHMPOA): WW, ~21 days for transport (thanks krim)

The process for tracking your MINI as it cruises over to the US differs between WW and K-Line. WW provides a healthy amount of information about the vehicles booked aboard its ships and their scheduled departure/arrivals. Unfortunately, tracking your MINI through K-Line is next to impossible without your MAs help. Once your MINI is loaded onto a ship, your MA should have the ability to tell you what the ship’s name is and when it will get into port.

WW provides a great website for you to check to see whether your MINI is booked aboard WW (or ARC) ships. You will need to start at the WW Cargo Tracking website: http://schedule.2wglobal.com/AppTracking/ Next you will need to select “Auto Cargo” from the menu on the right hand side of the page. The next page will allow you to enter your VIN (which you can obtain from the Owner's Lounge). If your MINI has been booked aboard a ship, your VIN will bring up a “Cargo Status History” and present you with a wide set of information related to your MINI’s cruise. You will find the status of your MINI as it progressed through the four stages of shipment – Booking, Reception at Terminal, Loaded on Vessel, and Discharged – at the bottom of the page. It is IMPORTANT to remember that WW is a European company, so dates on the WW site are listed in the European format of DD/MM/YYYY. Another incredibly helpful section is the schedule page which is accessible by clicking on your Voyage ID information. This will tell you the expected arrival and departure information for the various ports of your voyage.

For those of you who are not yet booked on a ship or are on the informationless K-Line boats, you still have some hope. You can pull up the shipping schedules for both WW and K-Line off of their websites to determine the next boats leaving Southampton and try to guess which boat you’ll be on. Again, for K-Line customers, your MA is the only one who will be able to confirm you are on one of these vessels. The links to the schedules are as follows:
-WW Cargo: (Give it a minute to generate…) http://schedule.2wglobal.com/AppSche...=gener atePDF
-K-Line Cargo: This is a pretty complicated schedule, your main focus is the North American Shuttle Service at the top of the schedule. http://www.kline.com/KAMCarCarrier/S...g_Schedule.pdf

Once you have determined what ship you are going to be loaded onto, you can use the AIS Live site (http://www.ais-live.co.uk/AIS%20Live...uthampton.html) to track your ship as it comes and goes from the Southampton Port! After you are loaded onto a ship, you are at the mercy of the sea while you await your MINI delivery. You can however follow your ship through the Atlantic (until Halifax, NS or the Panama Canal whichever is first) using a very helpful website SAILWX (http://www.sailwx.info/). On SAILWX select “Ship Tracker” at the top of the page and then “Find specific ship by name or callsign”. The last entry on the page will allow you to enter the name of your ship. Once you find your ship, you will be shown the latest information for your ship’s position at sea and any other ships in the area. See the Links section for tracking information for ships at NYC, Charleston and other US ports."


GREAT THANKS TO ZONEDGUY FOR PUTTING THIS INFO TOGETHER!

 

Has anyone's status for week 4 production changed from "scheduled for production" to "awaiting transport" in the Owner's Lounge yet?

 

No, not me

Thanks for all of the tracking info above, btw! Very very helpful!!

 

I have my own week four board and didn't know about this one so I guess I'm a member of this one two.

 

miniguy,

You actually started your thread first, but since it was posted on the Clubman forum, I figured it did not include those of us with only 2 doors so I posted on the 1st Gear forum where most of the other general member production support groups are posted. You and all the other clubby owners are welcome to chime in on this thread as well.

 

Even though there has been no change to the status on the Owner's Lounge, 1-866-ask-MINI confirms that the car was completed yesterday and scheduled with a carrier for shipment today.

 

WooHoo!! Great news! I think I'm in the same boat (figuratively, and perhaps literally? ) No change on the update, but ASK-MINI tells me that it's out of production and scheduled for carrier shipment, although the rep I spoke to couldn't or wouldn't say when exactly that shipment would happen. Hopefully soon! Yay!

 

Lucky you (both)! Let us know when your cars show up on the WW tracking site to give us an idea of how long it takes to begin the hand off.

 

I called ASK-MINI and it tells me I'm still in the paint shop

 

my bad, i just hit the new posts and this one popped up

 

You're welcome to stick around. You're a bonafide week 4. We need all the support we can get. You'll belong to 2 groups and have twice the support yourself.

 

That's odd. You've been in production awhile. The paint shop should only take up day 3 and 4. Call Ask-MINI again tomorrow. I have heard that they do not offer consistent info sometimes. I spoke with one of the reps and she indicated that the screen was sometimes a real challenge to interpret. You should have been out of assembly the same day I was.

 

Okay, I called today and they said I'm being scheduled for transport

 

ASA400--That's great that you're finally scheduled for transport! Maybe by tomorrow you'll be able to see what ship you'll be on.

Just checked with the WW site and my bundle of joy is scheduled for departure tomorrow on the Otello!! Estimated arrival into Brunswick GA on Feb 10!! Woohoo! So it's only been 24 hours since they told me it was scheduled for transport until it actually showed up on the carrier's site.

Everyday our cars get closer...yay!

 

First I apologize if the info has already been posted, but where can you find out what ship your car will be on since I was told my car is awaiting a ship right now. Also, I'm in the Chicagoland area. Does anyone know how long it takes to arrive at the dealer once transport from England begins?

 

From https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...d-updated.html

Put your VIN into Cargo ID and hope your booked with WW.

 

I don't belive it...BMW-ca just told me that mine has already been released to the carrier! Whooo hoooo! No word yet who the carrier is though, fingers crossed that it's WW. Oh please let it be booked with WW so that I can really obsess and stalk its every move across the pond!

 

BIG NEWS! My car is now listed on the WW website:http://schedule.2wglobal.com/AppTracking/

RECEIVED AT TERMINAL 26-01-2009 18:54:00 Location: SOUTHAMPTON

Details
...Booking#.. Vessel Name Voyage#..... Port of Load .......ETD .....Port of Disch. ......ETA

GBSOU716263 OTELLO..... EA904-OTL SOUTHAMPTON 28-01-2009 NEW YORK, NY 06-02-2009

 

If yours had been released just a day sooner, yours would have been on the Otello with mine. The Otello stops in Halifax before it hits NY.

 

So we are shipmates! Cool! My boy's not getting off until the end of the line, tho....

 

Too Cool! Is yours going to Charleston or to Brunswick?

 

Note that the status on the Owner's Lounge still says: Scheduled for Production.

The Otello (not pretty, but she'll get the job done):

 

Brunswick..won't get there until the 10th. Mine still says Scheduled for production too. Wonder if it will keep saying that all the way across the ocean? I also wonder how long it will take to get from the port to the dealer...