Bogs, when are you picking it up?? I think you're the first Week 11'er to get this close....

 

sorry if that came off as rude, it was not intended to be. I'm more confused as to how the disparity is possible if we both arrived at the same port, ate going through same VDC, etc. I'll feel bad if the Topeka pushed the Torrens folks back :/

 

Is that done while punching a punching bag as well?

I'm actually fine with it, just really want that 2.9% so I'm a little anxious for it to make it there before 3/31

 

Can't pick up til Friday night at the earliest. I might go peek at it tonight, but I think that might just ruin my Thursday/Friday productivity.

 

I wouldn't worry about it too much The inner workings of how the car gets from the ship and into the VDC are mysterious (Beware the dragons!).

Honestly, I was surprised that any had gotten out which made me hopeful that mine was amongst them. Did hope that it'd be getting on a truck today, but if my MA's info is accurate then that doesn't sound like it's happening.

 

Cameroon- you may already know this, but penfed (penfed.org) is offering 3.99% for up to 60 months if you apply online. They can rush deliver a check. I did this as a backup to the 2.9%.

 

Bah! I just saw this as well! Just by dead reckoning for the speed and bearing she had yesterday she should have been there by now. What ever happened she really slowed up. Ironically, if it is a storm, she's too busy working through the storm to report weather..

 

I'm pretty sure that I don't meet the eligibility requirements for penfed (that being somehow tied to military/government).

Thanks for the info though. Hmm... maybe I'll kill some time by talking to my insurance company.

 

You don't need to be- you can "join" by making a $25 donation or something. It's on the website when you go to sign up. I thought of it as a $25 insurance plan for it arriving after the 31st.

 

Ah, interesting! I'll keep that in mind then

 

Ok, it's totally weird that some of you Torrens people aren't thru the VDC yet when I was on the Topeka and my car is set to be at the dealer this Friday, and I'm taking delivery this Saturday.

Maybe it's because I'm only 2 hours away from the VDC? I know the bonnet stripes are put on at the VDC, but I don't think anything else was - did I go thru the VDC too quickly? Did I get all the options I ordered?

Now I'm worried it all happened too fast and I won't get the right car!

What was that mantra again?....

 

Faust finally getting in. WW still showing my car on board but offloading takes a few hours.

 

Heh, I wouldn't worry about it. My MA thinks it's just due to the VDC trying to get the new cabrios out to the dealers. Maybe the Topeka just had the cabrios that the VDC needed to get to first.

My hope right now is to finish up and make it out on a truck before the VDC is off for the weekend. Would suck to be ready to go but stuck on the VDC lot for two days

 

Glad to hear it's in. What are you going to do now that there's so much less for you to track until it gets to you?

 

Woohoo! I'm at "Liner Released" status now - whatever that means. Getting closer....

 

A local MINI club member has a CN Rail account and can provide me with tracking info as my baby comes home across the country.

 

LOL! Nice, seems like while you have had a long wait you've lucked out on the tracking side.

 

I really like this little support group we've got going on here. I'm a little sad to think that we'll all go our separate ways after our cars show up. We should keep this group alive afterwards. Maybe even do up a meet somewhere one day like AMVIV does every year. That'd be fun.

 

Agreed - after all, look at the "Week 23 2008" group. They just kept posting and posting and had the mods add the 2008 to the title.

Would be cool to do a meet up somehow. Sadly I don't think MotorMouth would be able to get his Mini to the event

 

Liner Released here as well!!

Awesome that you have a CN tracking source. I think my dealer will hate me for the next few weeks as I bug him contantly. Which will commence on Saturday as I go back there to take out the demo yet again.

I'm Hoping I get it in time for the Easter long weekend but I'm not holding my breath.

 

That is fast. My dealer said they want mine for a week before they will let me have it. They said they need to go over it, front to back, to make sure it made the trip without injury as well as put on my dealer options.

 

Wow, that seems lengthy Of course, I am a little spoiled because Mini of Sterling runs a night-shift at the service dept (they service a big geographic area) so my MA's gonna have mine run through overnight.

Once, you know, it finally gets there

 

Congrats on the FAUST! That's awesome you can keep tracking it in the rails. I know all cars go through these journeys, but I think there's something special about getting to follow them through it. It's a little adventure for them!

So, I caved and checked my MINI out last night. She (or he?) is perfect, even in a completely undetailed state. Hopefully the next day flies by.

Love the reunion ideas- we have a great group here, and hopefully we all still remain active as the rest of the cars make their way home. It ain't over til it's over!

 

Guess my dealer is slow but methodical.

At least I like to think of it that way.

 

That's a nice, positive attitude you've got there!

Maybe they just give a long estimate and you'll get it in a few days instead of after a week.