What's everyone's Owner's Lounge/Auto-ASK-MINI status?

OL says "Awaiting Transport for me", surprisingly just one day later... You guys "en route yet", esp. you left coasters?

 

Y2K Falcon has been singing the blues since his ship left without him.

 

The OL says my friend's car is "En Route"

 

Yesterday at around 22:00 local time, my Clubman was caught singing this one:





But it's not all sad... Yesterday afternoon I heard he was singing:



I do need to have a heart to heart after hearing he was singing this song:

 

Owners' Lounge says Twiggy is "en route, and the ASK-MINI recorded message says she is "in transit."

 

My OL says "Awaiting Transport" it changed to this I think the day it headed down to the docks.

 

Mine still says 'awaiting transport'. Don't care to call the 800 number at this point. I've triple-checked the Owner's Lounge VIN vs. the WW tracking site vs. the vehicle sheet from my MA. Everything is coming up roses except for the OL site tracking. Trying not to worry about it.

 

Mine also says awaiting transport. I'll be getting driver's lights added at the VDC in New Jersey before it comes to the dealer. I honestly haven't thought of anything to add to my car, although my hubby wishes I had ordered the white turn signals instead of the standard orange.... too late, dear.

My brother works at a Whole Foods in Ft. Lauderdale Florida. He let me know today that $2200 dollars worth of groceries does NOT fit into a MINI. So keep that in mind the first time you go grocery shopping, everyone. Keep it under two grand, I guess!

 

I have also officially decided that my MINI is to be called "Peppo". We had the world's greatest dog whose name was Pepper- she lived to be 17 years old and was charming and loving til the very end. When my daughter was young, she would say "I take Peppo for wok" (I'm taking Pepper for a walk). Since my MINI is Pepper White and certainly going to be Peppy, "I go take Peppo for dwive!!!" Peppo it is!

 

The question is, will a cart of Costco groceries fit in a Mini?

 

yes, and will cost a LOT LESS TOO!

 

Very touching.

 

Y2K Falcon

That KC and the Sunshine Band song is a good song. I remember listening to it as a kid--I am showing my age.

 

RayRatt

The Morning Celesta arrived one day early to Point Hueneme and discharged some Minis. Perhaps it arrived one day early because it tried to outrun hurricane Jimena. It gives us west coast people hope the Porgy can arrive early as well.

 

Does $2200 worth of groceries fit into a Clubman? Oh I can only hope to try it myself!

Driving lights for me as well! Hot Chocolate shifter, boot and E-brake to match the Hot Chocolate on the outside as well.

 

ok I think I just finalized my first song.

Journey, Anyway You Want It

 

Hmmm....

*queues up Journey, Who's Crying Now"

 

Stupid UAL_Strodamus!

 

My contact at Wallenius Wilhelmsen (she lives in England) checked with the people in Stockholm - they do not know of any AIS tracking system that the Porgy can be tracked with while crossing the Atlantic. But, as of noon yesterday, Porgy’s position was:

Noon Position: Lat : 31-09.0 N
Long: 045-46.0 W
ETA Manzanillo PS: 09/0600LT
Remaining Dist: 2329.0 NM
Ave. Spd: 17.08 Kts. / 17.17 Kts

Here is a Google link - you will have to zoom out a whole bunch to see anything except blue water around the Porgy!

http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&q=N%2031%C2% B009%27%2C%20W%20045%C2%B046%27&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

If I read that right, Porgy will arrive in Panama (Manzanillo) at 6:00 am London time on September 9th. The speed seems slow to me - wasn't she going faster than that when clearing the harbor at Southampton? Maybe she is playing dodgeball with potential tropical storms and/or hurricanes?

Porgy is indeed a new ship - it was delivered in June of this year. Her sister ship, Bess, will not be completed until July 2010. Porgy is 656 feet long and 106 feet wide. There are two ramps - the rear ramp weighs 165 tons and the smaller side ramp weight 41 tons. The new Porgy can hold 5,500 vehicles on 12 levels (or, maybe 6,040 cars - especially if they are all MINIs?). I have a WW Information Sheet with diagrams and tables of the new Porgy that I would like to share, but I do not have enough computer skills to attach it to this forum (it was sent as an email attachment and thus I have no web address to create a link). Help?

She also sent me two nice pictures of the Porgy, but again as email attachments.

It won't be long and we can watch Porgy passing thru the canal - I hope she doesn't scratch her new paint!

 

Finally stalked my ship. *sigh*


Don't know what's worse....


The fact that my ship's captain seems to be drunk:




Or that the next port of call is Gothenburg, Sweden.

My poor 2009 Mini is going to be on the Faust for a week surrounded by 2010s that will try and bully him around, and Fords(/Volvos) made by this guy -

 

Aww, hey, no way! I've been telepathically communicating with all of the '10 parts and they're REALLY sweet kids, they'll totally look out for those remaining '09s and protect them from the bork bork bork!

 

Hey ELEKTRA fans out there. She has made the schedule at the Port of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Autoport Eastern Passage - Elektra- Wallenius - Marine - 8-Sep-09 6:48

 

Why don't I see Minis getting off the Undine in NY on the WW tracking site?

 

OK - here is everything any of you east coasters could ever want to know about the Undine...

http://www.scheepvaartwest.be/pagina917.html

 

And, I think this link will tell all about the new Porgy...

http://www.scheepvaartwest.be/pagina1317.html