The FAUST is now (with now being marinetraffic.com) past the Verranzano (Verranzano-Narrows Bridge) and heading to the berth. Won't be long.

 

They are within sight of Ellis Island!

 

has some little tug friends now

 

and she's tied up.

 

blouise - Peppo is just TOO cute! Running errands is going to be a blast for you!

 

Whoo hoo!!!!!!!!!! That moment was a long time coming. What a HUGE day for RayRatt, UAL Kingpin, MiniCrazy09, Norcaltinkerbell and JcM1ni. It's going to be long weekend of waiting while your MINIs are being cleaned and readied for their new homes. But the wait WILL be worth it.

 

If I could just nudge the "Statue of Liberty cam"....

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/...am=liberty_str

 

Congrats to everyone whose boat docked!

blouise -- I am keeping a lookout for the cutest MINI in Rochester (for now till mine comes!)

So this morning I got an email from MINI USA/my dealer giving me the options to program my car (lights, locks, radio stations).

I thought that that was pretty cool that they give you the options right up front. I know I had read about people not having theirs programmed right (and I think I read that now you can do it on your own), but to have them email me the day before I pick it up and offer to program it the way I wanted made me quite excited!

 

That might be dealer specific, unsure. Within the owner's lounge you can download a copy of the owner's manual and it goes into pretty good step-by-step detail on how to program it yourself.

It's pretty cool, the setting are stored on the key. So each key can have its own settings that the car will invoke when the key is pushed in.

 

I got the same "Mind Meld With Your Mini" email from MiniUSA this morning (6:30AM) with a link to set my radio stations, door unlock/lock settings, headlamp on/off, etc...

 

I got nuthin.

 

Nothing here as well. Man I'm starting to feel like the bastard child...

 

I feel your pain Zuggin.

 

Looks like the Wallenius Wilhelmsen track & trace is not going to show individual cars as they unload at Port Hueneme. It is now after 9 am and nothing shows on the list. I see that all the cars that were unloaded yesterday at Brunswick GA have a delivery time of 3:30 pm. So, I doubt I will be able to confirm whether or not Twiggy was first in line to get off the boat. But, at least our babies will soon be on dry land again.

 

This same thing occurred at NY/NJ port. Apparently offloads are mass updates.

 

It looks like my car will be at the dealer on Monday and ready for me on Tuesday. Now to figure out how/when to get it.

 

Sorry that you won't have it for THIS weekend...but what a way to look forward to the upcoming week!!

 

According to the Wallenius Wilhelmsen tracking site, Twiggy was discharged from the Porgy at 3:26 pm today (and delivered to the VDC at 3:30). And, it looks like all the cars unloaded have those same timestamps.

Hopefully, all five of us Week 34 west coast folks (JcMini, NorCalTinkerbell, MiniCrazy09, UAL_Kingpin, and me) will check the Wallenius Wilhelmsen tracking site and verify their MINI was unloaded at Port Hueneme today. Just enter your VIN in the "Cargo ID" box at the right of this page... don't forget this site will not work with Safari:

https://att.2wglobal.com/gstattweb/o...ckSearchResult

Please let UAL_Kingpin know your confirmed status on this Week 34 thread.

I tried calling the number listed for the VDC but got no answer - they probably have call screening and could tell it was just another MINI fanatic calling. I just wanted to know if they were going to process Priority One cars tomorrow.

 

My friend, Lynn, will be so excited to hear her Smurfmobile HAS BEEN DISCHARED FROM VESSLE!

 

RayRatt

Do you know when the Porgy will leave for Tacoma? I found a webcam in Santa Barbara which shows the channel which ships use to go north. Right now it is foggy, but I did see an island in the distance when it was clear yesterday.

http://www.depoteco.com/santa-barbara-web-cam/

 

Well, the Porgy has left Port Hueneme. I can't watch it on the webcam because it is too foggy.

 

STATUS FOR SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Banannastand, NY, discharged from vessel 9/11, en route to dealer

Blouise, NY, took delivery of "Peppo" 9/16, Photo on link
https://www.northamericanmotoring.com...img_0252_1.jpg

DashHouston, TX, aboard Faust, ETA Brunswick GA 9/21

JcM1n1, SoCal, discharged from vessel 9/18, en route to dealer

Maui Meg, NJ, discharged from vessel 9/11, en route to dealer

N666BK, NJ, took delivery of BumbleBee 9/12, photos in link
https://www.northamericanmotoring.com...ml#post2871719

Neverfifty, VA, took delivery of vehicle 9/12, photos in gallery
(I can't post a link to the gallery because the address keeps changing for some reason)

Norcaltinkerbell, NorCal, discharged from vessel 9/18, en route to dealer

MiniCrazy09, WA, discharged from vessel 9/18, en route to dealer

RayRatt, WA, "Twiggy" discharged from vessel 9/18, en route to dealer

Rederik, MD, took delivery of vehicle 9/12

UAL_Kingpin's friend, SoCal, discharged from vessel 9/18, en route to dealer

Y2K Falcon, TX, aboard Faust, ETA Brunswick GA 9/21

ZugginAround, VA, discharged from vessel 9/11, en route to dealer, "Going crazy waiting for delivery!"

SHIP TRACKING INFORMATION

Ship name - - - Callsign - - -Destination - - - - -ETA - -Who is aboard
Faust - - - - - - SLKQ - - - - -Brunswick, GA - - - -9/21 - - DashHouston, Y2K Falcon

There are two parallel threads that we cross-post on:
MINIs in General > 1st Gear > Week 34 (8/17-8/23/2009)
MINIs in General > General MINI Talk > Production Time

Use this site to track ship by NAME
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/dat...HIP&level1=220

Use this site to track ship by CALLSIGN (works better for open ocean tracking)
http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/index.html

Port of New York/New Jersey ship arrival schedule
http://www.firstnynj.com/

 

Week 34 production week officially says goodbye to the Porgy. We thank the Porgy for keeping our cars safe and dry. We will miss you.

 

It's funny how you grow attached to these ships through the tracking and then you'll never see them again...

 

Porgy was sorta special - this was her first load of MINIs since she was just built in June 2009. I'm glad she had no problems - like tipping over.