Uh...your boat is almost the same boat, just a different color:

 

I think the Undine and Tristan (same shipping company) are bother and sister ships!

 

wtf y does it look like somebody cut the ships in half??? those shouldnt be floating

 

That ramp in the back folds down and that's where they drive the cars out.

 

 

According to WW's PDF on the shipping vessel's capacity:
Topeka: 6354
Tristan: 5293
Undine: 7194

 

no it looks cut in half the long way look at the pic

 

it's a two piece ramp, and folds out to the right (facing the back of the ship)

Here's a better shot of it:

 

Some genius who knows WAY more about water displacement than me, designed these ships ideally for their purpose. My favorite part is the crew lifeboat that is poised to nose-dive off the back at the perfect angle so it can slip into the water without smashing into it or back under the ship. THAT would be a fun ride.

 

There we. It was the angle

 

I checked OL and it says my Cooper is scheduled for production. There is no date listed and the color is still listed wrong. I'm excited anyway. hehe

 

I want my car... im tired of waiting dammit

 

Don't worry about the color being wrong. As you get closer to the actual production date, all the information will be correct.

 

Mine is somewhere between the rail yard and the dealer. Now I'm coping with trucking companies. After reading these posts, I hope I don't have to wait weeks to get to see my new best friend!

Buck

 

The trucking companies seem to be the most mysterious leg of the trip. As I learned, it's all about who your dealership has a contract with. Hopefully your dealership isn't signed up with "Party On Trucking" (which is what I dubbed our dealerships company since the cars all somehow got held up in Savannah the week of St Patrick's day, hmmmm).
Good luck, I'm thinking speedy thoughts for all of you. It's a great week to get a MINI!
Annette

 

Yah...I want my car too...this waiting thing sucks.

 

Me too! Mine's due into Port Hueneme on 4/6...then I have to wait for it to get up to Sacto.

 

Bad news on mine. My salesman sent me an email. He completely miscalculated the monthly payments for me. It will now be almost $150 more per month! So I can't do it...so bummed . Guess I'll go with the Elantra. I'd like to get the Golf TDI (diesel) but apparently there are no good service people for diesels and I'm not a do-it-yourself-er. Wah!

Oh and by the way it's there! THERE at the place and I can't go get it!!

 

Sorry Martha21. Any chance you could get financing through someplace else? Seems a bit shady for a dealer to fess up to their mistake and not honor it anyway.

To everybody else: Patience is a virtue.

:points and laughs at the short-timers:

FYI - The Undine is in the process of loading RIGHT NOW! The Southampton VTS needs a webcam on berth 34.

http://www.southamptonvts.co.uk/live/ship_alongside.asp

 

List of Mini's on Undine, departing Southampton April 1. ETA at Port Hueneme on April 23.

1. lithium77
2. lineaux: Stella
3. Mo'Phat: Adriana
4. darthhen: Chunky

 

Yeah, it really stinks! The dealer did fess up, he mistakenly put 5K extra miles per year instead of 30K extra miles! He seems to feel very badly about it. He said he'll see if he can come up with any other discounts. I'm waiting to hear back. If he can get it back around $318/month I'll be good because that's what we agreed on. But I doubt he'll be able to get it down that far

 

For anyone expecting deliveries in April, the MINI financing deals for April are out and it looks like a continuation of the March deals. .9% plus a free package. Mine should be on the Florida Highway making its way to Georgia on April 6. Then another week to get to Texas.

 

Hmmmm....maybe I should finance mine, get a free package (if a dealer installed one is available?), then pay it off? Can I do that or do they have a minimum finance term that the car cannot be paid off before?

 

GREAT!!! I'm hoping to get my Mini before April!!

Grimnebulin, good question....I'm interested in knowing this as well!!

 

My Clubbie S is arriving in in Port Hueneme 4/6 almost exactly 8 weeks after ordering it. I can hardly stand it. Now just wondering how long it will take to make it down to San Diego.