MINI OL is showing "Waiting for Transport"! That was quicker than I expected. Our VIN is still not showing up on the WW site though. The Toledo leaves SH on the 26th so I guess we have plenty of time to wait for the VIN to show. It doesn't look like K-Line sails to Port Hueneme.

 

Congratulations!
That is kinda strange that the VIN isn't showing up. I guess they just miss sending updated information to that site for some reason. My VIN number showed up the day it went into Production.

 

My car is in the bodyshop! So guessing its got just a couple more days till completion.

 

Where do you see that? OL still says Scheduled for Production for me but as far as I know it went into production on Tuesday.

 

I think you need to call 1 866 ask mini to get more detailed info from a live person. I haven't actually tried it yet because mine just started production on Tuesday too. It's not going to get too far down the assembly line til this weekend probably.

 

Thanks! To clarify, my VIN has showed on the MINI OL site around the time it went into production. Where I am not seeing it yet is on the WW shipping site.

 

yeah, like sammer mentioned I called ASKMINI and talked to the live person. the website seems slow to update.
Mine went into production last Friday and then stayed at that status till today. So yours might not move to bodyshop till Sunday or Monday.

But I've been calling them everyday since it went into production hoping to hear something new. :D


Actually do they work on weekends? If not, my car might be done but will sit there all weekend instead of getting ready to ship out. :(

 

I'm pretty sure they work 24/7 so hopefully they're all happy this weekend while they work on our MINIs.

 

Haha..yeah, I saw that my car was looking like it was going to be built and assembled at the end of the week, and I was cringing. Hopefully all that end of the week car being built badly stuff is just an urban legend. :(

 

Wow, that's different. You're MINI's a bit ahead of mine so I'm not familiar with the tracking for the ships yet. You should have yours in no time!

 

I hope so too. That probably only applies when Friday means "party time". If they work a 7 day week they probably all have different days off so maybe Friday doesn't have the same meaning.

 

So I just did a little bit of RESEARCH

If my Mini is done by 21APR, and figure it takes 2 days to get to Southampton, so 23APR

I'll either be on:
----WW's PORGY, Depart Southampton 25APR, Arrive New York 04MAY... Have the keys before the 11th??
--or--
----WW's FIDELIO, Depart Southampton 02MAY, Arrive New York 12MAY... Have the keys before the 19th?

My last day of class is May 10th and I have a final on May 18th, either way I'll be celebrating!

 

Thanks for doing that research NavyNUKE. I'm thinking my MINI is on about the same production schedule as yours so it will probably be on one of those ships too. This is very exciting!

 

If by no time you mean another 5 weeks, then yes!
Still got 12 days til it gets on a ship, then 3 weeks at sea, then to the dealer, etc.

 

Aah, I guess the West Coast does take a bit longer.

 

Haha yeaa, us Northeasters get lucky, New York is the second stop after Southampton for most of the ships, West coasters have to stop somewhere in the south then cross through the Panama Canal and back up to Cali!


Hah

 

In the paint shop! Scheduled to be through production today.

Thanks to folks and resources on this site I've been able to track the production and 'watch' it roll through the process--my MA is absolutely no help and I never received any sort of info from him on how the process works or the great resources to track the progress, other than "it'll take 6-8 weeks." I wish he didn't stand between me and my MINI b/c I really don't want to have to deal with him any longer!

 

I guess mine is waiting for yours to move out of the paintshop before it can get in there!

 

Considering that mine has exactly the opposite color scheme, you'd think they could almost do them at the same time!

 

Hahah...true!

 

Wow! I just checked for my VIN on the WW site and a ship that does not show on their schedule will be bringing our Clubbie over!

So we will be getting our car a week earlier than I thought!!!

 

Congratulations SteelersFan!

 

Oh man...I hope it makes it on PORGY...otherwise, that's a long delay for your Mini to just sit at port, along with other Minis.

 

Like I said, people should check their VIN on the WW site daily because their car might be loaded on a ship that is not on the WW schedule.

 

Yeahhhhhh. Just checked the WW site and Sadie is on board the Independence II scheduled to arrive April 28 in Baltimore. Made my day. Now I can track her trip to America!! Maybe I will actually have her earlier than estimated. Still has to get her strips and mudflapps but the end is in sight. I'm stoked!!