So how many of you are scheduled for production Week 15 (10APR-16APR)??

I know it's still early (my production number still has a different MINI listed) but I'm still FREAKING excited!


This will be my first BRAND NEW car purchase and I just want it to be here already (not to mention I'll probably be finishing finals around the same time )

For now I just sit and wait, my specs are in my signature


<<< Me!

 

Moved to first gear so you can catch more folks that are joining up with NAM after placing their order.

The wait is long but worth it!

 

Cool, thanks!

 

Count us in. When I first got my production number I was told week 14 but was quickly bumped to 15. No problem! It's in production, have our VIN (this is my wife's Clubbie) and the car will be completed on 4/12! We're on our third MINI and very excited! We should be ready to catch the Toledo on 4/26 to Port Hueneme unless there's another boat coming sooner that I haven't found yet. See sig for specs of all three...

 

Doesn't that make you a week 14'er? Nice specs, the CM are growing on me the more I see them but still to big for me =P

 

There's actually only one thing I'm NOT excited for about my MINI...... I'm gonna have to get one of those F'UGLY yellow New York License plates :'(

 

I'm not sure if I'm actually week 15 or not. I got an email just the other day saying there's a confirmed production date of April 16 and that it should be the day its done and awaiting transport. But I've also been told by some friends that the MA is wrong and that the production date is should be the date it goes into production. So I really dont' know who really is right and which week I really am.
But I ordered March12 and got a production# right away. I took one of the allocated slots for April production and thought mine would go into production April 1, but I'm still not in production yet. And was told that its cause they only build JCWs once a month.
This wait is killing me, esp since my wait seems to be a little longer than for the average Mini buyer.

 

Looks like I might be a Week 16 car. ASKMINI just confirmed that my car is in production right now! I forgot to ask what the official week # of my car is, but unless there's a delay, it'll be done by the 16th.
So my MA was correct and the production date is the estimated date of completion, and not the date that the car goes into production that people have been telling me it is.

 

I'm not sure but am going on what my MA told me. Either way the car will be done on 4/12.

Also, I just got word this morning that it's in the paint shop, so we're making progress!!!

 

Is the Week#, the week you go into production? Or finish?

 

My MCCm,Royal gray, white roof,white racing strips is at Port Bremerhaven waiting to be assigned a ship. Ordered 3/14, scheduled for production 3/28, awaiting transport 4/6 according to info on Owners lounge. Called and talked to mini customer rep did not have any additional info nor my MA other than it had been released to port for shipping. How do some customers have so much more detail? It's driving me crazy. The Taiko departs today from that Port but I don't think my Sadie will be on board, not listed when checked the cargo ID. Hopefully will be on the Independence ll which is the next ship that leaves for Baltimore on April 14 and arrives April 28. My MA is hoping for a June 1st delivery which was the estimated date of arrival when I ordered it. Seemed like it was moving thru the system quickly and delivery would be earlier than promised. Waiting is torture.

 

aw man, i think I have it wrong :( lol I thought production number was when it starts production

 

You weren't the only one who thought that. Several people who own Minis told me my MA was wrong too with what my production date was supposed to be. Only her and my friend who owned a BMW told me it is the day its suppsoed to be finsihed. everyone else said its the date for start of production.

I kinda think they must be sometimes telling people the day it starts production too. Cause some people told me thats the only date they got before, and they were told specifically thats the date production starts on their car. But sometimes they tell people the finished with production date, cause this date is the only date I've gotten out of them so far. Strange.

 

When we look at the build out on the MINI it tells us the date production was started and then the build date is the date is was completed.

Your build week is given when the production number is assigned sometimes they change and sometimes they go in early it all depends on the time of year and how many priority 1 MINIs are going throug the line at that time as well.

 

I seee.. so then I am in BUILD Week 15, as my MA told me.

 

Then I still really have no idea what my build week is cause I ordered on Mar12, and had a production# right away cause we used one of the April allocation spots. And they told me that it was supposed to go to production April 1, but that date came and went, and my car still wasnt' in production.

And noone could get any dates till just a few days ago, when my MA got "the factory confirmed production date of April 16" which I was told is the date mine is going to be finished. And ASKMINI confirmed that today cause they said my car is in production today. But other Mini owner's all told me that when they were given a production date, it didnt' mean that for their car and it actually meant the date their car went into production. So I guess people are using that same term to mean different dates.

But I'm just happy my car is getting made right now! The last 4 weeks wait was hard, but this next 4 weeks is goign to be excruciating cause there's an actual car out there now.

 

Everyone, meet my MA...

Amanda! ^^

Hi Amanda. Thanks for keeping me regularly updated on our Clubbie and for posting great inside info for everyone.

 

SteelersFan

I enjoyed the pictures you posted several years ago from your port tour. It was so awesome that you got to sit in your car at the port. I see you followed Amanda over to Nick Alexander. Amanda is an awesome MA.

During these past several months, MINI has been putting cars on ships that are not even on the ship schedule (not K-Line). I advise all you guys to check the WW tracking website on a daily basis to see which ship your car is loaded on.

 

Wow, I feel somewhat famous!

Thanks. Yes, that was almost 2 years ago when my S came in. It was a lot of fun going to the port. I'm considering a return visit to see the Clubbie come in. I missed seeing the cars coming off the ship the first time and would love to see that. It's almost time to see if schedules line up for that.

And I agree, Amanda is awesome! She takes VERY good care of us.

That week 19, 2009 thread was awesome! We even put a movie together of the screenshots of the boat going through the canal, complete with music.

 

When I was helping my friend do research in 2009, I saw your post and the pictures you took. My friend ordered her Clubman through Amanda after many positive comments here on NAM.

One thing has changed since you last tracked your MINI car back in 2009. There is now live AIS data for the entire length of the Panama Canal on Marine Traffic. Your ship will spend a night on the east coast of Panama (Colon) before entering the canal the next day.

People can start stalking their ship in Bremerhaven. Here is a link to the webcam.

http://www.blg.de/uploads/webcams/m4test.jpg

 

Thanks guys for the kind words! I had a lot of fun working with Lynn and you on lynns order for Cookie Monster! I hope you are enjoying your new MINI as much as lynn is hers!

 

Mine is going through the line as we speak!

 

Lucky you! ASKMINI now has my est date pushed back from the 16th to the18th now. :( So looks like i might be week 16 now. I'm going nuts with the waiting since its already been over a month since I ordered.

 

Got word from Amanda that our car was completed this morning and will be making it's way to the port!!!

 

I'm not sure what production week I am (either 15 or 16) but I found out yesterday that my MINI is in production now and is scheduled to be finished on April 20. I think knowing that it's being built actually makes the waiting harder...