California Highway is scheduled to arrive in Brunswick, Ga today. My little bundle is gonna touch US soil for the first time.

 

From what I understand, it depends on how your vehicle is coded by your dealer. Mine was coded as a a priority one "sold" vehicle, so mine was off the ship, through the VDC and on a truck the same day

 

The NAM sticky suggests 2 days is typical at the VDC unless damage occurred during transit.

 

I like the sounds of that. Mine is marked the same way from what I understand.

 

Just heard from my MA. Car is in, paperwork is prepared, and I'm scheduled to pick it up tomorrow at 3pm. Excited beyond words (as are my children).

 

I'm picking up up mine later today. Not much work is getiing done this afternoon - I'm too excited to focus.

 

Happy Motoring! Post some pics. I'm going to take some decent ones this weekend.

 

Port Hueneme posts a schedule of ships with arrivals up to a month out. Helpful if you are getting close to a shipping date. Anything listed as carrying BMWs has the potential to carry MINIs (but not all do - lots more BMWs moving about.)

http://www.portofhueneme.org/busines...l_schedule.php

 

Wow I hope my MINI is that quick through the VDC! I can't wait till I get my car

 

Question: Are all ships along the georgia and south carolina coast "blacked out"? For instance, CPeavely states above that the "california highway is scheduled to arrive in brunswick today". However, AIS indicates that ship is "out of range" so won't find it, and SailWx shows its position two days ago near washington. I am asking because I am wondering if I will even be able to track the Bishu Highway when it nears Brunswick next week. On the AIS map I don't find any ships in view in or around brunswick, when I am sure there are plenty of them.

 

Picked up my MINI tonight. Looking forward to checking it all out in the daylight tomorrow. It was nice ride across town for dinner, but that's as far as I got tonight.

 

Congrats F1! Mine should be in right before Thanksgiving. And I think I've found what I need to black out my ride. Now I'm REALLY eager for it to get here. Post pics when you can as I'm curious to see the Ice Blue.

 

I pick up my car tomorrow evening. Yea Yea Yea.

 

My car is officially ordered. He starts assembly within the next 5 days!

 

Yes they are blocked but you can go to the marinetraffic.com and search the vessel name. When you get to the vessels page click on the Latitude / Longitude highlighted in red and it will take you to where the ship is when it gets close to the East coast. The California Highway is sitting at the Brunswick dock now but states it's out of range. Hope this helps.

 

My JCW Coupe is also on that ship. It was originally supposed to arrive on 11/2. So it was 2-3 days late.

http://www.kline.com/KAMCarCarrier/Schedules/Car-Carrier_RoRo_Sailing_Schedule.pdf

 

I see many posts where it seems as if the mini was ordered and a few days later their mini is in production and they post will have car by such and such. I have called Ask Mini and all they tell me is my car is scheduled for production but they won't give me a date. (Ordered on 10/22) I read the sticky on ordering, followed the advice and still don't have any information. Can anyone tell me what I should be doing to get same facts and figures on when to expect my car?? Thanks...

 

Ask you dealer for info. If anyone has it, they do. Just be patient ^_^ Mine arrived a week or two early. Must have had good weather at see and no problems at the distribution center. Nice to be an hour a way from the port where they get unloaded.

 

Some of us sat in that "scheduled for production" bin for a ridiculously long period of time -- almost a month for me. It's not terribly unusual, especially if your dealer has limited slots and you're queued behind others. Thankfully, this seems to be less common than not, but definitely don't be worried at all if you go a full two weeks from ordering without any change in that status.

 

I checked with my MA and my MINI is coded as a priority one sold vehicle too. So it should be in and out of the vdc and off to the dealership.

 

Photo as promised. https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...m/photo138.JPG

It's been a blast to drive just doing errands today.

 

Nice one. :-)

 

Picked up mine today. Absolutely wonderful. Don't want to get out of the car. :-). Will post picture(s) soon!

 

I picked up my Hampton Clubman S today at MINI of Des Moines. Those folks are consummate professionals and executed every part of the order and delivery process with precision that would make Swiss watchmakers look like a bunch of hacks.

I love this car. Not because it is nimble, fast and has a jammin' stereo system (HK!). Nope, I love it because it FEELS like it was designed by people who wanted to make me grin like an idiot while driving it....instead of just building a car that maximizes profit in a particular product segment. Nope, this car was built by car geeks, for car geeks. I'm in love.

See the attached pics.

 

My countryman S is expected to arrive at my dealership this Tuesday the 8th or wednesday the 9th!!!! Ahhhh........so thrilled and jumping for joy