hello everyone! Just picked up my 2013 hardtop. pepper white with black roof and mirrors. black xenon lights, white signals. black interior with pepper white dash. SO NICE! I know everyone likes photos posted here that are still waiting. took 9 weeks from order to delivery in SF.

I wasted no time and changed the stock grille from chrome to black. OEM Part from outmotoring.com

 

Looks great!

 

I picked mine up Friday night! Here it is sided-by-side with my old car. It's everything that I wanted it to be.

 

*hand up* Me too! Lightning blue hardtop traveling on Figaro. The wait is kiiiiilling me. Glad to discover others have the same sickness. It wasn't so bad before, but now that it's due in port THIS WEEK, I can't stand it.

Things I'm doing to stave off the madness:
-buying accessories for the car I have yet to have in my possession
-shopping/research for extended warranties to consider for the day I walk into F&I room
-buying a toy replica of my cooper in hopes that it arrives first

If it's a 1:43 scale, that means it'll cure 1/43rd of my illness, right?

 

It's looking like Dover has a shot at making the ANIARA leaving from Southhampton for Baltimore on Halloween arriving on Nov 9th well after Sandy is just a memory. Anyone else think they might be on this ship?

 

I know! mine replaced an 05 civic. crazy how much nicer it is, right?!?!

 

Possession of the car is the only cure!

 

Agreed!

At least I can toodle around in Desmond until Des II shows up.

 

Amazingly nicer! Congrats on your delivery. You have good taste.

 

Just pinged my MA...'Paddington' is scheduled to arrive on Halloween!

 

Here's a pic of Desmond II (Still deciding on the wheels)

 

On Sunday morning our chilli red Knightsbridge was loaded on the ship Aida and started the trip across the Atlantic. It's scheduled to arrive in Halifax November 5! Now owning a new mini is looking like more of a reality. Anybody else have a car on Aida?

Peter

 

The anthracite wheels are nice, but with your stripes/mirrors/roof, I would probably prefer the black version of those wheels (if there is one)

Edit: Unless you weren't looking for an opinion...then disregard

 

@ amancuso: I agree with Denzien about the wheels, but it's also just my opinion. I built a MC online with your color specs and played around with the wheel options. You might want to consider: 17" x 7.0" alloy wheels in our MINI Yours Twin Spoke design. Equipped with 205/45 R17 performance runflat tires.

 

The Figaro, the ship carrying my MINI is off the Baja Peninsula, due to arrive at Port Huenume on Halloween! For a midnight black MCS this seems fitting...... It's a goth-mobile and it's better than candy!

 

Just saw your post, glad to have another person on here with a MINi on the Figaro. Woohoo there are three of us now! Where are you located?

I have yet to buy an accessory but I am interested in a few. The after market oil dip stick, import red and white tail lights, and the chrome boot handle.

 

@Kimberlyfour

I'm in the San Fernando valley, which means I could probably go watch the Figaro dock, if I wanted to. It makes me crazier that it might take upwards of a week for my dealer to hand it off to me though. What's your wait time from docking till delivery?

 

My ship docked in LA on the 20th and I took delivery 8 days later in SF.

 

Good to know! I'm on the Figaro arriving on the 31st as well. I bought mine at MINI of Marin (even though I live in SF). I have a weekend trip on the 9th and was hoping to get it all good and dirty up in Mendocino. It'll be tight!

 

I love my new 2013 clubman S. I ordered in July and received in Oct,,,,, But it so far has been worth the wait

 

I haven't called the dealership and they haven't contacted me at all this whole time. Don't think I would heave even gotten the production # if I hadn't bothered him. If not for this site I wouldn't have even known that I could track the MINI.

 

The only things I've talked to my MA for was to get my production number (he sent it to me without my asking), the ship name I was on and my scheduled delivery date (tomorrow). Everything else I pretty much did on my own. And it was fun!

 

According to Robo-voice, Dover is at the port while marinetraffic.com says the Aniara is in Southampton loading cars before heading for Baltimore.

Hopefully these two will hook up and Dover will come on over.

 

So, from the comments here and my own experience, I've determined that the Ask Mini robot says "At the port awaiting a shipping vessel" when the car has cleared the VDC and is waiting for a car carrier at the port in the U.S. When it's on the car carrier, it again says,"In Transit" meaning that it's in transit to your dealer.

 

Best of luck on your Pickup today! Let us know how the MINI financing works out and of course tear yourself way from cruising long enough to post a few glamor shots.