"Those waiting for a 2013" Support Group
4th Gear
Joined: Dec 2012
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From: Southern California
3rd Gear
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 299
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From: New York
Awesome! I was comparing your ordeal to someone offering a giant cookie to a small child and not giving it to them. To imagine your baby gets all the way to the U.S. only to hear nothing for about 2 weeks...I'd be loosing my mind. And yes, I would have driven to the port (I have clearance to a lot of the SE ones) and gone on a Mini Expeditions to find WTH was going on.
GRATS!!!
Photo the h3ll out of us...it will be appreciated. Thank You in Advance.
Thank you I plan to run "lots of errands"
Thanks you and im more than excited that it finally showed up too.
I plan to post pic's, I just ordered a cravenspeed front plate mount. I forgot to mention not drilling holes in the bumper when ordering and then read that Oxford puts those on before the car leaves. Luckily to my surprise it wasn't put on and my MA asked what I would prefer.
4th Gear
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 334
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From: Southern California
So today I yelped a review of Creiver Mini of Santa Ana. I was promised an update from the owner on Monday, when I didn't get it, I called on Tuesday, only to find out he was off on Tuesday's. So I called today and talked to him and once again, he promised an update once he sent out his morning emails and made a few calls. Still, I went all day without an update so I emailed. Below is what I received:
Here’s the notes on your production allocation:
Quota [Yr/Mo]:
2013/01
Req. Prod:
2013/01/05
Sub. Req. Prod.:
2013/01/05
Conf. Prod.:
2013/01/05
Est. Prod. Date:
1/29/13
They are saying your MINI is estimated to be completed 1/29/2013. Beyond this we do not know anything else
Thanks,
Kirk
One has to think that req: prod means requested production date. I think that is more like it. My vehicle never had a production date of 12/17. Arghhhhhhhhhhhh
Here’s the notes on your production allocation:
Quota [Yr/Mo]:
2013/01
Req. Prod:
2013/01/05
Sub. Req. Prod.:
2013/01/05
Conf. Prod.:
2013/01/05
Est. Prod. Date:
1/29/13
They are saying your MINI is estimated to be completed 1/29/2013. Beyond this we do not know anything else
Thanks,
Kirk
One has to think that req: prod means requested production date. I think that is more like it. My vehicle never had a production date of 12/17. Arghhhhhhhhhhhh
Last edited by gilmoregirls999; Jan 23, 2013 at 05:58 PM.
4th Gear
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 385
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From: Jacksonville, FL
I ordered my car from Mini of Baltimore from a English guy by the name of Benn Edwards on 12/22/12. Moved from order status to production status 01/07/13, by week of 1/14/13 was in production , 1/17/13 went to paint shop and on 1/18/13 went to Quality. released for transport by 1/21/13 and now is awaiting being loaded on a cargo ship in Bermanan DE. Pretty much exactly as Benn discribed it should happen.
Now the information breaks down except that I can put the vin # into the carriers (which I got from Benn) website to see if it got loaded. My vin ends in 999, so far the last vins on the ship that left 1/17/13 are 648 so there are a couple hundred cars waiting to be loaded on the next ship. Its really trial and error as no one can tell you anything other than its sitting in the parking lot. You put in the vin and if no record found you know your car is not on the boat yet. You can go to the Ports webcam and see a sea of cars waiting to be loaded if that make you feel better. Anyway once they load the car, I should be able to search for it, find the ship name and track it. Also the ships manifest will tell you the exact route, ports and date of arrival to my port.
Sorry to hear so many horror stories, except for the long delay around the holidays , my experience has been without incident. I can tell you I live in Pittsburgh and was not happy with the way the sales department at Mini of Pittsburgh treated us. I had approached Benn this past fall about a leftover 2012 CM and he was a very straight forward upfront guy. We hit it off right away and when we decided not to use the Pgh dealership, I called Benn and he was great. He continues to be as well as Ray the Sales Manager. Worth the extra effort to pick it up just to deal with them. If you guys from Mini of Baltimore read this, your the best
Now the information breaks down except that I can put the vin # into the carriers (which I got from Benn) website to see if it got loaded. My vin ends in 999, so far the last vins on the ship that left 1/17/13 are 648 so there are a couple hundred cars waiting to be loaded on the next ship. Its really trial and error as no one can tell you anything other than its sitting in the parking lot. You put in the vin and if no record found you know your car is not on the boat yet. You can go to the Ports webcam and see a sea of cars waiting to be loaded if that make you feel better. Anyway once they load the car, I should be able to search for it, find the ship name and track it. Also the ships manifest will tell you the exact route, ports and date of arrival to my port.
Sorry to hear so many horror stories, except for the long delay around the holidays , my experience has been without incident. I can tell you I live in Pittsburgh and was not happy with the way the sales department at Mini of Pittsburgh treated us. I had approached Benn this past fall about a leftover 2012 CM and he was a very straight forward upfront guy. We hit it off right away and when we decided not to use the Pgh dealership, I called Benn and he was great. He continues to be as well as Ray the Sales Manager. Worth the extra effort to pick it up just to deal with them. If you guys from Mini of Baltimore read this, your the best
Edited: Austria, I stand corrected but close if you simply point at a globe from a distance.
Last edited by weaf27; Jan 23, 2013 at 06:18 PM.
2nd Gear
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 81
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From: Los Angeles
Yes, that is true - all CM production is at the Austria plant that didn't shut down. So that's why that went smoothly for those orders!
4th Gear
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 385
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From: Jacksonville, FL
So today I yelped a review of Creiver Mini of Santa Ana. I was promised an update from the owner on Monday, when I didn't get it, I called on Tuesday, only to find out he was off on Tuesday's. So I called today and talked to him and once again, he promised an update once he sent out his morning emails and made a few calls. Still, I went all day without an update so I emailed. Below is what I received:
Here’s the notes on your production allocation:
Quota [Yr/Mo]:
2013/01
Req. Prod:
2013/01/05
Sub. Req. Prod.:
2013/01/05
Conf. Prod.:
2013/01/05
Est. Prod. Date:
1/29/13
They are saying your MINI is estimated to be completed 1/29/2013. Beyond this we do not know anything else
Thanks,
Kirk
One has to think that req: prod means requested production date. I think that is more like it. My vehicle never had a production date of 12/17. Arghhhhhhhhhhhh
Here’s the notes on your production allocation:
Quota [Yr/Mo]:
2013/01
Req. Prod:
2013/01/05
Sub. Req. Prod.:
2013/01/05
Conf. Prod.:
2013/01/05
Est. Prod. Date:
1/29/13
They are saying your MINI is estimated to be completed 1/29/2013. Beyond this we do not know anything else
Thanks,
Kirk
One has to think that req: prod means requested production date. I think that is more like it. My vehicle never had a production date of 12/17. Arghhhhhhhhhhhh
Req. Prod:
Requested Production on 1/5/1013
2013/01/05
Sub. Req. Prod.:
Submitted Requested Production on 1/5/1013 (actual paperwork sent)
2013/01/05
Conf. Prod.:
Confirmation of Requested Production on 1/5/1013
2013/01/05
Est. Prod. Date:
1/29/13
Estimated Production Date 1/29 2013
I am crossing my fingers that none of this makes any real sense and your car actually gets completed before month's end and not started as that sounds like "estimated production date" is when they start and not a "Completion" date.
4th Gear
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 334
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From: Southern California
Here is what I am reading into this too...
Req. Prod:
Requested Production on 1/5/1013
2013/01/05
Sub. Req. Prod.:
Submitted Requested Production on 1/5/1013 (actual paperwork sent)
2013/01/05
Conf. Prod.:
Confirmation of Requested Production on 1/5/1013
2013/01/05
Est. Prod. Date:
1/29/13
Estimated Production Date 1/29 2013
I am crossing my fingers that none of this makes any real sense and your car actually gets completed before month's end and not started as that sounds like "estimated production date" is when they start and not a "Completion" date.
Req. Prod:
Requested Production on 1/5/1013
2013/01/05
Sub. Req. Prod.:
Submitted Requested Production on 1/5/1013 (actual paperwork sent)
2013/01/05
Conf. Prod.:
Confirmation of Requested Production on 1/5/1013
2013/01/05
Est. Prod. Date:
1/29/13
Estimated Production Date 1/29 2013
I am crossing my fingers that none of this makes any real sense and your car actually gets completed before month's end and not started as that sounds like "estimated production date" is when they start and not a "Completion" date.
4th Gear
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 385
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From: Jacksonville, FL
Sharing something cool that 1-866-Ask-Mini told me about today and they acted like my MA should have already had me signed up for it. Supposedly Mini started video recording "Customer Orders" during some parts of the production of your future Mini at the Oxford plant. The Ask-Mini rep told me that you have to register through your MA but once your Mini Cooper is completed that you are able to go to the OL and watch a short video of your actual Mini being built!!! VERY COOL!
He shared this info like it was something I should already have known after I told him that Mini should have little web cams through out the production process to take snaps of "Customer Ordered" cars and it should auto-upload them to the OL for the future owner(s) to see while they are waiting for their future Mini to arrive home safely.
Of course I emailed me MA instantly and am wondering how it works.
He shared this info like it was something I should already have known after I told him that Mini should have little web cams through out the production process to take snaps of "Customer Ordered" cars and it should auto-upload them to the OL for the future owner(s) to see while they are waiting for their future Mini to arrive home safely.
Of course I emailed me MA instantly and am wondering how it works.
2nd Gear
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 88
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Sharing something cool that 1-866-Ask-Mini told me about today and they acted like my MA should have already had me signed up for it. Supposedly Mini started video recording "Customer Orders" during some parts of the production of your future Mini at the Oxford plant. The Ask-Mini rep told me that you have to register through your MA but once your Mini Cooper is completed that you are able to go to the OL and watch a short video of your actual Mini being built!!! VERY COOL!
He shared this info like it was something I should already have known after I told him that Mini should have little web cams through out the production process to take snaps of "Customer Ordered" cars and it should auto-upload them to the OL for the future owner(s) to see while they are waiting for their future Mini to arrive home safely.
Of course I emailed me MA instantly and am wondering how it works.
He shared this info like it was something I should already have known after I told him that Mini should have little web cams through out the production process to take snaps of "Customer Ordered" cars and it should auto-upload them to the OL for the future owner(s) to see while they are waiting for their future Mini to arrive home safely.
Of course I emailed me MA instantly and am wondering how it works.
My MINI arrived at the dealer today and I got to see a couple of pictures! She is beautiful! You all have to wait until Saturday to see though so I can get some better shots. I'll be picking her up T-60 hours from now. Gosh that sounds so long.
Only a couple more days... must... breathe.
4th Gear
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 334
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From: Southern California
Ooh, do update us on what you find out! That would have been very cool to know!
My MINI arrived at the dealer today and I got to see a couple of pictures! She is beautiful! You all have to wait until Saturday to see though so I can get some better shots. I'll be picking her up T-60 hours from now. Gosh that sounds so long.
Only a couple more days... must... breathe.
My MINI arrived at the dealer today and I got to see a couple of pictures! She is beautiful! You all have to wait until Saturday to see though so I can get some better shots. I'll be picking her up T-60 hours from now. Gosh that sounds so long.
Only a couple more days... must... breathe.
6th Gear
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 4,406
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From: Northeast Ohio
It seems amazing - especially since the large majority of what's left is done by hand not by robot. But much of what's left is almost plug and play...
1st Gear
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 19
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From: Tampa, FL
Finally received my production number on Jan 22nd. The OL says it's 'on order' but if I call 866-ASK-MINI, it shows as 'in production' with an estimated completion date of Jan 31. When my MA sent my prod# on Tues, he said it looks like its scheduled for the 2nd week of Feb. Which one is correct?
2nd Gear
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 81
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From: Los Angeles
The real person at ASKMINI seems to have the best info, at least in my experience so far.
Chris
Chris
Finally received my production number on Jan 22nd. The OL says it's 'on order' but if I call 866-ASK-MINI, it shows as 'in production' with an estimated completion date of Jan 31. When my MA sent my prod# on Tues, he said it looks like its scheduled for the 2nd week of Feb. Which one is correct?
2nd Gear
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 121
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From: Alexandria, Va
I'm loosing my mind I'm so excited! I keep watching the ship on marine traffic..even though she only moves a few inches an hour, at least she is on her way!
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/def...ntery=53.57827
4th Gear
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 385
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From: Jacksonville, FL
Who knows?
Finally received my production number on Jan 22nd. The OL says it's 'on order' but if I call 866-ASK-MINI, it shows as 'in production' with an estimated completion date of Jan 31. When my MA sent my prod# on Tues, he said it looks like its scheduled for the 2nd week of Feb. Which one is correct?
In my opinion I say be optimistic but with a grain of salt as Ask-Mini wants to please you and your Dealer doesn't want to over promise (most don't). Plus if your MA puts a little buffer time in and it shows up a little early you will be really happy but if it shows up after he/she tells you, you will call them and drive them nuts and they know this.
4th Gear
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 334
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From: Southern California
Did you find out your baby was in the paint shop via ASK-MINI or your MA?
4th Gear
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 385
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From: Jacksonville, FL
Oops!
Sharing something cool that 1-866-Ask-Mini told me about today and they acted like my MA should have already had me signed up for it. Supposedly Mini started video recording "Customer Orders" during some parts of the production of your future Mini at the Oxford plant. The Ask-Mini rep told me that you have to register through your MA but once your Mini Cooper is completed that you are able to go to the OL and watch a short video of your actual Mini being built!!! VERY COOL!
He shared this info like it was something I should already have known after I told him that Mini should have little web cams through out the production process to take snaps of "Customer Ordered" cars and it should auto-upload them to the OL for the future owner(s) to see while they are waiting for their future Mini to arrive home safely.
Of course I emailed me MA instantly and am wondering how it works.
He shared this info like it was something I should already have known after I told him that Mini should have little web cams through out the production process to take snaps of "Customer Ordered" cars and it should auto-upload them to the OL for the future owner(s) to see while they are waiting for their future Mini to arrive home safely.
Of course I emailed me MA instantly and am wondering how it works.
I do remember him saying the word "Mini" over and over in our conversation but obviously he was't 100% awake or something. Sorry...I was really excited but it is kind of annoying that they do that for BMW Orders but not Mini Orders, kind of makes me feel 2nd class in BMW's book but maybe BMW has an extra $$$ in the sale price of the BMW's to justify it as I know the high end of BMW is very expensive.
6th Gear
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 4,406
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From: Northeast Ohio
O.K. Got the details: The Ask-Mini employee was on drugs. No, not really he just goofed up and told me all this cool stuff about how they video record sections of your car while it is being built and post it to your owner's lounge once the car is completed. He was right about almost everything expect he meant BMW, not Mini and must have assumed it was for Mini too or got them mixed up in his head. O'well I do remember him saying the word "Mini" over and over in our conversation but obviously he was't 100% awake or something. Sorry...I was really excited but it is kind of annoying that they do that for BMW Orders but not Mini Orders, kind of makes me feel 2nd class in BMW's book but maybe BMW has an extra $$$ in the sale price of the BMW's to justify it as I know the high end of BMW is very expensive.
I do remember him saying the word "Mini" over and over in our conversation but obviously he was't 100% awake or something. Sorry...I was really excited but it is kind of annoying that they do that for BMW Orders but not Mini Orders, kind of makes me feel 2nd class in BMW's book but maybe BMW has an extra $$$ in the sale price of the BMW's to justify it as I know the high end of BMW is very expensive.
4th Gear
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 385
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From: Jacksonville, FL
Thank you
I appreciate you being in our group as you seem to have lots of good info that I enjoy learning like the whole "Batch" thing being a bunch of B.S. as I've been told that by too many people and I know a few others on here that have been too.
Thank you for sharing and I loved the comment "Boatload of grief"
Thank you for sharing and I loved the comment "Boatload of grief"
