Awesome, thanks. I guess I'll pull the trigger on a Euro plate one, and then I'll just have to get a US one when I get back to the States.

 

We have a no front plate State here. I will save my OEM or buy your Plate Mount When you get here. I have a nice British Plate I'd like to put on. If your not finishing your tour soon, let me know and I'll look one out while I'm on Holiday in July.

BTW thanks for your service. :salute: (we need more smilies)

 

If anybody is looking for her, or not, she showed up on marinetraffic.com at 0708.

 

Thanks. However, I don't come back to the states for a year, and even then the Army is so broke due to budget cuts that they are talking about freezing all PCS moves (Permanent Change of Station) across the Army to save money.

I wouldn't mind it, since the pay is about 30% higher here, but I've been here 3 years now, 4 when I head back and I am kinda tired of it and missing the States.

 

Those are excellent although I wish they were tailored a bit more for Mini only, I guess BMW is the next best thing for comparison.

 

The one thing I'm not as concerned about is getting the explanation about how things work while I'm at the dealership... As long as I know enough to get the car off the lot - I'll figure out the rest with the manual.

Confirming everything works - that I'll do. But if I'm pretty sure that I won't remember how it works once I get more than 15 minutes off the lot...

 

She's docked in the next slip way from the ferry that takes you to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

 

Better not be - it'll take three tugs and a tide swing to get her back out...

 

Actually I was thinking like that until I read the checklists and it makes perfect sense for your MA to show you EVERYTHING but make sure EVERYTHING is demoed that way you get confirmation that everything works which is about half the items you would need to check right there...! Done, moving on to the other half...

 

Any one get confirmation that Athens Highway made it to port and is docked? I can't find it on any of the marine sites or searches. Supposedly the last ETA was docking at 5 AM something.

 

No I went with the US Mill Works lightened "snug fit" mount.

http://www.usmillworks.com/

A little spendy but this thing is very nicely made and fits great. Like another poster said I also used my level to get it completely straight horizontally because I am so OCD!!! Mine looks just like the pictures on the site showing it mounted on a red JCW.

 

Sadly I've discovered the hard way that not every MA (or car sales person in general) has the knowledge to show you how everything works, let alone explain it to you. (But make sure you give them all 5's on their survey or they failed ). I've had several sales people give me blank looks or incorrect information about a feature during the pickup presentation, heck last night my wife and I were in the garage with the manual for her car adjusting the programming - because turns out the car can do something that our salesguy was "pretty sure" it can't do... Don't be surprised if you're more knowledgeable about your new MINI when than your MA when you arrive for delivery...

Oh - and it looks like Athens Highway has turned their AIS receiver off when she pulled into port...

 

Don't tell me that, I may have to drive to Charleston just to see yours before mine gets here. A sort of, "Mini Fix" if you know what I mean.

 

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Right, my MA went thru the radio stuff, heater ect, but when it got cold, how do you get the fogging of the windows off. Never have quite figured that one out, they still fog up even when I push the A/C button. Still have never gotten the stations and how to set them. Shucks all I listen to is talk radio and Sirius 50's, 60's and 70's music. Cous'n Brucey.

 

I can't believe that Cous'n Brucey is still alive! I remember my parents listening to him on WCBS when I was like 5 or 6 years old. I'm now .... .... a lot more years older than that...

 

Oh! I like that one! Thanks for the linky!

 

In my opinion, and I never listened to him back then, he's the best. Other than Wolfman Jack, back in the 60's, but he's no longer with us.

I grew up in the Midwest and listened to WLS in Chicago. **** Biondi and others were great then.

 

A bit off topic but hey....we have to pass the time till these little puppies here, right? I grew up in Charlotte and we had "The Big Ways" with Jack Gayle and Jay Thomas. Jay was on Letterman one night telling about when the Lone Ranger came to town. This is absolutely hilarious.

 

Good news! One step closer, my baby girl finished production (born) on 2/21/13! Bubble gum cigars for everyone! LOL! Now the wait begins.

 

It's a very wide slipway, and they don't use tugs, with thrusters they can spin round in their own length. She's sitting there with the ramps down, unloading.

 

You're thinking the wrong ship We were talking about the Honor, which is still off Nova Scotia and is headed direct to Baltimore. It better not go to New York...

The Manon - which is the ship I think you were talking about is over in Bayonne offloading - which is where she should be

 

Found Athens Highway looks like she got in at 4:44 AM according to what I am reading. Maybe getting in so early will help make up for part of the one day behind schedule issue.

 

Really funny...Thank you for sharing.

Why am I in this support forum...? O'yeah...waiting on my Mini...I actually forgot for a moment...at least the smile is still on my face as that was funny. Probably more for us slightly older folks as I remember watching the Lone Ranger as a kid.

 

Yeah, the sad part is that I can vividly remember the big hair and platform shoes in addition to the Lone Ranger, Cisco Kid (Awwww.....Pancho). This whole Mini thingy is like birthing a kid again. But, you only grow old if you allow yourself too. Wait til I blow the doors off my sons SUV with my new Mini.

 

Come on then, lets just go to Brunswick.