Oh, that makes sense. Good to know, thanks!

 

Yeah... Marriottsville Rd is a nice road to drive but you see deer along the road about half the times you drive it. Rt 77 across Frederick County... even better road but even more deer. I've often said, you drive the roads around here often enough, only a matter of time until you hit a deer or a deer hits you.

Checked the tracking site today, Michigan Highway must already be out of range of AIS sites, not showing up on the "radar". Oh well, must mean it's hauling butt and well into it's journey. And much to my satisfaction, my status on the WW inquiry site still shows "loaded on vessel" as the last status.

 

Wow, CR&PW&JB – I guess you do get special treatment if you've bought a bunch of MINIs. It appears everything above deck on the Michigan Highway was painted White Silver (with Chili Red trim) just for you!

 

Yeah, the paint dried just in time for the voyage. They got the White Silver a bit too dark. I was going to have them re-do the whole thing but I thought... ehhh, I would rather not delay the trip.

 

You do know you can track it all the way on sailwx.info, right? As of the last report there, the Michigan Highway was almost through the English Channel: http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shi...html?call=7JCW. The system updates hourly (except when it doesn't ), but you can watch the movement across the North Atlantic (yes, it's a red dot on a blue background) in the charts below the map.

 

Thanks, Spa. Wasn't aware of that site but seems that data is pretty old. The ship passed through the Channel last evening and was well into the Celtic Sea (first part of the North Atlantic) when I last checked before going to bed last night. Guessing it's out of tracking for that website, too.

No biggie... will just wait until it gets closer to port in a few days. Although it is fun to watch the progress across the water. Maybe it will be in range of some other AIS sites sooner.

Thanks again !

 

That's surprising - it was pretty accurate for mine, once it figured out the difference between east and west longitude. OTOH, the charts below the map were always reasonably close, as long as the ship reported its position and despite what the map sometimes said. I wonder if the difference is that the Carmen was a WW ship?

Update: I just figured out what's going on. The Michigan Highway hasn't reported its position to sail.wx for 24 hours. I'd just keep watching the page to see if the charts update (assuming, of course, that the MH hasn't been sunk by Fiat pirates).

 

I don't think the tracking sites are specific to ownership but I may be wrong.

Or maybe the MH is taking a top secret path to arrive sooner since it's carrying a MINI for such a valued customer.

 

Oh, well then... I guess I better hope the ship is well insured !!

 

That moment when you look at pics of your future MINI and are suddenly reminded of what a sweet ride it will be!

Oh the joy of the waiting game...

 

Yours is at the dealership, Lili ?!?! AWESOME !!

 

I wouldn't think so either, but maybe there's a difference in shipping company policies on location reporting requirements. Who knows - it's just another part of the whole minaccurate MINI Tracking System. At least it's fun trying to make the system work – until frustration sets and you smash your computer.

It's time for a drive ...

 

No, not yet! As I've never seen an Eclipse Grey Bayswater in person before ordering, I can only admire pics found online, such as the one I posted.

Tombarra is supposed to reach the Halifax Port on Tuesday.

 

Oh, so you were teasing us !

Tuesday will be here before you know it.

I tried doing that, too, find a photo of one online that mine will look like. Came relatively close but can't find one with red bonnet stripes. I guess that's a good thing.

 

Simply wanted to give you guys a sneak peek of what my new MINI will look like! I hadn't looked at pics of my car's configuration in a while, and bam! Level of excitement went through the roof again!

It is a good thing that you're having trouble finding pics of what yours will look like, means it will be unique. Same here. Most Bayswaters appear to be Kite Blue or Midnight Black. Very hard to find Eclipse Grey BWs.

I'll be refreshing my browser a lot on Tuesday. Think you can relate!

 

If that's the twin of yours... quite a looker !

I most definitely can relate to refreshing the browser. I think I've refreshed my computer screens at least 300 times in the last week alone.

 

Man, I missed a few days on the site (work, family birthday party, etc) and it took me an hour just to catch up! Much drama and funny posts.

Congrats to all new and soon to be new owners. Got word last night from my MA that my clubby was released to the trucking company yesterday. It reached Brunswick on Weds so it was 3 days which seems to be pretty typical.

Will have her in a couple of days now. North Georgia mountains here we come.

 

The Tiger is on schedule to hit the Gatun locks tomorrow at 6:00am Pacific.

 

Can't say I wish mine were going through the canal but must be pretty cool watching that live camera of the passage. Geez, so cool, I might watch YOURS go through.

 

LOL... Great! There goes my productivity tomorrow morning.

 

Were you really going to be all that productive anyway ??

 

No Chance!

 

I'd like to see a chart showing productivity of MINI buyers as their MINIs go through production, transportation, VPC, and dealer prep.

 

ha ha I would like to see a chart also... I would be curious.. Its funny at work everyone always asks me hows the MINI coming along? Just as that happens I seem to have to check and see..