This will be our first MINI! and boy, are we excited!

My wife originally wanted this car, and I got hooked soon. Now, I am more excited than she is.

I finalized the order of our 2012 Countryman last August 27 and was told that they started production on the 30th.

Now, it's wait and see!

 

Just called 866-Ask-Mini, and Nathan informed me that they started production on our MINI last August 28.

Today, he told me that the car is in the Paint Shop. YES!!!

 

Thats great ...My CM was finished on 8/31 ...join us over on https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ort-group.html

 

Thanks, Will do

 

Just picked mine up on Friday! I keep looking for an excuse to go drive it! I totally love it!

 

Lucky dog! You won't run out of excuses if you have such a great car like yours.

 

Pics, if you could.

 

Just called ASKMINI and was told that she's all "completed". Will have to wait more...

 

Thats great

 

Just checked MiniUSA Owner's Lounge, it says she's awaiting transport.

 

I will try to take some pics this weekend.

 

Congrats! My first Mini is in production, so I know what you are feeling!

 

Thanks!

 

Automated ASKMINI told me that she's being transported to the Port of Exit. I wonder where would that be?

 

For a Countryman that means that it's taking a train from Graz, Austria to Bremerhaven, Germany where it will catch a boat across the ocean.

 

Thanks for the info! When are you expecting yours? Exciting, right?

 

It's on a boat that arrives in NYC on the 19th. Should be at the dealer within a few days (just has to get from Jersey City to Manhattan, only a few miles).

We ordered on July 27th and had to deal with a two week factory vacation in the middle of that. So the waiting has tempered the excitement a little!

 

Only a few more days.

 

Wow, just looked at the map - didn't realize they were so far apart - about 700 mi.

 

Thanks.
It gets exciting as the day draws nearer, although I don't know when that day is. Already looking at things to add-on to the car.

 

Yeah, doesn't 'sound' far - Austria to Germany. A 10.5 hour drive according to Google maps.

What's frustrating is my car left Bremerhaven on the 5th, and 4 days later it's in Belgium, a mere 6 hour drive away. Sometimes the ability to track all this stuff is really a curse.

I'll be glad when all this waiting is over!

 

How are you able to track yours? ASKMINI is automated on weekends, so the only message I got is that "the car is being transported to the Port of Exit".

 

Mostly I've just been listening to the automated robot at ASK-MINI. It's slighty behind (maybe 24 hours) reality, but as long as all of your updates are behind by the same amount it doesn't make much difference.

If it makes it on a WW vessel then you can work out what boat it's on and there are plenty of sites that you can use to see where the boat is. You can also work out its schedule at the WW site.

My car was in the "being transported" state for 2 days, then spent 7 days before the robot decided my car was on the boat. The WW site showed my VIN the day before that (which was the day after it already left). And now the boat is waffling at the port in Belgium! (Pun unfortunately intended...) They need to get going, I want my car!

 

mmmm....waffles....

 

yes...Waffles and lots of beer (in a toast to its Anglo/Germanic Heritage) seems to make the time go by faster ..