What ship? Mine is on the Don Juan with the 10/2 date for NY.

 

I think you have the wrong person, perhaps a similar username? I am not canceling mine, I am extremely excited for mine and per mini it was built to my specs.

 

I too am on the Don Juan, perhaps our mini's are roommates haha. Where did you order yours from? I am in Northern NJ

 

I get my vehicle info and build sheet but no photos? Does everyone else get photos? I get the full list of options however. I am using chrome on my macbook pro and nothing will show up.

 

Seems like it was a comedy of errors and will turn out okay. In short: it wasn't on the print-out that I brought into the dealer, which the MA used to turn into the order. Didn't catch this on the VIR. So yeah, dumb customer syndrome. BUT, as the GM of the dealer just said to me, "We should have caught that." Of all the options, heated seats are the one that everyone in this neck of the woods orders.

So, I have no recourse but to get aftermarket heated seats, which, according to the GM, are better than MINI's, since they go up the back too. Same price. GM had nothing but high regards for the vendor that they partner with. He said that while I'm at 85% customer satisfaction, he's going to see what he can do to get me to 100%. What that means, I have no idea, but I hope it's something. I guess I'm at peace with the whole thing (especially since I'm the dummy who didn't have it on the printout).


Really psyched to be reading about all of your MINIs taking a cruise together soon, or just finishing one. They will be rested and relaxed for their new lives with you.

 

My dealer is on Long Island. That's three of us on the Don Juan, there is another member, Dogwhistle that also said he was aboard.

 

ha I was confused 2!! then I went back and looked at earlier posts. It was a member with the handle "Paceman14S" no "All4" . Understandable confusion .

Like your choice of colors all around!!!

 

I just ran this link in Explorer, Firefox and Google chrome on my inferior Windows laptop and all three worked with pictures. Maybe another member with an Apple will weigh in on their chrome experience.

Sorry could not help more with the chrome issue you may be having witht his link

 

I have an iMac and tried it with Safari and Chrome and got the pictures with both.

 

TDave
I noticed the "S823A Heissland-Ausfuhrung...Hot-climate version" on my vin decoded.. Made me laugh, I ordered the "Cold Weather Package".
I suppose, about anywhere in the USA south of the Canadian Border may be considered Hot-Climate compared to Germany. My Mini will indeed be in a Hot weather climate and perhaps a Cold Weather climate in the same day without moving.

They did leave off my special order passenger "Schledersitz". I was hoping to surprise my sister-in law.

 

I doubt those are pictures of the actual car on the VIN website. I don't think the car is ever in pristine delivery condition until the dealer preps it. There will be crap stuck all over it in various places. Also, my interior photo doesn't have an auto-dimming mirror, while the exterior picture is correct. Still nice images though!

 

Wow I've tried it on my iPad and Safari and nothing...? Maybe mine doesn't have a picture.

 

I used Firefox on my Mac laptop to acquire the images from the BMW website. No problem. By the way, the images are not real. My exterior image has a faux European license plate with "MINI" on the front. I doubt it comes that way from Oxford.

 

Some great MINI production videos if you haven't checked them out yet:




Enjoy!

 

That is exceptionally cool. Frank

 

And one for the paranoid among us.

 

Directly from the National Hurricane Center...I had to post this as a follow-up to the hurricane video:

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 PM EDT MON SEP 23 2013 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.

 

Glad you figured out what happened, and you have what appears to be a good solution. Heated seat backs are really a better option. What is the cost of adding the aftermarket heated seats as compared with the MINI OEM heated seats?

I had heated seats on my first MINI (a 2010 Convertible S), but didn't order them on my new 2014 Roadster S. I almost never used them. since this is our "nice weather toy" and it is put into storage during the winter. We live in a rural area where 4 wheel drive is almost mandatory in the winter.

What your GM wants is for you to give them "10s" on the MINI satisfaction survey. Since they are working to fix the problem (irrespective of who made the mistake), seems like they may deserve the 10s.

Good luck with your new MINI!

 

That is good news after watching that video. A coworker told me he ordered a Volvo almost ten years ago and the cargo ship sank in the English Channel. He had to reorder and wait longer.

 

Turandot just anchored in Jersey City a bit ahead of schedule. Lets hope the unloading and customs process goes quickly!

The she can make her way to Brunswick for others who are awaiting her arrival.

 

Almost there, SC. If your ship arrives today, isn't it possible to get delivery by 9/26 or 9/27? I heard VDC turnaround is roughly 48 hours. I imagine your Connecticut (New York?) dealership is fairly close, so ground transport shouldn't take long.

 

The Turandot is at Customs. It will move to the vehicle unloading area later today. The unloading area is the slip to the northwest of where she now is docked. Frank

 

The vehicle unloading area will be the northern slip in this shot:

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/def...0.6968&zoom=14

 

Sorry folks, that last link appears to be off. NY MINIs are presently being unload at:

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/def...0.6671&zoom=14

 

Getting Closer!

The Toronto is lining up outside the harbor entrance to the Panama canal!

Track it here

(edit - actually looks like it's about to dock in Manzanillo - probably to offload some Panamanian BMW/Mini orders?)