Looks like since my last MINI Waggoners Trucking vehicle transport division was bought out by United Road. Looks like it is possible to do some minimal tracking with them (delivery to dealer only) by entering the last 8 characters of the VIN on the delivery receipts page (). I checked a MINI that I know was on the Torino and it worked . My car is not showing anything ATM.

 

The Volans Leader is on its way to Long Beach now. Looks like it is still on schedule for a 12/16 arrival in Port Hueneme . Hopefully it will not be as crazy at the VPC when it arrives. How many cars are on the booking number?

 

My F54 was apparently loaded onto a truck yesterday. Should be at the dealer sometime today . Now I need to figure out whether they can sell it to me this week. MINI is saying that the F54 will be available in Jan so they might hold my car until then .

 

Don't know how to tell.

 

Its the quantity under voyage details. Mine looked like this:

GB1594263 GBSOU1372877 MANON CD546-MAN SOUTHAMPTON 20-11-2015 PORT HUENEME, CA 10-12-2015 257

So, there were 257 MINIs from Southampton -> Port Hueneme.

 

Just got off the phone with ASKMINI and the ETA to my dealer has been moved up a day. Looks like it will be there TOMORROW!!

 

Nice! I am in the same boat. ASK MINI says it left the VPC on Sunday but they expect it at the dealer tomorrow. Still no deliver receipt on united road so looks like MINI was right this time (was early last time).

 

And where do I view the voyage details for an NYK line vessel?

The Volans Leader is moored in Long Beach at the moment.

 

Yours didnt end up showing on the 2w site? No way to tell then. I have been tracing back some cars using 2w that ended up being on NYK. Was trying to see if I could figure out the vpc processing time.

Oh well. Your car will be in port soon! Looks like priority 1 cars are processing in 1-2 days right now.

 

The VL recently docked in Port Hueneme.

 

Nice! If they get to your car as fast as the priority 1 cars on the Manon they should have it on a truck before the end of the week.

 

Hey eno, any update on your car? Is it at the dealer? Are they really going to hold on to the car and not let you take delivery?

 

Unfortunately no . ASK MINI indicated the vehicle left the VPC on Sunday and would be here by 12/16. Since the drive is about 16 hours from the Port Heuneme VPC to Sandia MINI it looks like it didn't actually leave on a truck until at least Tuesday. My MA is expecting it sometime today (on one of 18 trucks they and the BMW side are expecting before the end of the year). I will provide an update once I get the call.

 

Also, for those that haven't seen this yet. If your car has been delivered to the dealer you can usually find out using this site: https://www.unitedroad.com/delivery-receipts/. Just enter the last 8 characters of the VIN. Still nothing for my car.

 

Four other MINI's were already delivered to my dealer today, according to this website. Hopefully mine is on a different truck.

 

Just got a call from Sandia MINI. My car just got delivered! The VIN in now pulling up a delivery receipt. It was on the same truck as all their launch Clubmans (which were not at the dealer for the Monday launch).

Getting PDI'd today and tinted tomorrow. Probably will take delivery on Saturday morning .

 

Awesome!

I'm hoping mine shows up today so I can go in tomorrow and do all the deal paperwork. They still need to install my JCW Pro Suspension, front splitters, and get the trim parts painted before delivery. I'm shooting for next Sunday to take delivery.

 

Pictures from my MA:

 

Probably will be there today. Seattle is not much further (~6 hours more) from Port Hueneme than Albuquerque.

 

The Eagle has landed! Just waiting for my MA to send me over some pictures.

 

For information purposes. These are the 8 cars on the truck that carried my car:

1 F55 arrived on the Tiger on 7/31/2015 (!!! That is a long processing time)
2 F54 arrived on the Bess on 11/12/2015
1 5 series ship unknown (NYK)
1 F54 arrived on the Manon on 12/10/2015 (mine)
1 M3 arrived on the Torino on 12/04/2015
1 X1 arrived on the Torino on 12/04/2015
1 F54 arrived on the Glorious Leader 10/28/15

From what I can tell my car was the only priority 1 car. The rest were priority 3-4.

 

Just got an email, our car is at the dealer, it could be ready tomorrow, but we have a prior commitment most of the day, we'll have to see if we can make it back into town in time.

My status in the OL never changed past En Route. Could it have gone through the VDC that fast? Or, maybe it actually was on an earlier ship???

 

Aaaaaaaand.....here it is!
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...n-arrival.html

 

Picked it up on a rare rainy day in So Cal. The OL status now says at VDC, how funny.

 

Picked up mine today as well. Was a nice day for motoring


Fun to drive though I am still not used to the rev matching when I downshift. Definitely a faster car than my previous R55 Clubman.