Ordered my 4th MINI last month and I now have a confirmed production week of week 45, 2015. The order is an 2016 F54 Clubman S manual transmission, moonwalk grey, loaded. Current status: 150 (In Production). Likely arriving Port Hueneme Dec 9. Anyone else have an order completing week 45?

 

Congratulations. Looks like Christmas will come a little early for you this year.

 

I do, I do!

I called last Friday and they said I was scheduled for week 45. But the owners lounge still says "on order". This is my first MINI and I'm beyond excited, as I've been saving for my next car for about 5 years and this car specifically for about 1.5 years.

I went with an F56 JustaCooper... British Racing Green, White Roof, White Stripes, Silver Victory Spoke Wheels. JCW Interior with Double Stripe Carbon Black Sport Seats. Fully loaded package and heated seats. Manual Transmission.

Yahoo!!!

 

I just called and my status was finally updated to "In Production" with a completion date of November 6. Yahoo!!!

 

In the meantime, I ordered a bunch of car care supplies from Adam's and the order arrived. I'll be all set to get the paint sealed up and ready for the winter

 

Nice! ASK MINI is giving a completion date of 11/4 for my F54. Really good chance it will be on the WW Manon arriving in Port Hueneme on 12/09.

Not long now before week 45 cars start going into the body shop to start assembly .

 

Congratulations on your first MINI order! They are great little cars and a lot of fun to drive (especially with the 6-speed getrag transmission).

 

Thanks. Your Clubman sounds cool too. Looks like you'll be one of the first to get one?

 

Mine's scheduled to complete on Nov 6th as well.

 

Nice. Looks like yours will be on the WW Manon as well. Leaves Bremerhaven for Southampton on 11/15.

 

Production status is now 151 - Body shop started. Still estimating it will be complete on Wed

 

Cool!!!! I just called, and mine hasn't entered the body shop just yet, but it's still scheduled for completion on Friday. Looks like there are two WW ships leaving Southampton (for Baltimore) on the 9th. I'm guessing that I'll be on one of those.

 

My completion date has moved up to the 5th.

 

Nice. Your car should be in the body shop today.

 

Production status is now 152 - Paint shop started. Getting that moonwalk grey on!

 

So according to the "How to Track Your MINI" thread here in 1st gear, if we are on WW, then we should be able to confirm our ship by entering the VIN into their website. My VIN shows no results, which means that A) I'm either not on WW as I thought, B) My car hasn't been entered into their system yet, or C) Their cargo tracking website doesn't work like did when that thread was written.

For my situation, I'm assuming that my car just isn't in their records yet. Maybe that happens when it's actually loaded, and not before.

Any experience/thoughts on this?

 

My first order was on a NYK-Line ship (Procyon Leader) which did not have any tracking. I had to ask the salesman to look it up.

Second order was on a WW ship (Madame Butterfly). I was only able to track the VIN a couple of days before sailing. Think they only schedule the cars with the carrier once they arrive in Southampton. It takes 1-2 days after the vehicle is complete to get to Southampton so you may want to try again on the 7th or 8th.

 

Sounds good. Thanks for the input!

 

Production status is now 155 - Production complete. bimmer.work now shows a production date of 11/4/2015 for the VIN

Vehicle Identification Number WMWLN9C57G2BXXXXX
Type LN93
Model Cooper S - USA
Development Code F54
Chassis CL
Steering LL
Doors 4
Engine B46M
Displacement 2.00
Power 141
Drivetrain FRONT
Transmission MECH
Color Moonwalk Grey - MET
Upholstery Stoff Double Stripe / Carbon Black - BZE1
Production Plant
Production Date 2015-11-04

 

Hmm, the WW Torino is 2 days behind schedule. I hope there is a chance for my F54 to get on that ship

Planned ship movements can be found by going to: http://www.southamptonvts.co.uk/Live...ned_Movements/

 

How exciting to know that your car is complete!!!! Yahoo

 

Looks like my car is in Southampton now. ASK MINI won't be able to give anymore details until it arrives at the VDC in Port Hueneme . Still waiting for the VIN to show up on the WW track and trace. Hoping it gets loaded on the Torino which is currently moored in Zeebrugge, Belgium.

 

I just checked and mine entered the paint shop today. I'm still on track to be completed tomorrow.

 

Nice! Inching closer to completion. The paint shop takes about 1 day. There are some good videos online that show some of the process. After that it will head to assembly then quality control. By the time you check tomorrow it will probably be at 160 - Released to distribution.

 

Torino is underway from Zeebrugge. Next stop Southampton.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/.../vessel:TORINO