Production Week 18 Support Group
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5th Gear
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Yup, same here. No new info! GAH! OK...NOW I am starting to get impatient!:impatient It will even be worse once I know His Royal Highness is complete and on a boat and I still won't be able to drive it!
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We're just forgotten I'm afraid...you don't think they would fib us on the completion date would they? ASKMINI told me today that they I should know something definitely by 5/1 -- the day my MCS is complete. I've seen on other threads that they update where your car is in the production process (i.e., body shop, paint shop, etc...) but that doesn't seem to be happening with any of us. OK, I'm done wigging.
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I dont even have a completion date. For all I know it could be being built now!!!!! Ok, so probably not, but the live people have been telling me I should see something by the end of the week.
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They've been saying the same thing to me and still nada.
No completion date? Wouldn't they know when your MCS will be done if it is going to be complete by next week?
All of this doesn't make a shred of sense to me. Why is week 18 so neglected? Why don't they tell us? Why don't they update the darn automated system? AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH
No completion date? Wouldn't they know when your MCS will be done if it is going to be complete by next week?
All of this doesn't make a shred of sense to me. Why is week 18 so neglected? Why don't they tell us? Why don't they update the darn automated system? AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH
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From: Los Angeles
Originally Posted by AndyWSea
Yeah, no kidding! Hopefully we will be on a WW ship and not a NYK. WW has much better tracking.
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5th Gear
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well, once we get a vin, you can always try to track a shipment through the NYK or WW site. NYKs online tracking sucks, but WW is VERY good. You can always call NYK service as well.
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From: Los Angeles
Originally Posted by mininini
Question is, will we know when they are on the ship? Will ASKMINI know??????
I agree the NYK website is useless.
I wasn't on a WW ship, but judging by other posts, it seems to be excellent. Just don't get excited about being booked on a particular ship, wait until the WW status shows loaded.
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From: Lake Stevens, WA
Originally Posted by TouringComet
From recent history, most west coast cars are shipped via NYK, not WW. The NYK website scheduler never showed me any ships, but they seem to leave Southampton every couple of weeks. I just missed one NYK ship, and waited just over two weeks for the next one. Meanwhile, a couple of WW ships came and went. In a number of other order tracking threads I've seen, only one WW ship going to Port Hueneme was reported as having MINIs on it, out of maybe 10 WW ships shown as being scheduled for the PH run in that time span. There is always the possibility of change, and for the better tracking I wish all of us could go via WW ships, but this is has been my observation.
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Oh, and forgot to say that the Orion Leader is NYK...they are the primary shipper to the West Coast for Minis. I must say though that they really have no good ship tracking. WW has them beat by a mile in that department.
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Hey all,
Bad news 1st -- no updates for my MCS, good news -- ASKMINI says that once your MINI is actually being built, their system is updated daily. So I'd check it everyday (pesty, but hey, it's our MINIs so tough on the cust serv people!).
Anyone got any updates?
Bad news 1st -- no updates for my MCS, good news -- ASKMINI says that once your MINI is actually being built, their system is updated daily. So I'd check it everyday (pesty, but hey, it's our MINIs so tough on the cust serv people!).
Anyone got any updates?
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On the phone with a live person now, checking, checking, checking...
BAH! Nothing new!
Also, Asked about weekend production, he said that he is pretty sure the plant is closed over the weekends.
BAH! Nothing new!
Also, Asked about weekend production, he said that he is pretty sure the plant is closed over the weekends.
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That sucks.
How can that be? I called ASKMINI this am and the guy told me that they should be building my MCS today and that it takes 6 days to finish...my MCS is suppose to be done by 5/1 (Monday)!
We are being bamboozul'd...not fair, not fair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How can that be? I called ASKMINI this am and the guy told me that they should be building my MCS today and that it takes 6 days to finish...my MCS is suppose to be done by 5/1 (Monday)!
We are being bamboozul'd...not fair, not fair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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OK, spoke to a very nice guy @ ASKMINI just now and he says my MCS is in the body shop, started today and I should be in the paint shop by Friday -- keeping my fingers crossed.
He says that production continues over the w/e but that the system doesn't get updated during that time.
OK -- progress. Doug's is the cust rep guy's name. He listened. He researched. He rocks!
I'm whole again until we get loaded on the boat -- whichever one that is.
He says that production continues over the w/e but that the system doesn't get updated during that time.
OK -- progress. Doug's is the cust rep guy's name. He listened. He researched. He rocks!
I'm whole again until we get loaded on the boat -- whichever one that is.
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That super duper sucks.
Doug the cust rep said that even though it was projected back around 4/14 that production was ahead of schedule, a MINI probably got held up in production -- mostly to due to customer-last-minute-option-changes -- probably why you don't know anything yet.
One stalled MINI holds up others MINI production -- MINI Bottlenecking
Doug the cust rep said that even though it was projected back around 4/14 that production was ahead of schedule, a MINI probably got held up in production -- mostly to due to customer-last-minute-option-changes -- probably why you don't know anything yet.
One stalled MINI holds up others MINI production -- MINI Bottlenecking
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