WOOOHOOO!! Congrats! Looks very nice. Maybe next week we will join you. Doesn't it seem like there are alot of 36er's on the west coast? Interesting.

 

That is because we are a special group, we are the Mystic MINIs. We will not be plagued by dash rattles or failing hydraulics on our clutches. Climbergirls S-Lites will be nimble and quick. Kissmys's shoulder will be miraculously cured before she takes possession of her MINI, Minx, delivered by the good ship Pegasus. The four Druid High Priest has left us, it is up to us to make our MINIs all that they can be. Unfortunately all the Majik in the world will not help Climbergirl with her mounting credit card debt but the joy she will find in her heretofore unnamed MINI will far offset the interest rate that builds one heck of a MINI.
Boneman is now our shaman, look to him for furthure enlightenment of the MINI expereince. Merlin will be here but on a quest of his own in the high Rocky Mountains.
We are W3606, we are the Mystic MINIs. Sooner than we thought but not soon enough.

So Mote it Be

 

So, the question is, who's going to get vanity tags that read W3606? Tripple-dog dare ya....

 

Brilliant...I would if I hadn't already ordered mine!

 

brilliant... I haven't been triple dog dared in a long time!!
I called in sick today.... bad girl. bad! But, I do have to ready my home for the termite tent tomorrow. Ugh. You know, some people in wk 37 (east coast) are receiving their cars. Does anyone know if the person from wk 34 every received his MINI? Maybe that silver one was his? I think I will call SB today to see if there is any word.

 

I am supposed to call SB in a couple of hours. The manager said she could tell by the codes where exactly the car was. She said they received 3 truck loads of cars yesterday. Woo hoo. Maybe mine is on one of those trucks!!

 

Oooooh I'll cross my fingers for you!

I'm thinking about "bothering" my MA today, which I've never done. I want to go get the paperwork nailed down before I pick it up, do you think that's possible? Like honestly, I'd hand him a check today, if it meant it would get it all over with...

 

I talked to my MA yesterday and he said my MINI was at the VDC and to expect it in about two weeks. That included tranport time to Denver.
He is also going to try to let me trade out the S-lites for 16" wheels and all season runflats.

 

I want to examine my car before I hand over the check. I am not really OCD. well, maybe a little bit when it comes to major purchases. I am sure my MA wished I was more like you! I am not so patient.

 

Mine was just bumped back from the 8th to the 10th. Boo-Hoo

 

I AM OCD! Haha...I think I just want this over with, and I want to be able to strong-arm some stuff out of my MA BEFORE my car gets there and I'm all excited and can't think straight!

 

So, I spoke to the manager at SB. She said that based on the code status, it still needed to be unloaded from the boat. That was current as of saturday. VDC is closed on Sundays. She said she would call the VDC tomorrow and see if the "teamsters" are slowing up cars. She said that if they received a large number of cars, it would slow down the process. I don't think I will see my car until the weekend. :impatient :impatient East coast 37 wkers are taking delivery!! We need to move!

 

My ASK-MINI robot message just went backwards this morning from "Your vehicle is in transit. Please contact your..." to "Your vehicle is at the port awaiting a shipping vessle." I'm hoping this is some kind of mistake.

 

Don't worry -- the same thing happened to me. I got worried and called Ask MINI. The rep. told me that my car was actually sitting at the dock in NYC waiting for transportationt to the VDC.

I think once your MINI actually is in transit, the automated telephone line becomes completely inaccurate. Throughout most of the process, I found the automated line much better than the OL. But once my MINI arrived in the U.S., the OL was much more reliable.

 

BTW, here are some pictures of Nigel. I picked him up Thursday.

 

Yeah, that happens. After we picked up our MINI (which I think is going to be called simply "Motor"), I called the ASK-MINI line, and it said we were still waiting for our shipping...

 

Our MA from MOP called and the mini is now at the dealer! Took over a week to make the few-hour trek from the VPC. Now it's just a matter of paperwork, registration, insurance, etc..I guess that could take longer than the boat ride.

 

Shouldn't take too long. Ours got unloaded from the boat on the 22nd, and was at MOP by Tuesday, and we could've picked it up as early as Friday morning (but we waited until the weekend, Peabody is several hours drive for us).

 

That's a very neat idea . I have already ordered personalized CA plates, but I think I might an EU replica plate (Griots Garage) with W3606 for the front.

 

When I stopped by the VDC on Friday, there really didn't seem to be that many cars there (in the storage area). I'm not sure how many they process per day, but here's hoping it won't take that long for ours to get through.

 

Just spoke with my MA and he showed an arrival date (at VPC?) of 9/30 and quoted me 10/13 (Friday the 13th!) for delivery. Smells of the "underpromise/overdeliver", but I may just be optimistic.

 

Nigel! Very nice looking car!!! Congratulations.

 

Thats what I thought from your photo's. However, There is the one guy from wk 34 who hadn't taken delivery. His car had arrived 9/20. Sooo.. I am a bit uneasy. SB is still hoping they get the car by wed. Hopefully I will hear from them today.

 

who is your dealer?

 

I just emailed my MA at Long Beach. Hopefully he comes back with good news!