Sounds like the 19th will work for me then -- a couple more days on a truck and I'm there! I might be the last one off this thread...

 

You won't be the last. I plan on picking up my Clubman on the 19th as well. There is no way the car will be ready for pickup this weekend.

Anyone on the Triton Leader or Talia get the "Discharged from vessel" message yet on the WWL tracking site?

 

I was never able to find a ship manifest for the Talia or the Triton Leader on the WWL site. Unless I've been looking in all the wrong places. It would be nice to see if it says my car is off the ship yet.

 

On the WWL site, enter the Booking Number or the Bill of Lading number and it will give you the status of all the cars in your group. Also you can type in the first four letters of your VIN followed by the wildcard symbol, %, (percent sign) and it will give you the status for all the cars with those VIN prefixes.

It took the Maersk Wind (arrived at Port of Hueneme one day prior to the Triton Leader and Talia) 24 hour to have her MINI automobile discharge data to be updated. I could tell the data was from the Maersk Wind by looking at the Voyage number.

 

Talia never even shows on the WWL site as a ship, much less inventory.

 

And, according to OL, I'm still in Bremerhaven waiting for a ship.... Hope to heck that's not true!

 

886Askmini had said mine was in transit until it reached the port yesterday, now it says I am in port awaiting a ship. Maybe they are going to sail it from California to New Mexico

 

Lotsa oceans between California and New Mexico -- that's gotta be the plan...

 

Hi UAL....yes, our MCS was discharged from the Talia yesterday at 3pm. Thanks so much for the pictures as the ship went through the Panama Canal and San Diego harbor. I think I told you that our MA called us about 2 weeks ago and said that our car was arriving in port the next day. We had just tracked it through the Panama Canal and knew it would take another week! Told him this, but he was so sure. Dropped by the dealership on Saturday because we were in the area (we live 50 miles away) and wanted to tell them not to bolt on a front license plate frame. He still insisted that it was in port (over a week after he had called us!). Anyhow, I called today to get an estimate of when they think it would get to their dealership. Luckily our MA was off today (I was hoping he was!) and spoke with another MA who knows how to track a vehicle. He said it was already released to the trucking unit and should arrive at the dealership tomorrow or Saturday at the latest!! I was expecting sometime next week. So after 12 weeks, the wait is finally coming to an end. I guess we can handle another day or two of waiting.

 

What is going on with the Countryman tracking? MINI and WWL is making it very difficult for people to track their Countryman. People don't even know if their car is even on a ship yet.

On a brighter note, the three ships (Maersk Wind, Talia, and Triton Leader) that dropped off MINIs in Port of Hueneme the last couple of days were all at Bremerhaven in early February. All three ships combined discharged a total of 644 MINIs at Port of Hueneme. If your Countryman was at Bremerhaven at that time, I am sure your car was on one of those three ships. Good luck to you all.

10flyer
I am so happy to hear that your car will most likely be ready for pickup this weekend. I will be picking up my car next Saturday, March 19. This is my third time tracking a MINI within the past year and half. When I thought my car was going to be loaded on the Maersk Wind, I began tracking it in Germany. I even took a webcam capture of it in Bremerhaven. When I found out my car was on the Talia, I erased the picture.

 

10flyer: This is good news for me then Hopefully my car was also released from the Talia. It's only 4 or 5 hours from LA to Vegas so here's hoping I can pick up my car this weekend!

 

Londonblue: We were told by our dealership that our car was "Priority 1 Status". They said that cars that were special ordered get pulled first. So nice to hear that after such a long wait. Call your dealership. They can check your VIN # and see what has been done with your MINI since it got off the ship.

 

Our Countryman is at the dealer! Picking it up Monday... No front plates. :-)

 

I guess my car has gone off for a joy ride since apparently my MA doesn't know if it's off the boat, on the boat, at the VDC, on a truck.

He did say that it should be at the dealership by Tuesday at the latest so hopefully it's actually on it's way and I just haven't heard from my MA yet.

OL, as always, is of no help and says my car is still En Route.

 

Same here. I'm almost glad I'm on a business trip next week or I'd be waay too antsy. It would be nice if OL got back to being accurate...

 

Well, it is 5pm PST and no word from my MA yet. I didn't think the car will be ready for pickup this weekend anyway. With three ships all arriving at the same time, there is no way they can process over 600 MINIs in three days.

 

Picked up our MINI Friday night!!!! It was processed through the VDC on Thursday (after getting off the ship Wednesday afternoon) and the dealer received it Friday morning. We picked it up at 5 pm. Will post pictures when the accessories are installed. Being first time MINI owners, we were disappointed that they were not installed when we came to get it. Miscommunication on our MA's part.....he led us to believe we would receive it just the way we ordered it. I guess I can see that they don't install accessories on a car that only has a deposit on it. But it would have been nice to be prepared for that! We bring it back in a week when all the parts are in. Luckily our MA was not there. He gave us so much wrong information throughout the whole ordering and waiting process.

Hopefully everyone can find out where their car is. A knowledgeable MA at MINI of San Diego could look up exactly what our car was up to from the time it left the ship.

Our MCS is named Dawg and he is so happy to finally be home!

 

I'm in Murrieta and ordered through MINI of San Diego as well. Who is your MA?

Did you not have the financing paperwork done before the car arrived? I'm surprised to hear that the dealer didn't install any of the accessories...

 

Sounds like your MA dropped the ball. We are about to take delivery of our 3rd MINI and all will be done when we pick it up including the clearbra. I usually email my MA about the time my car is loaded on a ship to remind him of any extras that may need to be installed or NOT installed(front license bracket or dealer swag). So far we've gotten them as promised. It usually means an extra day at the VDC or dealership, but that's fine.
On the one I'm picking up this week, the driving lights will not be installed since there is a back up on the new brackets required for the lights. My MA let me know a few weeks ago, which is all he can do and that's fine with me. He gave me the option of going ahead and putting them on the final invoice so they could be financed along with the car if I go that route. I told him to scrap the lights, since I may look into some others in the meantime.

Annette

 

Nice looking Countryman You are lucky that you only had to wait two months to get your car. I have known cases where people in Hawaii had to wait three months to get their car.

Enjoy your new car!

 

First off, congratulations on getting your MINI.

It sounds like your MA dropped the ball. You should not have to pay for your car until all the accessories you ordered are installed. The only time you would need to pay in advance is if you decided to add accessories to your purchase after your purchase price was already negotiated.

What kind of accessories need to be added?

I am getting sport stripe, roof graphic, mirror caps, and side scuttles. My MA said the accessories are installed at the VDC. I don't know if he meant only the graphics or everything. When the car got off the ship, I sent my MA an email reminding him of the accessories I ordered and told him not to drill my front bumper. When he wrote back, there was no mention I had to pay for the car before they would install stuff. When my friend, Lynn, purchased her Clubman from South Bay MINI last year, the accessories were all installed before she went in to pick up her car.

On a side not, BMW no longer does the auto processing at the Port of Hueneme.

Here is the news link:
http://www.amports.com/news6.html

This company, AMPORTS, now does the auto processing
http://www.amports.com/

 

I had no idea of the change! I hadn't read this anywhere, and it appears from the article that the change took place in September 2009!

 

We added checkered mirror caps and side scuttles, chrome dual exhaust tips, driving lamps, sport stripes, JCW carbon fiber bonnet scoop, and JCW gear shift indicator. Our packages ordered were convenience, premium and sport. Options that were installed were black headlamp housings (those look great!) and a center armrest.

I think it is MINI of San Diego that dropped the ball. They want to make sure you buy the car before they put your accessories on. We spoke with the sales manager who was very nice and he said that a car like ours with all the added features would take 6-8 months on the lot to sell if we decided not to buy it when it showed up loaded with what we ordered. Our point to him was it would have been nice if our MA had told us the accessories would be installed after we paid. Luckily our MA was not there when we took delivery! Another MA gave us the shocking news and apologized for our MA. However she also said that no special order customer had ever ordered accessories. (Yeah, right!) They came back after they owned their MINI to order accessories. She had to have said that because we were quite upset.

Anyhow, it is fun driving Dawg all over the place. He will just have to wait a week until he gets his final touches and is complete.

 

I had no idea either until I stumbled upon it several weeks ago while trying to find out information about a VDC in the San Francisco Bay Area (Benicia.)

 

Glad to hear you are not too terribly upset over it. I imagine the driving lights itself would take a day to install. I read the dealers are having trouble finding parts for the driving light install. I hope you are not affected by it. When you are ready to post pictures of "Dawg," post them up in the 1st Gear or 2nd Gen section. Since we are in the Countryman section, we should respect their territory and post our pictures in the appropriate section.

By the way, why are you still at home replying to this thread? You should be out driving! Take Dawg up to Mount Palomar and enjoy some twisties!