Fortunately my husband and I were bitten with the bug at the same time! We started out with the Audi club (enthusiasts, not the home country branded stuff) and have worked our way into BMW and my husband is in with NASA as well. I get crap cause I'm a girl and not as aggressive as he is (yet). Maybe I'll start doing gymkhanas and show them all!

 

What's next? The Toronto on the 2nd, and the Don Juan on the 8th? And holy crap it's leap-year this year?! (because it would be funny to be on a ship named Bess, except that it's shipping on the 29th).

 

I don't think so.. All the boats appear to be in and out on time and the cars fill up and go away on the web cam. I guess we just have to wait a bit...

 

Yeah lets all hope for the Toronto!!! I have one called Courage that comes to GA leaving on the 4th, but as I found out with the Integrity, they don't all carry Mini's I guess... That's just plain dumb! How can a boat not carry Mini's?!

 

there's always room for another MINI! I'm sure of it!

 

I know right!! I mean really... I'm sure there had to be some little empty spots they could have fit us into!

 

Mini took a 12 day break over the holidays which explains why there have been so many delays. My Mini completed on January 24 and is now waiting for a ship. I was hoping he would be on Integrity. No such luck apparently. Bummer.

 

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Yeah that 12 day break killed me as my car was on the last day of production before X-mas but didn't get finished until Jan 9th. I would be driving it now if they only took a week off.

 

My wonderful MiniPerson sent me this today :(

"We had a bunch of MINIs awaiting a boat, now it just shows yours and another customers there. With that said, unfortunately I think it's still there. Good news is that it will be first in the next boat! "

So Feb 2nd here we come!!!

 

I bet mine was the other one! I ordered my car in November. Boo.

 

Haha! I'm sorry it's not funny, I bet that sucks!! Why is it taking so long?! At least Rupert has company

 

Mine is waiting / hoping to get onto the Toronto too !! Please I hope it does! Selling my car on Saturday, so I'll be a good 3 weeks without a car.

 

We ordered ours Nov 23 2011 and it got to Cali on Saturday. My salesman told me probably 2 more weeks to get to dealer.

 

Lucky you! I ordered Nov 30 and here I am, still waiting for him to leave Bremerhaven and I live on the East Coast! Man oh man.

 

you get your VIN yet? OL says my completion date is Feb 6

 

My CM4 is currently in the paint shop and is scheduled to be completed today. Any chance i can make on the 2/1 ship?

 

Hate to burst your bubble, but it is aleast a day to get from Graz to Bremerhaven.

Here is my timeline

11/23 – order - MA
12/01 – VIR - MA
12/05 - Prod. #/ On order - MA/ASKMINI
12/09 - Sched. for production (112) - MA Email
12/16 - Vin#/ production started (150) - MA Email
12/20 – estimate completion- 01/09 - ASKMINI
12/21 – Entry in Body shop/ Assign Serial # (151) - MA Email
12/22 – In the Paint Shop (152) - ASKMINI
01/09 – Production Complete (155) - MA Email/ ASKMINI
01/10 – Awaiting Release to Carrier (?) - ASKMINI
01/11 – Dispatched from AG (190) - MA Email
01/13 – Arrived at Port of Exit(193) AskMINI
01/19 – Showed up on ship Tortugas Manifest due in NY 02/01
01/31 – now due in NY 02/02

 

We ordered on the same day but mine got done on 12/19 and left on the Morning Composer on 12/30.

 

Placed my order late on 1/19.
OL says I'm waiting for production. MA quoted about 7 weeks after order.

I'm near DC so not far from Baltimore (BALPOA) which means less time on a boat.

All in all I'm pretty happy with the purchase process. We got the price down almost 2k under MSRP for a custom order and the 2.9% financing locked in as well.

Only compromise with the wife was the color. I liked the Cosmic Blue, she liked the S(m)urf Blue and we settled on True Blue. Also decided against leather lounge seats to save another 2 grand. Most people's complaints about the standard leatherette seats seem to stem from being too big to fit them and we're pretty athletically shaped.

Otherwise I loaded up on nifty options (nav, sport suspension, adaptive xenon, auto ac, comfort access, the glass roof for the wife...) and the ultimate price wasn't awful.


I also managed to head over to the DC Auto Show over last weekend and looked at the competition (and of course the Countryman) to see if I was going to have buyer's remorse. If anything, I left the show feeling even better about the decision.

My search for a new car started a year ago almost and had a few basic criteria:

gas mileage on par with our 1998 civic
fits rear-facing infant seats and all the infant accoutrements
four doors!
fun / not a camry clone

Really the only thing we gave up a little on was gas mileage but the Countryman S All4 is significantly quicker than the civic and also turns the rear wheels too. I still feel it's a bit expensive for what it is, but considering we buy new cars about once every 12 years, I'm willing to let that go.

 

Cool keep us posted as to how long the mini goes through customs and inspection etc in NY! I guess mine made it to the port of exit (Bremerhaven) today and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will make the Toronto leaving Bremerhaven on 2/2!

 

Just called ASK MINI...
UPDATE: In transit! finally a change in the status...Did you get a status update today?

 

ol still showing my car as waiting... waiting.. waiting..

 

YES!! In Transit! I think she is on the Georgia Highway, presently headed from Bremerhaven to Southhampton, then on to Pt Hueneme, CA. Have to check with MA to see if he knows the vessel name.

 

AskMini told me my car is scheduled to be done TODAY!......now it's the slow boat from Austria.....

 

AWESOME!
We are on the same ship! I checked in with my MA and he said ETA arrival at the port is Feb 22 and then another 3-5 days before it would be at the dealer ready for pick up...Was hoping to take it for a joy ride (bonding time) to Los Angeles during President's day weekend...guess the trip will have to wait...