My dealer was talking about this as a possible issue, but mine cleared customs the day before it arrived at the Baltimore port. It's supposed to be here Monday 8-12.

 

So were you on the Michigan Highway?

 

No it was the Honor.

 

So how long through VDC?

 

Sorry. I have no idea what a VDC is?

 

Vehicle Distribution Center - basically it's a shop at the port that does the final inspection and installs some after factory JCW mods before shipping to your dealer. Generally takes 3-10 days depending on schedules and whatnot.

More info:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...-center-6.html

 

[QUOTE=chanclor;3789348]Vehicle Distribution Center - basically it's a shop at the port that does the final inspection and installs some after factory JCW mods before shipping to your dealer. Generally takes 3-10 days depending on schedules and whatnot.


Does many(most?) accessory installs too, like driving lamps, not just JCW parts.

 

Anyway, it doesn't matter. Went to my dealer yesterday and it's already here!!! Pickup will be on Tuesday after additional items are installed!

 

Check out my gallery for initial pics!

 

Looking good, but isn't that Pepper White, not Light White?

 

Something went wrong with the upload. That's my 2012 MCS. I'll try to do it again later.

 

@Orionizer,

Did you go visit it at the dealership? Or did you take delivery? Can up upload some interior photos?

 

My car made it on a boat. Looks like its going to be at sea until Sept 4th when it arrives in Cali.

 

Congrats! But ugh. It is a long wait. Been there, done that.

 

I've enjoyed reading this forum as we waited for our MCS 2014 to arrive, and just wanted to post a pic and offer my thoughts on our new car. Ordered it on 26 June, and it arrived at the dealer on 2 August. Not sure how it made it so fast- I used all the online tips to follow it by phone, and then once it was on the ship. I think it was just about to be built anyway for our dealer when we placed the order, if that makes sense.

We deliberated a lot over all the options and ultimately went with a Cosmic blue, Cooper S, with white top, anthracite wheels, premium package, connected, cold weather package, flat load floor, white bonnet stripes and chrome mirror caps. I think that's everything. I'm very happy with the car, and we're happy to be back in a mini again! Here's a couple of small regrets I have, though none of them are a big deal...
1) it never really sunk in before ordering that the headliner is beige, so I didn't order the anthracite headliner. In our old clubman, the stock headliner was gray, so I assumed that it was gray in the countryman. I guess the car we test drove had the anthracite headliner. Oh well.
2) I still haven't fully figured out the Mini connected stuff yet. I'm pretty sure my MA didn't give me the full AV Y cable, so that may be part of it. I'm looking forward to completely figuring everything out in the next few weeks.

I've attached a photo of our new MCS.

 

Your CMS looks great, congrats!

Oh and welcome back to the Mini world!

 

Darrellz, nice selection.

A lot of people don't notice the beige headliner. The online config tool doesn't mention it really well. I did notice it though and got the Polar Beige door inserts to match. I didn't want everything inside the car black.

Bt yeah, too bad this isn't more clear, or more MA's don't bring it up in the ordering process

 

EHans,
Yeah, the headliner is really something you won't realize unless you think to ask the MA. We only test drove once, and mainly focused on the outside color scheme.

BTW, we toyed with the white w/black top and anthracite wheels combo- your CMS looks great!

 

Ok guys, I finally got the uploads to work! Only 2 pics at the moment and no interiors yet, but I'll try to make some soon!

 

Oh, and I was the 1st 2014 CMS at my dealer, too!

 

Uploaded a couple interior shots!

 

Here is ashot of the new cup holders in the 2014s.

 

Hmm, time to get the part from Sewell and figure out a retrofit for '11 and '12 models.

Thanks for the photo!