Hi - As far as I've been told, all west coast deliveries go to Port Hueneme. I'm getting mine through MINI of Portland. That dealership has 30 vehicles coming on the Morning Chant and I understand there will be others on that ship slated for the other Pacific NW dealerships as well...Car carriers will truck them up the coast and/or out to other western dealerships. Pretty sure the ship does not make further deliveries north of Port Hueneme.

Also, we've been told the cars will go through their "final" inspection at the port. This is to fix any mishaps that may have occurred during transport and to have extras installed like rear spoiler installations. Then, the dealership has their day of prep to make sure the cars are clean and install any dealer-installed extras like clear bra, window tinting, mud flaps, and other accessories.

 

Question....My Mini landed Friday in Brunswick Ga....How long does Mini let them sit before moving to dealers?

 

Hi All:

Guess I've been too focused on tracking my F56 across the pond, so finally blipped into the MINIs in General - 1st Gear forum and found this.

For those who are like me and fairly new to the forums, you might find an old post from Sticky (Dave) titled "Inside the Port Hueneme Vehicle Distribution Center" interesting. Dave's post with pics is at the beginning of the thread and dated 1/24/04. Apparently, the other VDCs on the east coast are very similar.

 

Here's the link.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...on-center.html

 

Cool! Thanks. Looks like mine just missed your ship. Went to port and shipped on the 19th and 22nd respectively. :D

 

A smoke detector in need of a battery woke me up in the middle of the night, so of course I had to hit refresh one more time on the W&W track and trace page to see if my VIN had been registered in their system yet... and it has! Booked on the Independence II leaving tomorrow. (Well, today I guess now)

AJW, may want to check yours now. It says it was booked and received on 5/23, even though Mini's stuff all said it was on a train to the port then, and the tracking only just now started working. System is all clearly behind a bit.

 

Thats great news ,SeppTB.I believe yours,AJW's and my mini were meant to make this crossing together!!

 

sacandagadano & SeppTB,
I just checked...No records found as of now.
You guys are fantastic...If I dont make it on your ship..I should be right behind you!

I'll keep checking but, you guys know what time it departs??

 

Mine's been sitting at the port since 5/16. Was really hoping to make the Independence II today but still no records found.

 

Pennengr-can your MA tell you why it is still at port? Sure seems it should be on its way.
AJW-No info on time of departure.
Heres hoping...Keep checking!

 

Ugh, my status on W&W's tracking just updated to 'Returned to Shipper' =(
Looks like I may have missed this boat...

 

Mine was at SouthHampton for about 7 days and end up on K-line Georgia Highway

 

Mine too....my car was completed on May 15th.
I don't understand how this all works.

 

Still waiting for a ship.

So far four ships have departed for Brunswick, GA since my MINI arrived at the dock. All without mine onboard.

Two ships on 6/1...it needs to be on one of those. :(

 

Mine was unloaded yesterday in Brunswick. Starting the last wait I hope. I'm in Nashville about10 hour drive.

 

Thats ridiculous. Has it been at the port for a month??
I don't understand how some cars get right on a ship and others keep getting bumped.

 

Only since 5/17. But there was a ship on 5/19, 5/20, 5/21 and 5/24. No more until 6/1...two that day, then 6/7.

When it reached the dock on 5/17 I had hopes of having it by mid-June...not anymore.

 

Are you quoting both lines? K-line and Wallenius both carry. I ended up on k-line after 7-10 day wait. I'll have 90 days in by the time I get mine. I'm sitting in Brunswick now trying to complete last leg of journey.

 

Per what I was reading K-line didn't carry to Brunswick

Per the tracking page:

Does K-line carry to SSIPOA now?

 

Kline carried mine to Brunswick Georgia. The ship is Georgia Highway. It's in Charleston today. I tracked it with MarineTraffic app all the way over minus the seven dead days it was out of range in middle of atlantic.

 

Believe me, multiple phone calls are on the agenda for tomorrow. Heading for Brunswick as well.

In the mean time, spending the afternoon drinking an IPA, making homebrew ESB, and ordering floormats and stripes. Could be worse.

 

If you have over 90 days or can project over 90 days in the process then I would be worried. We got folks on here saying they get their car in 30-45 days and that seems unrealistic but I'm sure it happens but it's rare. Be patient.

 

Well, for those of us following the Morning Chant, hopefully our cars don't get seasick too easily. Tropical storm has been upgraded to Hurricane Amanda (Cat 4) with sustained winds of 140 mph and is 670 miles SW of Manzanillo, Mexico. As of today, the Morning Chant is tracking up the coast just north of Acapulco towards Manzanillo. Hopefully, the ship will either be ahead of or behind the storm as it strengthens and turns NNW towards land tomorrow.

Guess that's why they do a good, final inspection at the Vehicle Distribution Center in Port Hueneme!

Happy Memorial Day everyone, and for those of you who are in the service or are veterans, Thank You for your service.

 

My ship, Titania, just pulled in to South Hampton and will be departing tomorrow for Baltimore :-)

 

Baltimore is only 10 minutes further away from my dealer than NYC is... someone let the Mini Powers That Be know that I'm ok with my car going to Baltimore as well?? I think there's three ships leaving for Baltimore before the next NYC bound one =)