I can't believe it. Prod Date 9/6/02 for the past 2 months. Everything was looking great...my MCS would start production in just a few days...But no! I nervously checked the OL about 10 times today b/c several others with 9/6/02 Prod Dates either have gotten their VIN or got moved back. Well, at my last check, 11pm, my Prod Date was backed up to 9/13/02.

 

not that it'll make you feel better ... but i'm here with ya

 

greatgro, My prod. date bounced around several times. It originally was to be 7/5, then 7/19, then 7/12, finally settling at 7/19. It was actually completed on 7/15, loaded on vessel 7/25, and I took delivery on the west coast yesterday, 8/28! So, don't feel too bad.

Cheers!
Clover

 

>>I can't believe it. Prod Date 9/6/02 for the past 2 months... [sic] Well, at my last check, 11pm, my Prod Date was backed up to 9/13/02.

Yeah, you prompted me to check... My prod date was just bumped up from 9/14 to 9/20. Ah well, it'll give the market a little more time to come back up before I finance.

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Lean, Mean, British Green, MINI Cooper 'S' Machine! (due date:9/20)

 

I know it's hard, but it's best if you don't fret over how long you're waiting for your MINI... my best advice is a quote from a Velvet Underground song, Waiting For My Man... Trust me... mine showed up at the dock about 3 weeks ago, and i'm still waiting...

Rocketboy_X

 

>>I can't believe it. Prod Date 9/6/02 for the past 2 months. .... my Prod Date was backed up to 9/13/02.

Gotta chill... As you've hopefully read on other threads in this forum, ALL production dates are Fridays since the OL data/system is only updated on Friday. The production date posted has at best only a 1 in 7 (or six, depending on whether the factory runs 6 or 7 days a week) chance of being right anyway. So, MINI "backing" your date up a week only means that they now anticipate producing your car sometime in the 7 days following 9/6.

Hey, you may get 9/7! ... And then your car can go sit at the dock in South Hampton along with the cars produced on "9/6" and wait for a boat. Point is, it's not an exact science; and you're not actually tracking your car...you're tracking the data posted by MINI.

 

When did you guys order your mini? I ordered mine on 8/5 and the production date just went from 10/4 to 10/11.

 

>>>>I can't believe it. Prod Date 9/6/02 for the past 2 months... [sic] Well, at my last check, 11pm, my Prod Date was backed up to 9/13/02.
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>>Yeah, you prompted me to check... My prod date was just bumped up from 9/14 to 9/20. Ah well, it'll give the market a little more time to come back up before I finance.
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>>Gotta chill... As you've hopefully read on other threads in this forum, ALL production dates are Fridays since the OL data/system is only updated on Friday. The production date posted has at best only a 1 in 7 (or six, depending on whether the factory runs 6 or 7 days a week) chance of being right anyway. So, MINI "backing" your date up a week only means that they now anticipate producing your car sometime in the 7 days following 9/6.
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>>Hey, you may get 9/7! ... And then your car can go sit at the dock in South Hampton along with the cars produced on "9/6" and wait for a boat. Point is, it's not an exact science; and you're not actually tracking your car...you're tracking the data posted by MINI.
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Thanks for your support everyone. I know it's not a big deal and many, many other people waiting for their MINIs had to endure much, much worse (so far, at least). I just wrote the initial thread immediately after I checked the OL. Oh well. I was just really excited about possibly catching an early Sept ship b/c I have a family gathering in Pennsylvania the 2nd week of October. As much as I talk about the MINI all day long to anyone who will listen, I have actually refrained from telling anyone on MY side of the family that I'm getting an MCS!!! So no one at this gathering knows I have a MCS on order and my brother and uncle love the car!!! So I'm keeping my mouth shut hoping to surprise them when I show up with my baby. For 2 months it looked like it would definitely happen. Now it's going to be real tough. If there are any other delays (which there are likely to be) I won't get it in time. Oh well, got to be patient...It'll all be worth it in the end.

Rocketboy_X - Gee, I guess sitting on the dock is a lot worse! I hope you get your soon!

 

I'm keeping it a secret from my daughters. (16 & 14) they are gonna FREAK when they se me outside the hose honking the horn!

Pebble.

Heheheheh.
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Hmm this sounds like a subject for a new thread....

 

Is horn a secret word for something else? I dont wanna know...

 

Holy thread revival! How'd you find this?

 

How did you find a nearly 4 year old thread, pray tell?!

 

I read all the dates in the first post and got confused as hell.

horn = the thing that goes beep when you press the center of your steering wheel down

btw...this is the oldest thread I have seen revived here on NAM, but then again, I am relatively new.

 

hahaha me too. I was like, why is he/she saying 02 for the year

 

yeah, it stands for pecker...why on earth is this thread started for this