Rooney is on his way!!! My little MCS is on the ship, build date of Sept 27th, and he was loaded on the Don Juan at Southampton today at 1605 GMT.......hurrah!!

His arrival in NY is supposed to be October 8th !!!

 

Where did you get such details?

My Mini was supposed to enter the Port of New Jersey last week, 9-24, based on info from the saleswoman. But the owner's page says nothing more than "en route" which sounds to me like it's still in the middle of the ocean meandering around under the hapless navigation of a drunken tar. How long does it take to sail a cargo ship across the Atlantic? My grandfather knew, but he died before I could ask him.

Now the saleswoman is on vacation and for all I know my tastefully appointed Mini has been briganded by Bulgarian pirates who at this very moment are using it to pick up teenaged Romanian girls in Carpathian slums.

My head is going to explode--méfier toi!

 

>>Where did you get such details?
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>>My Mini was supposed to enter the Port of New Jersey last week, 9-24, based on info from the saleswoman. But the owner's page says nothing more than "en route" which sounds to me like it's still in the middle of the ocean meandering around under the hapless navigation of a drunken tar. How long does it take to sail a cargo ship across the Atlantic? My grandfather knew, but he died before I could ask him.
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>>Now the saleswoman is on vacation and for all I know my tastefully appointed Mini has been briganded by Bulgarian pirates who at this very moment are using it to pick up teenaged Romanian girls in Carpathian slums.
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>>My head is going to explode--méfier toi!
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Hmmm...well your imagination is way too vivid for me...I don't have a clue as to what you're talking about. However, go to: http://213.31.205.37/GLWebApps.AppTracking
and click on auto and type in your VIN. It will give you info on your car such as when it was booked, arrived at dock, loaded and finally discharged. My MINI ship docks tomorrow and you can bet I'll be hounding my dealer from Wednesday on..."WHERE'S MY MINI!", I'll be asking until I'm blue in the face and they hurry the rest of the process along just to get rid of me. Owner's page is usually a week or so behind, depending on where your dealer is, they may already have the car!!! Go to that website and if it was discharged earlier in the week start nagging the dealer!!!

 

I went to the actual shipping site, it gives you all the schedules, etc, and you use the last 7 digits of your vin number and there ya go.......just like greatgro said, tells you loading time etc
.http://www.2wglobal.com/WEP/Toolbox/...goTracking.htm

by the way my MINI site still says awaiting transport, oh and my saleslady also emailed me to tell me the good news...........

 

Well, now that's more like it! My Mini arrived in New York Sept. 25 aboard the Aida. Celeste Aida! A good omen.

Thank you both for helping me in my hour of desperation.

 

>>>My MINI ship docks tomorrow and you can bet I'll be hounding my dealer from Wednesday on..."WHERE'S MY MINI!", I'll be asking until I'm blue in the face and they hurry the rest of the process along just to get rid of me. Owner's page is usually a week or so behind, depending on where your dealer is, they may already have the car!!! Go to that website and if it was discharged earlier in the week start nagging the dealer!!!


I'd hold my horses if i was you... my MINI wasn't at the dealer untill over 2 weeks after it hit port... And it's all up to customs how long it takes at port...

Rocketboy_X

 

My Mini disembarked in NY Sept. 25, and happily found its way to Westchester MINI yesterday. I suppose it helps that the dealership is close to the VDC, but woo hoo I'll pick it up Saturday. I expect to take her to Mach 1 on I-684 on my way to work Monday--cops don't bother trying to slow down rush hour on that race track.

 

Hurrah !!! Congrats MMMark, I am trying to be patient but it is hard......the list of people in my work who think they are having a shot of this car is growing daily.....

 

Hi mini buddy's!
Can anybody tell me where I can find the mini site to track your mini building process. Finally got my production number from the dealer!!!@@ So now I hope I can find out where it is at in the factory??? Sorry for the question but just couldn't find the site!!
Thanx miniac91

 

Hi

Just go to http://www.miniusa.com, and you will need to sign up and create an account with a password for the owners lounge, top right hand corner ...from there you just sign on and it gives you the status....

 

Thanx Allybrit, I'll go their and sign up and find out!!!
Cann't wait to get it and stop dreaming!!@@
Seeu miniac91

 

Hi mini bud's, Been their done that but it says it can not trace my production number! Is it because I'm in europe and miniusa unly does it's us orders perhaps??? Does any body know how to find a European order on the site??
Thanx miniac91

 

Oh, the fun memories of tracking my MINI across the ocean!! Pray that you have a ship with a call sign that reports in weather conditions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I'm not sure.. ....the MINI folks say my CooperS is still in South Hampton waiting for a boat. The cargo website says it was loaded on the Don Juan. Oh, how I hope the latter is correct!!!!!

 

The cargo website is correct, sometimes the MINI site takes over a week to say en route.......the cargo site should give arrival time at terminal, and loading time of your car onto the ship...mine is on the Don Juan too, arrival slated for Oct 8th. I didnt realise you were in Europe, Miniac, maybe thats why it cant find your car. I will check into that later on and see if I can help you, if you dont already have an answer soon from someone else on here.

 

The owner's lounge on Miniusa is clueless. I expect it will be indicating that my car is "en route" for the next five years. En route! Quelle route? It'll soon be En Route 25 in Connecticut, improving the day of all who encounter it.

The cargo site mentioned above is the goods. If it says your car is on a boat that's where it is.

 

The Don Juan's call sign appears to be SGIX, and is dutifully making it's way across the Atlantic http://www.accuweather.com/adcbin/wi...&buoy=maps

 

That's a very cool link .. however it appears SGIX has disappeared!!!

I hope the call sign is wrong...

 

They disappear from time to time if they don't call in. Not to worry!

 

Thanks Lizzy, cool link. My mini site also says awaiting transport, and so I only check it once a week now.....I also read on here somewhere that if you go to the tracking page for the ship and click on voyage it tells you that the Don Juan will be stopping in Nova Scotia on the 7th, then NY on the 9th then Baltimore on the 11th.....very cool

 

It would appear that my Chili Red/ White MCS was loaded on the Don Juan at the last minute and didn't make the update to MINI until this week. How exciting!! Soooo close!!! :smile: