MyEB/W MCS PD#7487*** started build MINIUSA declared Fri Sept 3. Built by Sept 13th. I dont want to ever do this waiting thing again. Next time I'll have one to play with while I wait!

 

Checked in with the local MINI dealer today.....

They have a COOL BLUE MINI Cooper S convertible on the showroom...

Finally got to see the color I ordered in the flesh....

I LOVE IT!!!

 

There appears to be 157 MINIs waiting for the Patriot At least they won't get lonely

Lois

 

where do you get that info from, Lois?!

 

you can look that up with the vin on wallenius' website- there's a forum for that.. tracking....

anybody on my boat with my baby? We're two days at sea!!

 

think of it as first class!

 

LOL - are you on the madame butterfly as well? have you been able to track it?

cheers - drew

 

Hey everyone,

Things have been pretty crazy with me lately- my sister is visiting me from back home, school began, and work has been unbelievably hectic because of the hurricane in Florida (our Boca Raton office was closed for 3 working days). Because of that, I have not had time to check up on my mini until yesterday . I am happy to report it entered the paint shop yesterday, and scheduled to complete on the 10th (exactly 10 days since starting). I wonder if I will be able to make the Sunday boat??

Hope everyone is having a great day!!

Noa

 

Patrick,
You need to get the Booking# from the WW site & then it will bring up all the MINIs that are scheduled to get on that particular boat. If your MINI's VIN is not booked for that vessel, I don't think you can access that info.

Lois

 

i tired it for the madame butterfly and found my car there...so i am double checked...so to speak. so odd though that out of everyone here i am "alone"... i guess the other 3998 peeps on that boat dont know about this site for ocd's like all of us ; )

- drew

 

The Liberty holding 150 and my Mini is 2/3 way across the Atlantic. It hasn't started south yet but it will dock on the 14th in Charleston. Anyone know of any webcams that can see the port of Charleston? Be fun to watch for it entering the port.

Jerry

 

Jerry,
I used to live in Charleston; they have lots of traffic cameras but I haven't found any that give a decent view of the harbor ... except maybe for the HarborCam at the WCIV-TV site (http://www.abcnews4.com/webcam.html). The foreground it shows the retired aircraft carrier, but you should be able to spot any large ship entering the port behind the carrier. Good luck!

 

I just talked to my MA trying to get a better estimate of when my MCS will be at the dealer. He said all MINIs are now being imported through Charleston. He said the New Jersey port was overloaded so everything is being shipped south. That increases the transit time from 8 to 13 days .

My MCS has not made it into the body shop yet, but the completion date is still estimated to be 9/14. I am hoping it makes it on the Carmen leaving on the 17th.

Dale

 

Thanks...I will check it out when it's light outside.

I hope Hurricane Ivan doesn't disrupt the Mini shipments. It will be hitting my area around Tuesday, the same day the ship unloads in Charleston. Hopefully it will steer clear of SC. Hate for my car to get all the way to the US and get wiped out by a crazy hurricane.

Jerry

 

Whaaaaaaaaaa????? They're not going straight to Jersey ???

Nooooooo.............

 

Apple, Thanks for updating the list. I just checked the OL site and I am now listed as "WAITING FOR SHIPMENT". So I will be checking all the tracking stuff out and I'll get back to you.

Drive Safe
Phil

PS - Just checked WW. I am scheduled for the TRINIDAD sailing 9/16/04 to arrive in NYC on 9/24/04. Seems strange that the next port of call is Baltimore which is a lot closer than NYC, but I gues thats just the way they do things.

Apple, tracking is simple. Go to the WW website http://www.2wglobal.com/www/WEP/index.jsp, then click on "Cargo Tracking" in the lower left. When the window comes up, under "Track by Cargo", pick "AUTO". You key in the entire VIN number, and if you are scheduled for a ship, all the info will come up. I suggest you copy down or print all the info they provide because you never know what you will need later on in the process.

I have not done the next step of getting the radio call sign for my ship yet because it has not sailed so there isnt one yet. But after it sails you get the call sign and then track the ship theough the USGS ocean weather reporting system. If your ship puts out any weather reports the position will be posted to the map.

Seems so simple. I still have a vision of IVAN and trinidad meeting just of the NY coast line.

Drive safe
Phil

 

Thought this might help a few of you out -

Useful Links for Tracking



MINI2 has a ton of useful info
http://www.mini2.com/

Once you have a build date:
Wallenius Wihelmsen Carriers to get the vessel name
http://213.31.205.37/GLWebApps.AppTracking

Vessel Schedule and Ports:
http://www.2wglobal.com/www/WEP/Tool...ules/index.jsp

Coast Guard to get vessel "Call Sign" for tracking
http://cgmix.uscg.mil/psix/PSIX2/VesselSearch.asp

Southampton local web site for ship departure time
http://www.thisishampshire.net/hamps...pton/shipping/

Oceanweather.com. Use Marine Observation to track
http://www.oceanweather.com/data/

NY NJ Port Schedule (Vessel activity currently down)
https://www.firstnynj.com/

North East Marine Terminal
http://www.neautoterminal.com/tour.htm

From the OL on MINIUSA

Drive Safe
Phil

 

AskMINI automated phone service tonight says I'm In Transit. WW website doesn't recognize my VIN, so maybe I'm on another carrier, though a WW ship, the "MANON" sailed yesterday from Southhampton, calling on Port Hueneme 10/2.

Some have said K-line may be carrying MINIs. While K-line doesn't seem to offer a website to link VIN to ship, they do have a website that lists sailings: http://www.kline.com/PCC-RoRo/pccsch...sp#IMUSfromEUR It looks like the "Shenandoah Highway" was to sail yesterday, calling on US east coast ports...so no good for me. Another K-line page http://www.kline.com/Svc_Maps/Svc_maps_2004_PCC.asp seems to indicate the line doesn't service the US west coast.

---StilWaiten

 

I've noticed this morning that some of the MINIs are now wait listed for the Patriot(little asterisk). I wonder if this means they will miss the boat if it's too full Luckily, Sunnie does not have an asterisk Also, if Ivan is still around by the 23rd, our MINIs will need water wings

Lois

 

My mini is supposed to be completed on the 14th. Is it too much to hope for that the ships leaving Southamptom on the 16ht and 17th could carry my mini accross the ocean? Im guessing that a car might hvae to wait longer...

Patrick

 

I was wait listed for the Freedom 8/24, but then booked on the Liberty 9/4. Strange enough, I now do not show up on the Liberty which is now in transit. My MA said I was sceduled for delivery in the US on 9/7, which makes no sense at all. Truth be told, she does not know exactly where my mini is right now. SO...we agreed that she would call me when Pete was loaded on a truck headed to Indiana. Now I'm trying not to stress!

 

Frieda is HERE!!

I checked the OL tracking page just after midnight this morning, and it still showed that Frieda was at the VDC with a September 11 EDD. However, when I rather compulsively checked the OL again today - it said that Frieda was at my dealer's and that the EDD was Sep 8!! Sure enough, when I frantically called the dealer, my MA checked (he was away for Convertible training on Tues & Wed), and Frieda did arrive there on Wed, Sep 8! She has already been prepped, etc, so I'm going to get her later TODAY!!!! How ironic that I'm the one who told my MA that she was at the dealer's! So, keep tracking!

WHOOPEE!!!! - -

 

Congrats, MountainGal You'll need those sunglasses & sunscreen REAL soon

Lois

 

Yayyy MountainGal - I guess I know what YOU'LL be doing this weekend... We want pics...

Chow!

Donna :smile:

 

yikes... better get my financing squared away... I may have this car in 3 weeks! :smile: