My car is on the Emden too. I called K-Line this AM and found out the ship is delayed one day and is due into Charleston on 12/29 now.

Ciao,

 

I just picked up my bright Orange Convertible last Saturday. She didn't stay bright for very long with all the salt they throw on the roads here in Chicago. I have put almost 800 miles on her in a week. She is more fun to drive then I ever imagined.

I got the following list of Free Stuff from my dealer:

-4 Free Carpet Floor mats (I asked for rubber and they didn’t have them. I am going to have both now)
-Free Aux input (they were supposed to install it originally, but never did, they are installing a free one this week)
-Free Stuffed Mini Dog (For my Wait)
-Free "Let's Motor" license place holder (For my wait)
-Free air nozzle caps (For my wait)

How did everyone else make out at their dealer?

--Tyler E.

 

I got my BL # from my MA and called K-Line and found out that my car is on on EMDEN too. But the lady whom i spoke to at Kline said that EMDEN was scheduled to arrive on 28th DEC :smile:

 

I hope the person you spoke to was right! :smile: The Port of Charleston shows the Emden due on the 29th:

http://www.port-of-charleston.com/vessel_schedule.asp

Cheers,

 

I guess they hadda sleep off all that xmas eggnog or something... I was noticing that the ship's track/location did seem too far from SC to get there by today. Before reading your post I chalked up the seemingly different distances travelled each day, to possibly different reporting times. That's no way to run a navy .

Throw some more coal on that fire, ensign , I need full power NOW, Mr. Scott, or we'll all be Klingon fodder!

The way-ay-ting is the hardest part, (I HOPE Tom Petty made it onto the Motoring Tunes thread )

Tatt

 

Expecting (well, I KNOW they're throwin' in) rubber floormats, and I bet there are other surprises in store too .

Hmmm @ valve stem caps (thoughtful chin-rubbin' smiley). I think, if it were a freebie, the MINI or Union Jack set would be a nice tasteful mod.
Probably be the first things to get pilfered though, on the mean streets .

Topic-Drift Warning: During a recent "extended loiter" at my dealer's, I eyeballed some "body color shift *****" and wondered how they'd work, in my body color interior... Any thoughts? I bet on delivery day I could at least jam one on and have a look/see, if it's "too much red" ...

Tatt

 

Wahoo! According to

http://www.port-of-charleston.com/vessel_schedule.asp

the Emden docked at the Union Pier Terminal berth 2 at 7 AM Eastern and began unloading at 8. My car has finally made it to the States. Now it disappears into the black hole known as the VDC...

Cheers,

 

I'm right there with ya GianniB. GrapeApe was on the Emden too. Hasn't all this waiting been angonizing? They will be with us soon.

 

Yeah, the whole tracking experience has been lacking. All will be forgotten with the first twisty road...

Cheers,

 

I feel like I've been able to track it really well to this point with the Mini, the ship lines and the dock's websites. Now I feel lost with no real way to know how close it really is!! What do you all think, a couple of weeks?

 

WTF ASK-MNI status changed and now it says "At the port awaiting shipping vessel; No shipping information is known at this time", yestaerday it said "In transit". I confirmed from kline that my MINI arrived at charleston on 12/29/04 aboard EMDEN. The OL status still says "En Route". Now i am totally consfused, as to where my MINI is

 

i picked mine up yesterday.
i am verrrrrry pleased.
just in time for the new year, and without the price increase.
only 1 month and two days after i ordered it.
thanks mini elves.

 

The ASK-MINI automated voice states that once your MINI has arrived at the port (both of my MINIs did the same thing). It means that your car is either at the port waiting to be transfered to the VDC, or it means that it has passed through the VDC and is now awaiting a transport truck to the dealership. Either way, it won't be long now!

 

I *finally* took delivery of my early December build S. I must be the last December build to do so. My problem was that my dealer is in Ohio and I live in Seattle. The hold up was due to the shipper being busy with Barrett-Jackson. Here's my timeline:

Ordered - 11/18/04
Build complete - 12/8/04
Loaded on K-Line vessel - 12/17/04
Arrival Port of Charleston, SC - 12/29/04
Arrival at dealer, Ohio - 1/3/05
Loaded on transporter - 1/29/05
Delivery to Seattle - 2/4/05
Motoring smiles - ongoing...

Cheers,