just called ask mini--in production /est compeltion June 5th. Not bad since I placed my order last Thursday. YEA BABY....

 

unbelievable!

 

It seems the MINI gods are with me. I haven't slid back but have actually moved forward OL now shows my car has moved into the SCHEDULED FOR PRODUCTION phase and a VIN shows up there now. Woot! I think OL gets updated in the evenings, Pacific time so it might be worth checking again now.

While this is great news, now it will be nearly impossible to get aboard the MAERSK WIND, departing 6/4 and I'll likely be sitting on the dock for week before the next ship. Maybe howdyem will still make it onto the same ship.

I just tried ASK-MINI and the people were gone but the recording said estimated production completion date of 6/5. I'll talk to an actual person there tomorrow and hopefully they won't tell me my production has been rescheduled

 

Hey Rover, same here, I am realistic for the INTEGRITY which sails on the 9th, cause my MA and ASK-MINI say 06/05, and that is great news for you

 

Great news rover! Looks like you're catching up!

 

Hey gforce, do you think you will be on the INTEGRITY, or does a different ship go down south?

 

Same ship mate. Let's hope our MINIs are allowed to goof around aboard the INTEGRITY.

 

Sounds good, watched the production video at miniusa,tonight, and it just makes me want my MINI even more. Keep the updates coming

 

Thanks gforce23. Have you made it out of the body shop yet?

 

Nah, my MINI is too shy to race through the production line. But seriously, its going ahead at a snail's pace.
EDIT: Mea Culpa! My MCS is actually stuck in the paint shop. I guess they're out of Lightning Blue color mixers.

I think I've watched that video so many times that I've started hallucinating about my MINI being in that clip.

 

Since my car was reordered, I have both VINs now, the original and the replacement. It seems incredible to me but the numbers are only 110 apart. The cars are 7 days separated in terms of production schedule.

It could be that the VINs are assigned by dealership or this is just some random coincidence. If they are consecutive, then how does a factory that is known to produce 700 cars a day only have a difference of 110 in VINs over a week?

 

So "Smudge" has been in production now for three days, and it's supposed to be finished by 06/05. The first stage appeared to be welding, then paint, asembly, QA etc. The schedule appears to be slipping:impatient. Any ideas out there

 

just spoke with a great guy at ASK MINI---He said once in production their status updates can be a bit erratic. May not show on a day to day basis though the car is moving along. He said you can pretty much rely on completion dates BUT they DO NOT KNOW exactly when the cars will leave port till that status is locked in.

If you are questioning will it catch the next ship (as am I) they do not know.

 

Thanks emtrey, are you east coast or west coast ship

 

east coast. My MA said from his experience, once the car is completed, about 4 weeks to midwest. I am not totally crazed since I have a MINI now and another car to play with BUT if it gets here earlier than expected, I won't complain.

 

Should br the integrity.try this website http://schedule.2wglobal.com/AppSchedules/

 

Same here. My car "entered production" on 5/29 but has yet to get to the body shop. ASK-MINI gave me a completion date of 6/4 (actual person) or 6/5 (recording).

 

I just called ASK-MINI to see if my car has entered the body shop yet. Not yet

According to the person I spoke with, the information is updated at ASK-MINI only once a day at about 8pm Pacific Time. So I guess I can stop asking them more than once a day

He was pretty sure that my car won't get on the next ship but will have to wait for following one.

 

One more thing the ASK-MINI person said was that the intermediate production steps such as body or paint shop aren't very reliable but the estimated completion date is.

 

Rover, it seems your car is in the body shop. My MCS checked out this morning and the production timeline looks like this:
Body shop - 3 days
Paint shop - 4 days
Assembly and QC - 1 day

I'd say your car should be out of the factory on or before 06/05.

 

Sorry mate, it seems my MINI is in a race to get onboard the COURAGE which leaves tomorrow.

 

I hope so. It really doesn't matter if I'm going to miss the MAERSK WIND on 6/4 anyway. I don't think I'll see any updated information until Monday so if my car happens to get the dock by then, it will be a nice surprise.

 

Thought I'd chime in here. My 2007 MCS is currently in production with a build date of June 7th. I'm hoping... (knocking on wood as we speak) it can get out of Oxford and make the June 9th trip on the Integrity.

You can read all about the factory options here: Buying a 2007 MCS: the Order

And the planned accessories here: Buying a 2007 MCS: the Accessories

 

Gabe,

I hope MINI doesn't drop the ball on your order. Everybody's watching

 

Me too