Pocketrocket could you give me some more info on the NYMINI group, Im from Long Island, Thanks

Here ya go.. :D

http://www.newyorkmini.org/php_nuke/html/index.php

And for anyone who wants to know.. here is the Philly MINI site.. a new site is currently being worked on..

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillymini/

My MCS has finally popped up on the WW site!! Its booked onto a ship called "Boheme" leaving Southhampton on Friday 30/4/04.
Does anybody know the Oceanwatch.com call sign for this ship? or any other way of tracking this ship to Australia?
Cheers!!

Excellent ... welcome aboard Spottydog. :cool: ;) :) :D

My MCS has finally popped up on the WW site!! Its booked onto a ship called "Boheme" leaving Southhampton on Friday 30/4/04.
Does anybody know the Oceanwatch.com call sign for this ship? or any other way of tracking this ship to Australia?
Cheers!!

Yikes! It took a while to get there eh!

Must be good to know its now beginning :D :D

The wait is so much easier now you know its built (and for me) that its finally on the boat, and on its way over! *phew* :D :p

you can get the callsign from the US coast guard site, there's a link in the FAQ.

When did u order your MCS, and when did it begin production, just curious as so I can estimate how mine is doing. Also anyone know how i can tell what step of production its in, if everything just tells me that its scheduled for production?

Ordered 13/03/04
Built Week 17 (last week)
Ship leaves Southhampton 30/04/04
Due to arrive in Brisbane, Australia 10/06/2004.

Sirius Leader is due to arrive & sail today at Southampton: http://www.thisishampshire.net/hampshire/southampton/shipping/IN_PORT0.html

WW doesn't show my car loaded yet, though, and it's getting late.

<------------------------- fingers crossed

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Shane:

Hang in there buddy.. and good luck. Have my fingers crossed that your MINI has its ticket held high and is checking into its cabin as we type..

Spotty:

Congrats on production completion..!

Pocket Rocket:

I hope your car is on the truck on the way to the dealer now since it was unloaded from the boat on Friday.. Hang in there or you may just go crazy and start posting messages to yourself on the message board or something LOL :(



Sirius Leader is due to arrive & sail today at Southampton: http://www.thisishampshire.net/hampshire/southampton/shipping/IN_PORT0.html

WW doesn't show my car loaded yet, though, and it's getting late.

<------------------------- fingers crossed

Thanks PR. BTW, that bulldog is awesome!

My MCS has finally popped up on the WW site!! Its booked onto a ship called "Boheme" leaving Southhampton on Friday 30/4/04.
Does anybody know the Oceanwatch.com call sign for this ship? or any other way of tracking this ship to Australia?
Cheers!!

The callsign is SIVY and is a Swedish vessel. :indi:

WW says Sirius Leader has sailed but still shows my car as booked for SL and received but not loaded. :(
Scary: Searching by booking number says there's no such booking number. :confused:

Next ship is Maersk Wave 29 April.

I guess the next couple of days will tell...

WW says Sirius Leader has sailed but still shows my car as booked for SL and received but not loaded. :(
Scary: Searching by booking number says there's no such booking number. :confused:

Next ship is Maersk Wave 29 April.

I guess the next couple of days will tell...

D'oh!

Looks like you just missed the loading :(

I was so lucky reading all these other stories. Mine arrived at the dock the same day the ship arrived, was loaded the same day, and the boat left the same day!!! Clockwork :D :D

Due in to Sydney port 26th May.

Hi All,
Just an FYI, For all of us sailing on the Maersk Teal scheduled for docking in NY on the 28th it is currently running a day late. It is now due in on the 29th. Bummer, but better slow and safe than fast and broken. :eek:

D'oh!

Looks like you just missed the loading :(

I was so lucky reading all these other stories. Mine arrived at the dock the same day the ship arrived, was loaded the same day, and the boat left the same day!!! Clockwork :D :D

Due in to Sydney port 26th May.
Wow, that's lucky. Mine arrived the day the last ship sailed, missed it and sat for a week. Now at least another two days, I guess. Humphh.

Wow, that's lucky. Mine arrived the day the last ship sailed, missed it and sat for a week. Now at least another two days, I guess. Humphh.

I know! I entered VIN into WW the day before. Nothing. Entered it the next afternoon, and it was on the boat to Oz! Pretty exciting stuff :D

A little unlucky shane, but at least your boat has a lot shorter distance to travel! What is it, like 10-12 days or something to you? :D

Its at least 5 weeks to Oz, and thats if you get a pretty direct route!

Ordered 13/03/04
Built Week 17 (last week)
Ship leaves Southhampton 30/04/04
Due to arrive in Brisbane, Australia 10/06/2004.

Does the Boheme sail into Brisbane Spotty?

Otherwise it'd take more than 2 days to clear customs in Sydney ... that'd be cool if it does sail to Brisbane, you could watch it come off the boat.

Hmm, I wonder why she won't sail into Canberra for me! :D

My MINI did make the Sirius Leader! The WW site just didn't get updated until this morning.
Hooray! :D

Now I'm off to Ireland for MtM. Crazy weekend!

Shane..

That is exactly what I figured would happen. Fantastic news!!

You thought waiting was hard before.. now you will really feel it!!

Keep us updated..

Craig

My MINI did make the Sirius Leader! The WW site just didn't get updated until this morning.
Hooray! :D

Now I'm off to Ireland for MtM. Crazy weekend!

For those of you booked on the Aida, leaving today for NYNY, it looks like she started boarding after 12 noon BST, and as of a few moments ago, 28 of the 245 booked MINIs have been loaded.

Unfortunately, my has not been one of them yet, but I'm still hopeful. Since this boat is due to go on to NC and, if I recall LA, then I must assume that the cars for those ports get loaded on first, and NYNY cars board last.

At least that is what I hope.

:eb:

Hi All,
Just an FYI, For all of us sailing on the Maersk Teal scheduled for docking in NY on the 28th it is currently running a day late. It is now due in on the 29th. Bummer, but better slow and safe than fast and broken. :eek:

Thanks Tridome,

Are we the only 2 people on mini2 and the Maersk Teal of the 129 minis on this voyage?

Must be up to 127 lurkers out there.

By the way is your anticpated delivery date on the owners lounge May 5th?

My MINI did make the Sirius Leader! The WW site just didn't get updated until this morning.
Hooray! :D

Now I'm off to Ireland for MtM. Crazy weekend!

:D

Woohoo! Congrats man. Not long now :p

Does the Boheme sail into Brisbane Spotty?

Otherwise it'd take more than 2 days to clear customs in Sydney ... that'd be cool if it does sail to Brisbane, you could watch it come off the boat.

Hmm, I wonder why she won't sail into Canberra for me! :D

BOHEME
Bremerhaven, Germany 26/4
Southhampton, UK 30/4
Zeebrugge, Belgium 1/5
Le Haure, France 3/5
East London, South Africa 19/5
Durban, South Africa 20/5
Reunion Island, Reunion (??) 24/5
Fremantle, Aus 2/6
Melbourne, Aus 7/6
Sydney, Aus 9/6
Brisbane, Aus 11/6
Auckland, NZ 15/6

BOHEME
Bremerhaven, Germany 26/4
Southhampton, UK 30/4
Zeebrugge, Belgium 1/5
Le Haure, France 3/5
East London, South Africa 19/5
Durban, South Africa 20/5
Reunion Island, Reunion (??) 24/5
Fremantle, Aus 2/6
Melbourne, Aus 7/6
Sydney, Aus 9/6
Brisbane, Aus 11/6
Auckland, NZ 15/6

Thats a very similar transport schedule to mine Spotty. :D

I dont have that Reunion one though. And mine has appeared to go straight from Southampton to South Africa.

Ill see if I can pull up the schedule. Have I remembered my VIN off by heart yet??? :confused:

Bremerhaven - Germany 17/04/2004
Zeebrugge - Belgium 18/04/2004
Southampton - United Kingdom 21/04/2004
Port Elizabeth - South Africa 06/05/2004
East London - South Africa 07/05/2004
Durban - South Africa 08/05/2004
Fremantle - Australia 19/05/2004
Melbourne - Australia 24/05/2004
Sydney - Australia 26/05/2004

One more stop in Africa than you guys. To make up for Reunion :p

Wow. I just notced too, the Mignon started its journey from Germany on the 17th of April. My birthday is on the 17th of April. My car started build on the 17th of April.

Freaky.

For everyone interested in today's sailing of AIDA to NYC: She's at sea with 239 of the 245 Mini's booked on that voyage. (Oh those poor 6 future owners!) Lucky me, my CR/W is onboard!!!!! :-)

Oh - I also got an email from Mini today (with a tag from my dealer) asking me about some of the memory options they can program. Nice to see they're actively seeking this info. Also giving a CD - choice of "The Early Years 1959 - 1969", "Rual Soundscape", "Urban Soundscape" or "MINI and the Monkees". (It's got to be the Monkees!) They'll even pre-program 6 radio stations for me.

Now the question is - - with that many cars coming off the boat at once, how long will they be stuck at "Ellis Island"?

BOHEME
Bremerhaven, Germany 26/4
Southhampton, UK 30/4
Zeebrugge, Belgium 1/5
Le Haure, France 3/5
East London, South Africa 19/5
Durban, South Africa 20/5
Reunion Island, Reunion (??) 24/5
Fremantle, Aus 2/6
Melbourne, Aus 7/6
Sydney, Aus 9/6
Brisbane, Aus 11/6
Auckland, NZ 15/6

Ahh, makes sense that the other destinations don't come up on my tracking. ;)

I just got off the phone with my MA and my MCS has arrived! "woohoo!!!" I can pick up tomorrow eve or Saturday morning. Yipppeeeee..

So.. for all you guys here's the timeline:

3/6 ordered
4/1 started production
4/5 ended production
4/6 loaded on vessel
4/22 arrived at port
4/26 arrived at VPC
4/29 arrived at dealer

Not bad... 8 weeks total. That's for an east coast port (U.S.) Texas delivery

WOW! That is incredible timing considering it was an east coast landing and you are in TX.. Your car landed one day earlier than mine and my dealership is only 2 hrs away from NY and dealer says mine still has not been released to the trucking company.. :confused: :(

I WANNA MOTOR THIS WEEKEND!!! :mad: It's going to be beautiful here in Philadelphia area..

Best of luck and PICS PICS PICS!!!

I just got off the phone with my MA and my MCS has arrived! "woohoo!!!" I can pick up tomorrow eve or Saturday morning. Yipppeeeee..

So.. for all you guys here's the timeline:

3/6 ordered
4/1 started production
4/5 ended production
4/6 loaded on vessel
4/22 arrived at port
4/26 arrived at VPC
4/29 arrived at dealer

Not bad... 8 weeks total. That's for an east coast port (U.S.) Texas delivery

That's great! My MC should be headed to the VPC soon, hopefully she made it off the ship today. I have an estimated delivery date of 05/07/04. It's so close I can taste it! :D