The * denotes cars that have been waitlisted. I've dug into that and have yet to discover what it means. At first I thought it meant on hold for QC issues, but of the 134 cars on my booking number one third of them were waitlisted...and very few of those actually left on that ship. Seems impossible that more than forty cars had quality issues!


On the FAQ it says that although you may be booked on a vessel, you might not get on that vessel, but rebooked on a later one.

Maybe that is what the waitlist means. They may overbook the ship to make sure it is full like an airline does. Guessing that some of the cargo booked will not make it there in time. Maybe the waitlist items are overbooks. The ones without a * are guaranteed to be on the ship.

Probably doesn't have to do with quality issues.

If that is the case, then maybe our Mini could make it on an earlier (TAKASAGO) if there is space still available. Bummer to be in the first 5 booked on a ship that is still 8 days from sailing!

Noooooo!

Don't tell me my car might not make it! :eek

I looked up the call-sign for the Takasago (LACR5), it has not arrived in South Hampton yet, I guess I will watch the web-cam all night. :eek

I gota go, I can't handle anymore. :D

April or TAZ,

In looking on the Cargo Status when checking by Cargo number. Many of the Minis have a start(*) after their VIN.

When you click on the VIN it says "* Cargo is in Waitlist Status".

Ones without the * do not say that.

Any idea what this means?

Thanks,

that means your ship, like an airplane, was overbooked. The ones with * have been bumped to a later ship. Hope you car is not one of the * crossed ones.

Edited to add: Now that I've read the rest of the new posts, I see you already figured it out. Good news is that the ones waitlisted are usually bumped to the next Kline ship heading out. :)

Wow. This is exciting that so many already have some idea of when their MINIs are going to start across the pond.

Anyone whos MINIs were completed in the last week who ordered from over on the west coast hear anything from your dealers about what shipping vessel your MINIs are on? :confused: The wait has gotten much worse now that ASK MINI can't give me any new information.

Edited to add: Now that I've read the rest of the new posts, I see you already figured it out. Good news is that the ones waitlisted are usually bumped to the next Kline ship heading out. :)

April, our Mini is already booked on the next WW ship (Morning Noble), but it doesn't leave Southampton for 8 days (May20th).

If they put other "bumped" Minis on a KLine that leaves before the 20th, would they move ours over to the Kline?

We had the misfortune of being one of the first booked a week later. :(

I have this picture in my mind of several of our Minis sitting there for a week playing cards, waiting to go home.

April, our Mini is already booked on the next WW ship (Morning Noble), but it doesn't leave Southampton for 8 days (May20th).

If they put other "bumped" Minis on a KLine that leaves before the 20th, would they move ours over to the Kline?

We had the misfortune of being one of the first booked a week later. :(

I have this picture in my mind of several of our Minis sitting there for a week playing cards, waiting to go home.

Yes, just because it's booked on a later ship doesn't mean it won't leave earlier. Does that make sense? :D

Dpacker was in the same situation. Her car was waitlisted, then booked on a much later ship. Then it disappeared entirely from the WW site, and showed up in Charleston on a Kline ship. So there is hope. :)

Besides, hanging around the rough characters on the docks would be a bad influence on your MINI. :)

hanging around the rough characters on the docks would be a bad influence on your MINI. :)
Hey now, you never know. They may be a kinder, gentler dock worker over there now. ;)

Sorry I haven't been on much nor helping any. Between golf and tooling around in the Mini to knock off those break-in miles, I haven't spent much time here. Thank Gosh there's AW to the rescue, eh? Less then 300 miles to go before we can go out and really play with the Mini!
Oh..by the way..(drum roll pleaseeee..) I shot my first Hole-In-One on tuesday!!! :D :eek: :D Yes, I have been higher than a kite the past 2 days. I promise to settle down soon and get back to bugging everyone in here again. (no talk of oceanic catastrophes either..promise!)

Oh, and to further expound on what young AW said earlier: Our Mini never did show up on the WW site and all that time I thought it was sitting at the port waiting the next WW ship. (probably learning bad words from those dock hands). 3 days later, it shows up on ASKMINI as "enroute" and still not on the WW radar screen. By looking at the Kline schedule, I was able to determine that it was on board one of those vessels instead. Don't get too worked up if nothing shows up on the WW site.

Oh..by the way..(drum roll pleaseeee..) I shot my first Hole-In-One on tuesday!!! :D :eek: :D
Wow! That's a lifetime dream for me to sink a hole in one.

My problem is I keep hitting the darn windmill blade! :D

So it sounds like there are many trade-offs here.

If it goes later on WW then we'll have the fun of tracking it on the water.
If it goes earlier, I won't be able to track it but it could arrive sooner.

If it stays on the docks in Southampton, I hope it doesn't get into any strip poker games and lose a few accessories! :eek:

Well, I'm off to the Kline site to try and figure out schedules to see if there is anything earlier.

If I remember correctly, WW had the most frequent trips out of Southampton.

Thanks so much for the info!! I really appreciate it. Hoping to be on the 5/19 or 5/20 ship.

How long does it take from MINI factory completion to reach the port @ Southampton? The ASK MINI guy didn't know.

Thanks so much for the info!! I really appreciate it. Hoping to be on the 5/19 or 5/20 ship.

How long does it take from MINI factory completion to reach the port @ Southampton? The ASK MINI guy didn't know.
Maybe someone has a more accurate timeline than I do, but I remember hearing that they try their darnedest to get them there in under 24 hours. I guess it makes sense in that a finished MINI sitting around only clutters up the factory parking lot so they try to hustle them right down to the docks (to pick up bad habits apparently). From all that I have been able to gather, the MINI factory holding area isn't all that big.
Hope this helps.

Taz(Tiger Woods)minia :D

Thanks so much for the info!! I really appreciate it. Hoping to be on the 5/19 or 5/20 ship.

How long does it take from MINI factory completion to reach the port @ Southampton? The ASK MINI guy didn't know.

It's only a few hours ride. Mine left Oxford one day and was loaded on a ship the next. :) I was very very lucky.

Thanks so much for the info!! I really appreciate it. Hoping to be on the 5/19 or 5/20 ship.

How long does it take from MINI factory completion to reach the port @ Southampton? The ASK MINI guy didn't know.
We got to the port terminal on the same day we rolled out the door, today! That is about as current information as you can get.

We were in Quality Control yesterday, and then early this morning -BAM- at the port!

OK kiddies.


This is what I have found about KLine schedules.

This is what came up on their schedule.

K-Line America (http://www.kline.com/PCC-RoRo/scheduleatlanticshuttle.asp)

Leaves---------------Arrives
Southampton------Charleston----Vessel
05/16/2005---------05/30/2005----FRISIA
05/23/2005---------06/06/2005----ANDES HIGHWAY

They don't look any better than leaving on the 20th and arriving on June 1st with tracking.

So there is a chance we may end up on the 5/16 FRISIA.

Sure hope the buffet is good.

I called ASK-MINI a short time ago and they said my MINI was finished and it was released to distribution. It finished a day early. Thank goodness I don't have to worry about it finishing production on Friday the 13th.

Glazer

I called NYK today and found out that there are ships coming into Port Hueneme from Southampton on May 31 (Hudson Leader), and 2 on June 11 (Didn't quite catch the names of these ships except that they are also Leaders.) I am guessing from the voyage length that they leave(or have left in the case of the Hudson Leader) May 10, and May 21 respectively.

The Grus and the Fontana are arriving sooner but I know my MINI could not have made it on either of those ships. It could have barely made it onto the Hudson Leader.

Useful link:
http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shiplocations.phtml

I was able to locate a few MINI carrying ships using Ship traffic worldwide under Ship search. The Carmen is shown south west of Great Brittian right now.

Hello all!
New to the forum, and I cannot believe the HUGE amount of info available on predelivery alone! According to the Automated Ask Mini, my little Ian was completed on May 11, and has been in Southampton since yesterday. It sucks that I am in the part of the country that is left in the dark about shipping tracking. :( Still no info yet about shipping info from Ask Mini. I was wondering, does AskMINI 800# tell you which ship you are finally loaded onto, or does it just give more general info? Would the live reps be more of a help in this regard? I have caught the MINI bug, and man is it powerful!! Oh yeah, my specs:

05 MCS
PepperWhite/Black w/black racing stripes
Sport Package
Premium Pkg
Cold Weather Pkg
Blk Leatherette/Anthricite
Anthricite Headliner
Chrono Pack
Ltd Slip Differential
Center Arm Rest

Just guessing, but perhaps the HK fire pushed my production up, as I originally placed my order on April 25. Sorry for those affected, but thank you for your sacrifice! :D
--Aloha!!

Hello all!
New to the forum, and I cannot believe the HUGE amount of info available on predelivery alone! According to the Automated Ask Mini, my little Ian was completed on May 11, and has been in Southampton since yesterday. It sucks that I am in the part of the country that is left in the dark about shipping tracking. :( Still no info yet about shipping info from Ask Mini. I was wondering, does AskMINI 800# tell you which ship you are finally loaded onto, or does it just give more general info? Would the live reps be more of a help in this regard? I have caught the MINI bug, and man is it powerful!!


Welcome to the MINI2 forums!

ASK MINI can not (I have tried a few times) tell you what ship your MINI will be loaded onto. As soon as the car is released to the shipper it becomes property of your MINI dealer and they know the ship and booking number (I am having difficulty getting either out of Sandia MINI in ABQ.)

You can probably expect your MINI to arrive in Port Hueneme on June 11th (2 ships coming in that day.)

And for those of you on the Takasago. It just appeared on the Southampton radar!

Okay, so I went through all the pages on the WW site for all the other cars that are *supposed* to be on the Takasago with mine and all but 3 have asteriks by them. Does that mean all of our cars are waitlisted? I am very confused and a little frustrated right now.
It seems strange that 487 cars would be bumped. Grr. grrr. grrrrrr.

According to my contacts in NY, the Maersk Teal (with my little Nugget aboard) pulled into New York harbor this morning at 5am and is tied up at Northeast Auto right now! Woohoo!!! :D

Okay, so I went through all the pages on the WW site for all the other cars that are *supposed* to be on the Takasago with mine and all but 3 have asteriks by them. Does that mean all of our cars are waitlisted? I am very confused and a little frustrated right now.
It seems strange that 487 cars would be bumped. Grr. grrr. grrrrrr.
Now there are very many that do not have the * after them.

Hopefully there will be extra room for ours.

So mine looks okay? no *'s.

Cargo Id : WMWRE33535TL11779

Booking Number : GBSOU320118 Bill Number :

Vessel: TAKASAGO Port of origin : SOUTHAMPTON

Voyage : EQ519-TKO Port of Destination : CHARLESTON,SC
Priority : Customer Ref. Nbr:

Status Port Time(dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm)

LOADED ON VESSEL SOUTHAMPTON 13/05/2005 09:27
RECEIVED AT TERMINAL SOUTHAMPTON 12/05/2005 09:40
BOOKED SOUTHAMPTON 12/05/2005 08:22

Also, nmlacoopers, where do you go to see that radar picture. I tried the http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shiplocations.phtml, but it said the last time the Takasago (LACR5) reported in was 2004. :confused:

BobsWifesMini: Did you get on the Takasago?

Cheers.

I thought you May guys and gals may appreciate this. It is a reply to a post I put up back in early March, by one stephenjc when I asked if maybe I was losing my mind for:
1) ordering a new car based on a 15 minute test drive in a used '02.
2) paying MSRP and being happy about it?
3 buying from a dealer 3.5 hours away and have only spoken to the sales person by phone for the entire ordeal.
The correct terminology for this personality disorder is "SOCC" (same old car challenged). Please don't use words like "insane" or "crazy" or "nuts". I am a confessed victim of this disorder myself. Many common symptoms of this disorder include the following:

1. Buying a MINI.

2. Buying a MINI even in conditions unlike all other car buying experiences including paying sticker price or more, waiting months for delivery, and in many cases buying vehicle from a dealer hundreds of miles away.

3. Agonizing over usually simple choices like color. With so many choices to make this can turn an ordinarily decisive person into a basket case.

4. Obsessing over tracking the exact progress and moment to moment location of a car built thousands of miles away from the day of order to the day of delivery.

5. After delivery, obsessing over the care and modifications of the MINI. This can turn into a sub disorder concerning the constant changes to a vehicle that really had nothing wrong with it.

6. Giving the vehicle a name as if a child or good Friend.

7. Driving the MINI "just for the Fun of it" with no particular place to go, thus putting life at limb at risk for no reason.

8. Those with this SOCC disorder have contradictory feelings of wanting to be unique and thus buying a rarer vehicle but then not wanting to be alone and joining clubs and participating in forums with others having the same disorder.

9. Almost constant thoughts of actually putting one's self through the entire agonizing process again upon the purchase of second or even a third MINI.

10. Feelings of euphoria from simply owning a MINI and especially from driving a MINI. For example just today as I went for a drive for no reason, at one point I found myself in the position of having caught up with a line of six vehicles which included four minivans and two SUVs. The euphoric feeling of not being one of the many same old car drivers created a large smile and eventually a rash display of nimble horsepower as this line of six vans and suvs was soon transformed from a view in front to a view in the rear view mirror and then out of sight completely.

You do not have to have all of these symptoms to be diagnosed with this disorder. In fact you only need one and that is the first one. But is is extraordinarily rare if not unheard of to have the first symptom without also having many of the other symptoms. There is no known cure for SOCC but take heart as with effective counseling those with this disorder can often live an otherwise long and productive and almost normal life. I would suggest that you stay active in this support group forum as it helps to discuss all your issues with those similarly afflicted.

This was originally done back on 3/6 but I thought it worth bringing back for y'all (you all for non hillbillys).
Taz
p.s. Thanks stephenjc...

Heh heh, I knew I was not alone! :D

I have all those symptoms, but I have a feeling that others reading this thread have all of them too! :p

So, I guess there is no cure? I thought that taking deliver of "BB" would make all of this go away, but I see items 5, 7 and 10 are after being united.

Now, back to checking the radar and webcam in South Hampton.... :D

So mine looks okay? no *'s.

Cargo Id : WMWRE33535TL11779

Booking Number : GBSOU320118 Bill Number :

Vessel: TAKASAGO Port of origin : SOUTHAMPTON

Voyage : EQ519-TKO Port of Destination : CHARLESTON,SC
Priority : Customer Ref. Nbr:

Status Port Time(dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm)

LOADED ON VESSEL SOUTHAMPTON 13/05/2005 09:27
RECEIVED AT TERMINAL SOUTHAMPTON 12/05/2005 09:40
BOOKED SOUTHAMPTON 12/05/2005 08:22

Also, nmlacoopers, where do you go to see that radar picture. I tried the http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shiplocations.phtml, but it said the last time the Takasago (LACR5) reported in was 2004. :confused:

BobsWifesMini: Did you get on the Takasago?

Cheers.
Thanks for the thought. Just checked and we are still scheduled for the Morning Noble in a week. According to the FAQ, we'll have to wait until the takasago sails to see if they might be able to cram us in. Come on there is still a couple of inches you could move up to help make room for us.

What great luck you have (on Friday the 13th) to roll out of the factory on day and onto a boat the next! We're happy for you!

230 of the little guys (and gals) have been loaded.

I found out that you can cut the list out of the printer friendly version straight into excel and then sort it.

I'll check later to see if this number is changing. Anyone know when it will leave port?

Also, anyone know how to figure the call sign of the Morning Noble and where to go to track it. I'm having difficulty getting it to work.

Thanks,

I just sorted the Takasago Mini list in excel and all of the Minis that have not yet been loaded but have a * to show waitlisted were all received at the Terminal prior to May 10th. They range in being "received at terminal" from 5/3/2005 to 5/9/2005.

All of the Minis not loaded yet that were received on the 11th and 12th (29 right now) do not have the waitlist * on them.

And there is one lonely little guy from April 25th not waitlisted.

So that means...

230 are loaded
230 are waitlisted (received at terminal before 5/10)
30 not waitlisted but not loaded

I wonder if the 230 that are waitlisted aren't really there, but made a different ship, like a Kline.

Any thoughts, or am I over the top with number 4 above? :confused:

I just sorted the Takasago Mini list in excel and all of the Minis that have not yet been loaded but have a * to show waitlisted were all received at the Terminal prior to May 10th. They range in being "received at terminal" from 5/3/2005 to 5/9/2005.

All of the Minis not loaded yet that were received on the 11th and 12th (29 right now) do not have the waitlist * on them.

And there is one lonely little guy from April 25th not waitlisted.

So that means...

230 are loaded
230 are waitlisted (received at terminal before 5/10)
30 not waitlisted but not loaded

I wonder if the 230 that are waitlisted aren't really there, but made a different ship, like a Kline.

Any thoughts, or am I over the top with number 4 above? :confused:
My vote goes to "over the top". :D
The numbers there do leave a lot of room for interpretation, doesn't it? I see a potential of 260 cars going to another ship (or waiting until the next WW line ship stops by) And right up until the "T" sets sail, those numbers could still change yet. (comforting, isn't it?)

I'm just guessing here, but I believe you're having a ball with this tracking stuff, aren't you? If that's the case, I hope your new toy gets on a WW line ship. (more fun to track) If it makes it onto a KLine ship, it'll be lights out until it makes shore, but you may get it quicker. :rolleyes:

Another idea from left field: have them build the worlds largest Trebuchet and we'll build the worlds largest net. Then all we need to pray for is that the Brits are terribly accurate with their aim! ;) (yes, this is what I get for trying to learn a new word a day...)

I just sorted the Takasago Mini list in excel and all of the Minis that have not yet been loaded but have a * to show waitlisted were all received at the Terminal prior to May 10th. They range in being "received at terminal" from 5/3/2005 to 5/9/2005.

All of the Minis not loaded yet that were received on the 11th and 12th (29 right now) do not have the waitlist * on them.

And there is one lonely little guy from April 25th not waitlisted.

So that means...

230 are loaded
230 are waitlisted (received at terminal before 5/10)
30 not waitlisted but not loaded

I wonder if the 230 that are waitlisted aren't really there, but made a different ship, like a Kline.

Any thoughts, or am I over the top with number 4 above? :confused:

I didn't make it on the Tagasako, so am now wondering what my car will be doing? It is still listed as being "booked" on the T, but not loaded. I wonder if it will be booked on another ship? *Note to self...must stop obsessing over this*
:confused: