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dpacker · Mar 28th, 2005, 11:29 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by gaminicool

Hi guys. My Mini was booked on the Madame Butterfly but WW shows it was never loaded

It was supposed tol eave Sunday? Now I don't know where it is. I would much prefer to drive my mIni as opposed to my crappy rental. The wait is killing me

Any suggestions as to another ship?

My guess for you, Claudia, and Tom is that you will be picked up by a K-Line if you were there for the WW and missed it. The same thing happened to a couple of us a little over a week ago. The only bad thing about that (besides not being able to track it) is that unless your MA is on top of everything to keep you updated, you probably won't know about it for a couple of days. In my case, mine left Southhampton on a Monday and I didn't find out about it until Thursday morning when ASK-MINI updated...then my MA looked it up and found out how it was getting here. I don't know what the K-Line schedules are...maybe someone else here is up-to-date on that. I think there's also another WW ship leaving in a couple of days too. That's also a possibility too!

OH - thanks to the person who posted the links with the VDC pics (I forgot to look at the poster name before I clicked to reply to this message). Anyway, thanks - it was cool to see all of the pictures. All those MINIs in that one room looked so cute! But that poor little MINI that had its roof crushed - how sad to see that!

Have a good night everyone! Debbie

Tom B · Mar 28th, 2005, 11:38 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by rsinsheimer

Hope that helps (a bit).

-- Roger

It sure did. Thanks Roger.

Tom B · Mar 28th, 2005, 11:44 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by dpacker

My guess for you, Claudia, and Tom is that you will be picked up by a K-Line if you were there for the WW and missed it. The same thing happened to a couple of us a little over a week ago. The only bad thing about that (besides not being able to track it) is that unless your MA is on top of everything to keep you updated, you probably won't know about it for a couple of days. In my case, mine left Southhampton on a Monday and I didn't find out about it until Thursday morning when ASK-MINI updated...then my MA looked it up and found out how it was getting here. I don't know what the K-Line schedules are...maybe someone else here is up-to-date on that. I think there's also another WW ship leaving in a couple of days too. That's also a possibility too!

OH - thanks to the person who posted the links with the VDC pics (I forgot to look at the poster name before I clicked to reply to this message). Anyway, thanks - it was cool to see all of the pictures. All those MINIs in that one room looked so cute! But that poor little MINI that had its roof crushed - how sad to see that!

Have a good night everyone! Debbie

Good night & Thanks Debbie.
By the way, does anyone know if it's possible to track shipments on the other shipping lines the way we are able to on the WW website?

Tom

rsinsheimer · Mar 28th, 2005, 11:59 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Tom B

Good night & Thanks Debbie.
By the way, does anyone know if it's possible to track shipments on the other shipping lines the way we are able to on the WW website?

Tom

Only with the Bill of Lading (gotten from your MA) and a somewhat embarassing phone call to the shipping line:

"Excuse me, but I'm like, a total geek, and I'd like to know the name of the ship (which I'll never see) that's carrying my car (which I've never seen) from England to the US.

<Long pause while the shipping person rolls her eyes and thinks to herself "Get a life, dude!", then looks it up and reads it to you>

It's the 'Capricornus Maximus RORO-ious'? Thanks!"

It's OK, I did it.

-- Roger

btdoyle · Mar 29th, 2005, 01:42 AM

I have come to the conclusion that my mini will not come to the states till about the 12th of april depending on which carrier it is released too. This is very sad and I am just going to drown myself in school work until this date rolls around.

erickvonzipper · Mar 29th, 2005, 01:53 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by dpacker

Pennies, gold bars w/ women on them - they're all the same, right?

That reminds me. I also read that the MINIs in the subway system (in Italian Job) were electric. It said that gas-powered cars were not allowed in the subway, so they had to use electric. Then I read something about them using a NASA hangar to film part of that. Cool!

Yep. They rigged three MINIs with electric-only power for the drive down the stairs onto, and on the subway platform. The hangar was used to build the underground/in the tunnel set where the truck is dropped through the street.

Zip

dpacker · Mar 29th, 2005, 02:30 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by rsinsheimer

Only with the Bill of Lading (gotten from your MA) and a somewhat embarassing phone call to the shipping line:

"Excuse me, but I'm like, a total geek, and I'd like to know the name of the ship (which I'll never see) that's carrying my car (which I've never seen) from England to the US.

<Long pause while the shipping person rolls her eyes and thinks to herself "Get a life, dude!", then looks it up and reads it to you>

It's the 'Capricornus Maximus RORO-ious'? Thanks!"

It's OK, I did it.

-- Roger

I was laughing so hard when I read this that my husband had to pause his TIVO to read it too...then he was laughing so hard that it made me laugh even harder. The scary thing is that the only reason I haven't made this phone call is that I've sent so many e-mails to my VERY nice MA that I haven't been able to bring myself to ask him for the BofL number. Unlike the shipping lady rolling her eyes at the shipping company (that I will never meet), I have to face my MA when I go to pick up my MINI. And even though he tells me that it's nice to work with people who are so excited about their MINIs, I have no doubt that he thinks I'm insane...and that I need to get a life. My husband even e-mailed him to tell him that he hoped I wasn't annoying him as much as I was annoying him (my husband). I'm sure I will break down in a few days, and e-mail the MA to get the BofL number so that I can find out about the boat. He probably even wouldn't be amazed to learn that before I got bumped from the Takasago, I had already saved and printed pictures of it (the Takasago that is) and printed the spec sheet too. Anybody else done that...or am I just a bigger geek than the rest of you?

Debbie

Tazminia · Mar 29th, 2005, 02:34 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by btdoyle

I have come to the conclusion that my mini will not come to the states till about the 12th of april depending on which carrier it is released too. This is very sad and I am just going to drown myself in school work until this date rolls around.

School?! My God man! Have you no shame??!
Which is more important? School, and therefore your entire future or browsing online at all the neat Mini stores for Mini goodies and accessories?!! You could O.D. on how much (or how little) chrome goodies to buy...mods to think about...etc. I mean like REAL priorities like "do I buy a T-shirt AND a hat?" And you want to do school work..

p.s. Don't tell anyone, but I wish my kids had your schoolwork ethic. I wouldn't feel near as nervous when I write checks for tuition.

Tazminia · Mar 29th, 2005, 02:40 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by dpacker

I was laughing so hard when I read this that my husband had to pause his TIVO to read it too...then he was laughing so hard that it made me laugh even harder. The scary thing is that the only reason I haven't made this phone call is that I've sent so many e-mails to my VERY nice MA that I haven't been able to bring myself to ask him for the BofL number. Unlike the shipping lady rolling her eyes at the shipping company (that I will never meet), I have to face my MA when I go to pick up my MINI. And even though he tells me that it's nice to work with people who are so excited about their MINIs, I have no doubt that he thinks I'm insane...and that I need to get a life. My husband even e-mailed him to tell him that he hoped I wasn't annoying him as much as I was annoying him (my husband). I'm sure I will break down in a few days, and e-mail the MA to get the BofL number so that I can find out about the boat. He probably even wouldn't be amazed to learn that before I got bumped from the Takasago, I had already saved and printed pictures of it (the Takasago that is) and printed the spec sheet too. Anybody else done that...or am I just a bigger geek than the rest of you?

Debbie

Actually, I went ahead and apologized in advance to our MA as we knew we were going to bombard her with inane questions about the Mini. She too has said she likes to work with people who are excited about their car but I interpret that to mean "sheesh, I didn't think I was going to have to babysit a couple of 50 yr olds! Cripes!"
In all fairness she has been a peach about it though.

Also, from what I was able to gather, the K-Line vessel that I think our car is on, is called the Frisia. (times were about right for it's voyage and arrival times too)
Randy

dpacker · Mar 29th, 2005, 03:00 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Tazminia

Actually, I went ahead and apologized in advance to our MA as we knew we were going to bombard her with inane questions about the Mini. She too has said she likes to work with people who are excited about their car but I interpret that to mean "sheesh, I didn't think I was going to have to babysit a couple of 50 yr olds! Cripes!"
In all fairness she has been a peach about it though.

Also, from what I was able to gather, the K-Line vessel that I think our car is on, is called the Frisia. (times were about right for it's voyage and arrival times too)
Randy

Hey Randy! Thanks for that info. My MA will be so surprised when I don't have to call for the number. Poor guy though - he's probably already lost the bet as to when I would call.

My husband is conviced that I'm obsessed. He says I'm spending way too much time reading and posting on the fourm.

Just can't have any fun.

Thanks again for the info. I will have to look up the boat and print pictures tomorrow! Don't tell my husband though - he'll call me a geek again!

HyperBlueS · Mar 29th, 2005, 03:19 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Tazminia

Actually, I went ahead and apologized in advance to our MA as we knew we were going to bombard her with inane questions about the Mini. She too has said she likes to work with people who are excited about their car but I interpret that to mean "sheesh, I didn't think I was going to have to babysit a couple of 50 yr olds! Cripes!"
In all fairness she has been a peach about it though.

Also, from what I was able to gather, the K-Line vessel that I think our car is on, is called the Frisia. (times were about right for it's voyage and arrival times too)
Randy

Tazminia-
Do you have a link how you found the name of the boat? I did not see the Frisia listed for the vessels going from Europe to U.S. Then again it is a shotty website....Or maybe it is the cause of user error on my part

btdoyle · Mar 29th, 2005, 03:20 AM

I feel lucky enough to be getting a cooper s while I am still in college... And being that I will be parking my mini on campus, I am not sure how much attention I want to attract from all the lovely drunk kids walking home from the bars. But yes I got the Youification book from Rachel at Bill Jakobs and I have looked at that thing quite a few times. I wish I could justify spending the money on those things but mini charges just so damn much...
You should just write the checks to the professors, you will be sure to get good results

Quote: Originally Posted by Tazminia

School?! My God man! Have you no shame??!
Which is more important? School, and therefore your entire future or browsing online at all the neat Mini stores for Mini goodies and accessories?!! You could O.D. on how much (or how little) chrome goodies to buy...mods to think about...etc. I mean like REAL priorities like "do I buy a T-shirt AND a hat?" And you want to do school work..

p.s. Don't tell anyone, but I wish my kids had your schoolwork ethic. I wouldn't feel near as nervous when I write checks for tuition.

Tazminia · Mar 29th, 2005, 04:10 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by HyperBlueS

Tazminia-
Do you have a link how you found the name of the boat? I did not see the Frisia listed for the vessels going from Europe to U.S. Then again it is a shotty website....Or maybe it is the cause of user error on my part

Here is where I found the ship name by ports of origin/destination.
http://www.kline.com/PCC-RoRo/schedu...ticshuttle.asp
Hope this helps

Randy

bandrews · Mar 29th, 2005, 04:12 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by btdoyle

I feel lucky enough to be getting a cooper s while I am still in college... And being that I will be parking my mini on campus, I am not sure how much attention I want to attract from all the lovely drunk kids walking home from the bars. But yes I got the Youification book from Rachel at Bill Jakobs and I have looked at that thing quite a few times. I wish I could justify spending the money on those things but mini charges just so damn much...
You should just write the checks to the professors, you will be sure to get good results

Man, I'm in the same boat as far as being a- thankful for getting a cooper s while I'm still in colelge and b- afraid of parking it anywhere near the reaches of the unwashed masses on campus. My solution may be to park the car at my parents' house nearby and continue to drive my van as my daily commuting car, grabbing the MINI for dates, road trips and miscellaneous motoring fun. Tech lets us list two cars on our parking passes, so I'll leave both attached and play it by ear...

While I'm excited I'll have the car all summer long, I'm soooo nervous about taking it into downtown Seattle. I'll be living on the eastside which seems pretty suburban and pleasant, but baseball games in Pioneer Square will be a bit of a nail biter. That might be a job for some other intern's lame rental Malibu

Ben

Edit: I was going to fix my misspelling of Colelge, but I guess it's funnier to leave it the way it is

rsinsheimer · Mar 29th, 2005, 06:51 AM

Don't know how old these are, but they give you a sense of how big the Bujin really is. The white water in the foreground of the first image is from the Bujin spinning up its props to exit the Gatun Locks.

I'm guessing that the image I've labeled as #2 is actually the first in the series, with #2 having been taken before the lock has been filled to raise the water in the lock to the level of Lake Gatun.

Ken30307 · Mar 29th, 2005, 11:55 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by rsinsheimer

I don't think that that is correct. What appears to happen is very opportunistic -- the car is completed and shipped by train to Southampton, where some (I assume) very harried folks have to figure out which VDC the vehicle is headed for, then figure out which RORO is headed that direction next, and whether there's room to book your car onto that ship. As you have probably seen, people get booked onto ships and then bumped, that probably gives the poor people who are trying to get the car to its anxious owner-to-be yet another bout of apoplexy as they have to start the process all over again.

Just to make things more complicated from our end, for the East Coast US MINI seems to favor W-W, while for the West Coast US they seem to favor NYK, but they opportunistically will vary from that "rule" as needed. The only way to know for sure you aren't on W-W is to enter your car's VIN onto the W-W website once it get to the "waiting at port" stage, and see if it recognizes you. If yes, even then you're not assured that you won't get bumped and end up on another line's ship. If you continue to be recognized on W-W then you're one of the lucky ones who can easily find out what ship their car is on, the rest of us have to get the Bill of Lading from our MA (available a few days after leaving port) and contact the shipper.

Hope that helps (a bit).

-- Roger

That does help. ASK MINI still says that I'm "awaiting transport" seems unlikely that it's not at the port alreaday since it's been done since the 24th. I'm guessing that it's not on a WW ship at all.

Fingers crossed...

jeffu · Mar 29th, 2005, 12:40 PM

Well I've been updated on the WW site. Now I show I booked on the Resolve - along with some 367 others. That's the good news - the bad news is I still have an asterisk by my VIN - what the heck does that mean - I'm waitlisted again!

Why can't I just get confirmed - are they waitlisting me in hopes that another car won't show up? Maybe they will get up late that morning and not make it through security so they'll miss the boat?

I would really be bummed to have to wait again for the next boat.

AprilWhine · Mar 29th, 2005, 12:51 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by jeffu

Well I've been updated on the WW site. Now I show I booked on the Resolve - along with some 367 others. That's the good news - the bad news is I still have an asterisk by my VIN - what the heck does that mean - I'm waitlisted again!

Why can't I just get confirmed - are they waitlisting me in hopes that another car won't show up? Maybe they will get up late that morning and not make it through security so they'll miss the boat?

I would really be bummed to have to wait again for the next boat.

I think you were wait-listed from the MB, and are almost guaranteed a ride on the Resolve.

Let's hope so anyway.

Ken30307 · Mar 29th, 2005, 01:54 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by jeffu

Well I've been updated on the WW site. Now I show I booked on the Resolve - along with some 367 others. That's the good news - the bad news is I still have an asterisk by my VIN - what the heck does that mean - I'm waitlisted again!

Why can't I just get confirmed - are they waitlisting me in hopes that another car won't show up? Maybe they will get up late that morning and not make it through security so they'll miss the boat?

I would really be bummed to have to wait again for the next boat.

When was your car completed?

jeffu · Mar 29th, 2005, 02:29 PM

Mine was completed last Thursday - March 24 and arrived at the port on March 25.

Mar 29th, 2005, 06:51 AM	#475 (permalink)
rsinsheimer Bruiser's Dad Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: NorCal Local Time: 12:49 PM Posts: 152 Offline	Here's a timely image for the West Coaster's Don't know how old these are, but they give you a sense of how big the Bujin really is. The white water in the foreground of the first image is from the Bujin spinning up its props to exit the Gatun Locks. I'm guessing that the image I've labeled as #2 is actually the first in the series, with #2 having been taken before the lock has been filled to raise the water in the lock to the level of Lake Gatun. Attached Thumbnails

Mar 29th, 2005, 12:40 PM	#477 (permalink)
jeffu MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Houston, TX Local Time: 07:49 PM Posts: 61 Offline	Well I've been updated on the WW site. Now I show I booked on the Resolve - along with some 367 others. That's the good news - the bad news is I still have an asterisk by my VIN - what the heck does that mean - I'm waitlisted again! Why can't I just get confirmed - are they waitlisting me in hopes that another car won't show up? Maybe they will get up late that morning and not make it through security so they'll miss the boat? I would really be bummed to have to wait again for the next boat. Jeff Ulrich

Mar 29th, 2005, 12:51 PM	#478 (permalink)
AprilWhine Loves the Fuzzy One Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gypsy Local Time: 01:49 PM Posts: 16,078 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by jeffu Well I've been updated on the WW site. Now I show I booked on the Resolve - along with some 367 others. That's the good news - the bad news is I still have an asterisk by my VIN - what the heck does that mean - I'm waitlisted again! Why can't I just get confirmed - are they waitlisting me in hopes that another car won't show up? Maybe they will get up late that morning and not make it through security so they'll miss the boat? I would really be bummed to have to wait again for the next boat. I think you were wait-listed from the MB, and are almost guaranteed a ride on the Resolve. Let's hope so anyway. Global Moderator

Mar 29th, 2005, 02:29 PM	#480 (permalink)
jeffu MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Houston, TX Local Time: 07:49 PM Posts: 61 Offline	Mine was completed last Thursday - March 24 and arrived at the port on March 25. Jeff Ulrich

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Mar 28th, 2005, 11:29 PM	#461
dpacker MINI2 Regular Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: East Coast - SC Local Time: 03:49 PM Posts: 227 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by gaminicool Hi guys. My Mini was booked on the Madame Butterfly but WW shows it was never loaded It was supposed tol eave Sunday? Now I don't know where it is. I would much prefer to drive my mIni as opposed to my crappy rental. The wait is killing me Any suggestions as to another ship? My guess for you, Claudia, and Tom is that you will be picked up by a K-Line if you were there for the WW and missed it. The same thing happened to a couple of us a little over a week ago. The only bad thing about that (besides not being able to track it) is that unless your MA is on top of everything to keep you updated, you probably won't know about it for a couple of days. In my case, mine left Southhampton on a Monday and I didn't find out about it until Thursday morning when ASK-MINI updated...then my MA looked it up and found out how it was getting here. I don't know what the K-Line schedules are...maybe someone else here is up-to-date on that. I think there's also another WW ship leaving in a couple of days too. That's also a possibility too! OH - thanks to the person who posted the links with the VDC pics (I forgot to look at the poster name before I clicked to reply to this message). Anyway, thanks - it was cool to see all of the pictures. All those MINIs in that one room looked so cute! But that poor little MINI that had its roof crushed - how sad to see that! Have a good night everyone! Debbie

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Mar 28th, 2005, 11:38 PM	#462 (permalink)
Tom B I am not in compliance. Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Orange County, NY Local Time: 02:49 PM Posts: 308 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by rsinsheimer Hope that helps (a bit). -- Roger It sure did. Thanks Roger.

Mar 28th, 2005, 11:44 PM	#463 (permalink)
Tom B I am not in compliance. Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Orange County, NY Local Time: 02:49 PM Posts: 308 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by dpacker My guess for you, Claudia, and Tom is that you will be picked up by a K-Line if you were there for the WW and missed it. The same thing happened to a couple of us a little over a week ago. The only bad thing about that (besides not being able to track it) is that unless your MA is on top of everything to keep you updated, you probably won't know about it for a couple of days. In my case, mine left Southhampton on a Monday and I didn't find out about it until Thursday morning when ASK-MINI updated...then my MA looked it up and found out how it was getting here. I don't know what the K-Line schedules are...maybe someone else here is up-to-date on that. I think there's also another WW ship leaving in a couple of days too. That's also a possibility too! OH - thanks to the person who posted the links with the VDC pics (I forgot to look at the poster name before I clicked to reply to this message). Anyway, thanks - it was cool to see all of the pictures. All those MINIs in that one room looked so cute! But that poor little MINI that had its roof crushed - how sad to see that! Have a good night everyone! Debbie Good night & Thanks Debbie. By the way, does anyone know if it's possible to track shipments on the other shipping lines the way we are able to on the WW website? Tom

Mar 28th, 2005, 11:59 PM	#464 (permalink)
rsinsheimer Bruiser's Dad Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: NorCal Local Time: 12:49 PM Posts: 152 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Tom B Good night & Thanks Debbie. By the way, does anyone know if it's possible to track shipments on the other shipping lines the way we are able to on the WW website? Tom Only with the Bill of Lading (gotten from your MA) and a somewhat embarassing phone call to the shipping line: "Excuse me, but I'm like, a total geek, and I'd like to know the name of the ship (which I'll never see) that's carrying my car (which I've never seen) from England to the US. <Long pause while the shipping person rolls her eyes and thinks to herself "Get a life, dude!", then looks it up and reads it to you> It's the 'Capricornus Maximus RORO-ious'? Thanks!" It's OK, I did it. -- Roger

Mar 29th, 2005, 01:42 AM	#465 (permalink)
btdoyle Mini Monger Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa Local Time: 02:49 PM Posts: 241 Offline	I have come to the conclusion that my mini will not come to the states till about the 12th of april depending on which carrier it is released too. This is very sad and I am just going to drown myself in school work until this date rolls around.

Mar 29th, 2005, 01:53 AM	#466 (permalink)
erickvonzipper MINI2 Regular Join Date: Feb 2005 Local Time: 02:49 PM Posts: 137 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by dpacker Pennies, gold bars w/ women on them - they're all the same, right? That reminds me. I also read that the MINIs in the subway system (in Italian Job) were electric. It said that gas-powered cars were not allowed in the subway, so they had to use electric. Then I read something about them using a NASA hangar to film part of that. Cool! Yep. They rigged three MINIs with electric-only power for the drive down the stairs onto, and on the subway platform. The hangar was used to build the underground/in the tunnel set where the truck is dropped through the street. Zip

Mar 29th, 2005, 02:30 AM	#467 (permalink)
dpacker MINI2 Regular Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: East Coast - SC Local Time: 03:49 PM Posts: 227 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by rsinsheimer Only with the Bill of Lading (gotten from your MA) and a somewhat embarassing phone call to the shipping line: "Excuse me, but I'm like, a total geek, and I'd like to know the name of the ship (which I'll never see) that's carrying my car (which I've never seen) from England to the US. <Long pause while the shipping person rolls her eyes and thinks to herself "Get a life, dude!", then looks it up and reads it to you> It's the 'Capricornus Maximus RORO-ious'? Thanks!" It's OK, I did it. -- Roger I was laughing so hard when I read this that my husband had to pause his TIVO to read it too...then he was laughing so hard that it made me laugh even harder. The scary thing is that the only reason I haven't made this phone call is that I've sent so many e-mails to my VERY nice MA that I haven't been able to bring myself to ask him for the BofL number. Unlike the shipping lady rolling her eyes at the shipping company (that I will never meet), I have to face my MA when I go to pick up my MINI. And even though he tells me that it's nice to work with people who are so excited about their MINIs, I have no doubt that he thinks I'm insane...and that I need to get a life. My husband even e-mailed him to tell him that he hoped I wasn't annoying him as much as I was annoying him (my husband). I'm sure I will break down in a few days, and e-mail the MA to get the BofL number so that I can find out about the boat. He probably even wouldn't be amazed to learn that before I got bumped from the Takasago, I had already saved and printed pictures of it (the Takasago that is) and printed the spec sheet too. Anybody else done that...or am I just a bigger geek than the rest of you? Debbie

Mar 29th, 2005, 02:34 AM	#468 (permalink)
Tazminia 333...I'm only half evil Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Illinois Local Time: 02:49 PM Posts: 577 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by btdoyle I have come to the conclusion that my mini will not come to the states till about the 12th of april depending on which carrier it is released too. This is very sad and I am just going to drown myself in school work until this date rolls around. School?! My God man! Have you no shame??! Which is more important? School, and therefore your entire future or browsing online at all the neat Mini stores for Mini goodies and accessories?!! You could O.D. on how much (or how little) chrome goodies to buy...mods to think about...etc. I mean like REAL priorities like "do I buy a T-shirt AND a hat?" And you want to do school work.. p.s. Don't tell anyone, but I wish my kids had your schoolwork ethic. I wouldn't feel near as nervous when I write checks for tuition.

Mar 29th, 2005, 02:40 AM	#469 (permalink)
Tazminia 333...I'm only half evil Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Illinois Local Time: 02:49 PM Posts: 577 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by dpacker I was laughing so hard when I read this that my husband had to pause his TIVO to read it too...then he was laughing so hard that it made me laugh even harder. The scary thing is that the only reason I haven't made this phone call is that I've sent so many e-mails to my VERY nice MA that I haven't been able to bring myself to ask him for the BofL number. Unlike the shipping lady rolling her eyes at the shipping company (that I will never meet), I have to face my MA when I go to pick up my MINI. And even though he tells me that it's nice to work with people who are so excited about their MINIs, I have no doubt that he thinks I'm insane...and that I need to get a life. My husband even e-mailed him to tell him that he hoped I wasn't annoying him as much as I was annoying him (my husband). I'm sure I will break down in a few days, and e-mail the MA to get the BofL number so that I can find out about the boat. He probably even wouldn't be amazed to learn that before I got bumped from the Takasago, I had already saved and printed pictures of it (the Takasago that is) and printed the spec sheet too. Anybody else done that...or am I just a bigger geek than the rest of you? Debbie Actually, I went ahead and apologized in advance to our MA as we knew we were going to bombard her with inane questions about the Mini. She too has said she likes to work with people who are excited about their car but I interpret that to mean "sheesh, I didn't think I was going to have to babysit a couple of 50 yr olds! Cripes!" In all fairness she has been a peach about it though. Also, from what I was able to gather, the K-Line vessel that I think our car is on, is called the Frisia. (times were about right for it's voyage and arrival times too) Randy

Mar 29th, 2005, 03:00 AM	#470 (permalink)
dpacker MINI2 Regular Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: East Coast - SC Local Time: 03:49 PM Posts: 227 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Tazminia Actually, I went ahead and apologized in advance to our MA as we knew we were going to bombard her with inane questions about the Mini. She too has said she likes to work with people who are excited about their car but I interpret that to mean "sheesh, I didn't think I was going to have to babysit a couple of 50 yr olds! Cripes!" In all fairness she has been a peach about it though. Also, from what I was able to gather, the K-Line vessel that I think our car is on, is called the Frisia. (times were about right for it's voyage and arrival times too) Randy Hey Randy! Thanks for that info. My MA will be so surprised when I don't have to call for the number. Poor guy though - he's probably already lost the bet as to when I would call. My husband is conviced that I'm obsessed. He says I'm spending way too much time reading and posting on the fourm. Just can't have any fun. Thanks again for the info. I will have to look up the boat and print pictures tomorrow! Don't tell my husband though - he'll call me a geek again!

Mar 29th, 2005, 03:19 AM	#471 (permalink)
HyperBlueS MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Feb 2005 Local Time: 01:49 PM Posts: 41 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Tazminia Actually, I went ahead and apologized in advance to our MA as we knew we were going to bombard her with inane questions about the Mini. She too has said she likes to work with people who are excited about their car but I interpret that to mean "sheesh, I didn't think I was going to have to babysit a couple of 50 yr olds! Cripes!" In all fairness she has been a peach about it though. Also, from what I was able to gather, the K-Line vessel that I think our car is on, is called the Frisia. (times were about right for it's voyage and arrival times too) Randy Tazminia- Do you have a link how you found the name of the boat? I did not see the Frisia listed for the vessels going from Europe to U.S. Then again it is a shotty website....Or maybe it is the cause of user error on my part

Mar 29th, 2005, 03:20 AM	#472 (permalink)
btdoyle Mini Monger Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa Local Time: 02:49 PM Posts: 241 Offline	I feel lucky enough to be getting a cooper s while I am still in college... And being that I will be parking my mini on campus, I am not sure how much attention I want to attract from all the lovely drunk kids walking home from the bars. But yes I got the Youification book from Rachel at Bill Jakobs and I have looked at that thing quite a few times. I wish I could justify spending the money on those things but mini charges just so damn much... You should just write the checks to the professors, you will be sure to get good results Quote: Originally Posted by Tazminia School?! My God man! Have you no shame??! Which is more important? School, and therefore your entire future or browsing online at all the neat Mini stores for Mini goodies and accessories?!! You could O.D. on how much (or how little) chrome goodies to buy...mods to think about...etc. I mean like REAL priorities like "do I buy a T-shirt AND a hat?" And you want to do school work.. p.s. Don't tell anyone, but I wish my kids had your schoolwork ethic. I wouldn't feel near as nervous when I write checks for tuition.

Mar 29th, 2005, 04:10 AM	#473 (permalink)
Tazminia 333...I'm only half evil Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Illinois Local Time: 02:49 PM Posts: 577 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by HyperBlueS Tazminia- Do you have a link how you found the name of the boat? I did not see the Frisia listed for the vessels going from Europe to U.S. Then again it is a shotty website....Or maybe it is the cause of user error on my part Here is where I found the ship name by ports of origin/destination. http://www.kline.com/PCC-RoRo/schedu...ticshuttle.asp Hope this helps Randy

Mar 29th, 2005, 04:12 AM	#474 (permalink)
bandrews Let's Motor! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seattle/Bellevue, WA Local Time: 07:49 PM Posts: 82 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by btdoyle I feel lucky enough to be getting a cooper s while I am still in college... And being that I will be parking my mini on campus, I am not sure how much attention I want to attract from all the lovely drunk kids walking home from the bars. But yes I got the Youification book from Rachel at Bill Jakobs and I have looked at that thing quite a few times. I wish I could justify spending the money on those things but mini charges just so damn much... You should just write the checks to the professors, you will be sure to get good results Man, I'm in the same boat as far as being a- thankful for getting a cooper s while I'm still in colelge and b- afraid of parking it anywhere near the reaches of the unwashed masses on campus. My solution may be to park the car at my parents' house nearby and continue to drive my van as my daily commuting car, grabbing the MINI for dates, road trips and miscellaneous motoring fun. Tech lets us list two cars on our parking passes, so I'll leave both attached and play it by ear... While I'm excited I'll have the car all summer long, I'm soooo nervous about taking it into downtown Seattle. I'll be living on the eastside which seems pretty suburban and pleasant, but baseball games in Pioneer Square will be a bit of a nail biter. That might be a job for some other intern's lame rental Malibu Ben Edit: I was going to fix my misspelling of Colelge, but I guess it's funnier to leave it the way it is

Mar 29th, 2005, 11:55 AM	#476 (permalink)
Ken30307 mini mini mini.....MINI Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta GA Local Time: 03:49 PM Posts: 180 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by rsinsheimer I don't think that that is correct. What appears to happen is very opportunistic -- the car is completed and shipped by train to Southampton, where some (I assume) very harried folks have to figure out which VDC the vehicle is headed for, then figure out which RORO is headed that direction next, and whether there's room to book your car onto that ship. As you have probably seen, people get booked onto ships and then bumped, that probably gives the poor people who are trying to get the car to its anxious owner-to-be yet another bout of apoplexy as they have to start the process all over again. Just to make things more complicated from our end, for the East Coast US MINI seems to favor W-W, while for the West Coast US they seem to favor NYK, but they opportunistically will vary from that "rule" as needed. The only way to know for sure you aren't on W-W is to enter your car's VIN onto the W-W website once it get to the "waiting at port" stage, and see if it recognizes you. If yes, even then you're not assured that you won't get bumped and end up on another line's ship. If you continue to be recognized on W-W then you're one of the lucky ones who can easily find out what ship their car is on, the rest of us have to get the Bill of Lading from our MA (available a few days after leaving port) and contact the shipper. Hope that helps (a bit). -- Roger That does help. ASK MINI still says that I'm "awaiting transport" seems unlikely that it's not at the port alreaday since it's been done since the 24th. I'm guessing that it's not on a WW ship at all. Fingers crossed...

Mar 29th, 2005, 01:54 PM	#479 (permalink)
Ken30307 mini mini mini.....MINI Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta GA Local Time: 03:49 PM Posts: 180 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by jeffu Well I've been updated on the WW site. Now I show I booked on the Resolve - along with some 367 others. That's the good news - the bad news is I still have an asterisk by my VIN - what the heck does that mean - I'm waitlisted again! Why can't I just get confirmed - are they waitlisting me in hopes that another car won't show up? Maybe they will get up late that morning and not make it through security so they'll miss the boat? I would really be bummed to have to wait again for the next boat. When was your car completed?

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