"S" Born Prematurely !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - MINI Cooper Forum

kshapiro · #1 (**permalink**) Apr 2nd, 2002, 09:53 PM

I'm so f***ing high! My dealer called (TOWSON MINI) and said that my electric blue "S" will not be built on May 20. Instead it WAS built on March 25. They were able to give me a much earlier build (built?) date. Two freakin' months earlier...now I know what it feels like to get paroled early. So what are your guesses as to when I can drive her...early May? Late May? She's "awaiting shipping".

I know...but I just had to tell somebody who'd understand, and only you obsessed crazies will!

BruceK · #2 (**permalink**) Apr 2nd, 2002, 10:00 PM

Fantastic news Ken! (You lucky *^%#@!!)

If you know the VIN, Tsipple has shown in another thread that it is posible to track the car aboard a ship complete with estimated arrival dates.

My guess is that you'll have the car in late APRIL!!

kshapiro · #3 (**permalink**) Apr 2nd, 2002, 10:04 PM

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Originally posted by BruceK
Fantastic news Ken! (You lucky *^%#@!!)

If you know the VIN, Tsipple has shown in another thread that it is posible to track the car aboard a ship complete with estimated arrival dates.

My guess is that you'll have the car in late APRIL!!

Bruce;

Thanks man. I do have the VIN, so now I've gotta go find that thread...won't sleep tonight. :ate April you think...really? 8-)

mad hatter · #4 (**permalink**) Apr 2nd, 2002, 10:42 PM

I'm so jealous GREAT NEWS

...Obsessed who's Obsessed?

I've been drooooling over the EB demo at Checkered Flag MINI in Virginia Beach. Still waiting for the call (soon) so I can check the list(#7) for a pre-speced S. Love the EB but I want the Lux and Sport Pacs and those cars seem to be DS. Won some prizes at their Grand opening, concert tickets, a cool MINI chamois jacket, you can unzip the sleeves and use them to dry your car and a RC MINI.At least I get to drive that until my S shows up but it must have been an early build because it's rear wheel drive

Just remember ships are faster than they once were

Cheers

KarmanS · #5 (**permalink**) Apr 2nd, 2002, 11:00 PM

Congrats Ken. What a great feeling! Not that it really matters to you since you are so excited at this point, but did the dealer mention why you get the car 2 months earlier than originally planned?

keep us updated, I assume we'll be seeing pics of your EB S very soon!

tsipple · #6 (**permalink**) Apr 2nd, 2002, 11:10 PM

Yes, you can track the car through ocean shipping, assuming it's going on one of the Wallenius ships. (See my other post about that.)

Here's my car's timeline, for what it's worth:

March 13, 2002: assembled in Oxford
March 17, 2002: loaded aboard ship in Southampton
March 28, 2002: unloaded in New Jersey
March 28, 2002: checked into Vehicle Processing Center
April 5, 2002: estimated delivery (*)

So your car can go through pretty fast if everything goes right. I agree, late April is viable.

(*) Not a date cast in stone, by any means. The car was a day late from its estimate into the VPC, for example.

BruceK · #7 (**permalink**) Apr 2nd, 2002, 11:25 PM

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Originally posted by tsipple
Yes, you can track the car through ocean shipping, assuming it's going on one of the Wallenius ships. (See my other post about that.)

Here's my car's timeline, for what it's worth:

March 13, 2002: assembled in Oxford
March 17, 2002: loaded aboard ship in Southampton
March 28, 2002: unloaded in New Jersey
March 28, 2002: checked into Vehicle Processing Center
April 5, 2002: estimated delivery (*)

So your car can go through pretty fast if everything goes right. I agree, late April is viable.

(*) Not a date cast in stone, by any means. The car was a day late from its estimate into the VPC, for example.

Timothy, assuming no problems or delays, from factory floor to the dealer, that is just a little over three weeks!!!

Incredible!

Looks even more like Ken might have his Cooper S by the end of this month as I had guessed earlier.

sdmidget · #8 (**permalink**) Apr 2nd, 2002, 11:34 PM

Congratulations!!!

Casey · #9 (**permalink**) Apr 3rd, 2002, 02:56 AM

indi blue...oh indi blue - why are you doing this to me indi blue....many moons more till I see my S, many many many many many many mooooons :~( Started out hoping Spring, then was thinking Summer, now it won't be until Late Fall or early Winter......

I going to go pout now - but in the meantime - when your S comes in Ken - HAVE A BLAST mate.

Cheers

COOPERation · #10 (**permalink**) Apr 3rd, 2002, 08:11 AM

Congratulations Ken!

Have I missed something?

Has the date that MINI had said the S could be released for purchase been disregarded now?

May in the UK and June in the US.

Contradictions everywhere you look!

It can only get better...C'mon summer!

Yurinaut · #11 (**permalink**) Apr 3rd, 2002, 08:17 AM

Congrats Ken! I had a 5/10 build date that was recently changed to 5/3. Love to get a call like you did! Once again congratulations and take some pics of the new addition when it gets here!!!

Cheers!
-Mike

Colorado "S" · #12 (**permalink**) Apr 3rd, 2002, 08:53 AM

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Originally posted by tsipple
Here's my car's timeline, for what it's worth:

March 13, 2002: assembled in Oxford
March 17, 2002: loaded aboard ship in Southampton
March 28, 2002: unloaded in New Jersey
March 28, 2002: checked into Vehicle Processing Center
April 5, 2002: estimated delivery (*)

(*) Not a date cast in stone, by any means.

Wow. I was expecting 6 weeks. So that my early May build would be delivered in mid June. The possibility of a late may/early June deliver would be wonderful.

Daddu · #13 (**permalink**) Apr 3rd, 2002, 09:24 AM

Ken, Your NOT going to spend the night outside the dealership in a tent ARE YOU????

kshapiro · #14 (**permalink**) Apr 3rd, 2002, 09:32 AM

Thanks guys! I just woke up and checked the shipping log thing tsipple gave us, and guess what...the news just keeps rolling in. She's aborad the vessel TRINIDAD, loaded this morning at Southhampton at 10:34 (damn it's only 9:34 here). The MINIUSA Owners' Louhge doesn;t even have that in yet...still says "awaiting shipment". She's due to Baltimore on 4/25, exactly one month after production. I'll surely be driving her in very early May.

kshapiro · #15 (**permalink**) Apr 3rd, 2002, 09:34 AM

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Originally posted by kshapiro
Thanks guys! I just woke up and checked the shipping log thing tsipple gave us, and guess what...the news just keeps rolling in. She's aborad the vessel TRINIDAD, loaded this morning at Southhampton at 10:34 (damn it's only 9:34 here). The MINIUSA Owners' Louhge doesn;t even have that in yet...still says "awaiting shipment". She's due to Baltimore on 4/25, exactly one month after production. I'll surely be driving her in very early May.

Oops, me again. I just re-read the shipping log, and she's not on board yet (so MINI USA is right). The TRINIDAD sails on 4/13, so she's in the port awaiting loading.