Delayed?

[jmelrose]

Anyone heard of any delays of the auto for the MCS?

[Dazmac13]

No i haven't heard anything. I have on one of the first ones to be on the road coming in the 1st half of march (thats when my dealer said, anyway). I have had my deposit down with them (Lind of Chelmsford) for almost 1 and a half years. Have you heard of delays then??

[jmelrose]

I have. Someone on NAM is reporting late April now. I'm terrified.

[Dazmac13]

Whats NAM?? Late April????god i hope not. whats the reason behind the delay??

[MINIAC]

Quote: Originally Posted by jmelrose (original)

Anyone heard of any delays of the auto for the MCS?

Not available until March builds according to the MINI USA website ...

[aznqtboy984]

NAM= North American Motoring

[Dazmac13]

March is not late april tho. any ideas or reasons as to why delivery is now delayed to late april??

[Scrogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by jmelrose (original)

Anyone heard of any delays of the auto for the MCS?

Always been scheduled for Week 10 onwards build in the UK, so I would imagine it is the same for US cars.

Quote: Originally Posted by Dazmac13 (original)

March is not late april tho. any ideas or reasons as to why delivery is now delayed to late april??

It could be because it takes quite a bit longer to get a MINI from Oxford to Florida than it does to get it to Essex!

[MINIAC]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dazmac13 (original)

March is not late april tho. any ideas or reasons as to why delivery is now delayed to late april??

US MINIs built for West Coast delivery spend at least 21 days on a ship making the journey across the pond. My 2002 MCS which experienced absolutely no delays in transit wasn't delivered to my dealer until almost 5 weeks after it was built ...

05/28 - Status 160 (released for distribution - a week early)
05/29 - Status 182 (waiting for train)
05/30 - Status 193 (in Southampton, loaded on Tricolor)
06/25 - Status 196 (in Oxnard, discharged from Tricolor)
06/26 - At VPC
06/27 - Released to carrier
06/29 - Arrived at dealer

It's very conceivable that a MINI built the first week in March might not be ready for delivery at a West Coast dealer until the latter half of April.

Quote: Originally Posted by Scrogg (original)

It could be because it takes quite a bit longer to get a MINI from Oxford to Florida than it does to get it to Essex!

An average of 14 days on the ship from Southampton to Charleston SC, a stay at the VPC and then trucking to the dealer in Florida ... probably close to 4 weeks from build to delivery.

[jmelrose]

The person initially posting on NAM was, in fact, on the west coast. It would seem that "delayed" was inaccurate. They weren't expecting them until then, and the person posting was just surprised it would take so long.

Carry on...

[Dazmac13]

Out of interest how long does a mini take to build and then ship to in the UK. As in, if the auto's are sceduled for week 10 production when do they finish the car and when does it arrive at the dealership??

[Scrogg]

Assuming there is nothing to delay the delivery (as we have recently experienced! ) most UK sold-order deliveries arrive with the dealerships about a week after they are built.

[jmelrose]

How long does the build normally take? If I have a week 10 build, does it enter shipping by the week's end? Or does the ship happen week 11 or later?

[MINIAC]

Quote: Originally Posted by jmelrose (original)

If I have a week 10 build, does it enter shipping by the week's end? Or does the ship happen week 11 or later?

If you have a Week 10 build it will be built by the end of that week.

Delivery can be delayed if your MINI gets "bumped" from a ship or held up at the VPC.

[Stevenfstein]

Cooper S automatics will not start being built until March production. There is a possibility of end of month but most likely April delivery.
Regards... Steve