[Andromcs]

I also have my production number. My MCS will be produced the second week of '05.

Here is the spec.:


paint
Chili Red Body Color
Body Color Roof/Mirrors

package
Cold Weather Package
Heated Front Seats
Heated Side Mirrors and Washer Jets
Premium Package
Automatic AC
Dual Pane Panoramic Sunroof
On-Board Computer
3-Spoke w/Cruise and Multifunction
Sport Package
Dynamic Stability Control
Front Fog Lamps
Xenon Headlamps w/Power Wash
17" S-Lites (Run Flat All-Seasons)
No Bonnet Stripes

performance
Sport Suspension Plus
Limited Slip Differential
Rear Fog Lamp
6-Speed Getrag Manual

cockpit
Sport Seats
Leather: Panther Black
Int. Surface Anthracite
Anthracite Headliner
Cockpit Chrono Pack
On-Board Computer
8-Spkr. Harman Kardon Sound System

accessory**
"S" Rubber Floor Mats (front)
"S" Rubber Floor Mats (boot)
Black Rubber Floor Mat (back)
Auxiliary Audio Input

AND....I'm getting the 17" Bullet Wheels!!! Will be selling my S-Lites in Mentor, Ohio when I take delivery...of course I have to find a buyer!

I think we'll be having fun some time in the second or third week of Feb. '05.

 

[Andromcs]

So it seems the waiting gets harder the closer you get to delivery!

 

[Andromcs]

Congrats!

Hopefully it will be dry and sunny the day you pick it up!

 

[Andromcs]

Just put in my order, how long does it take to get a production number? :green:

It takes a couple of days. Your motoring advisor ought to be able to get you one fairly quickly.

Another question for the January group: once you get a production number, how long does it take to get an assigned production date? (I don't have one yet and am a bit anxious about it.)

Cheers.

I don't know how, but when my MA gave me my production number, she also told me my production week would be the second week in January. Ask your MA!

 

[Andromcs]

What is the Ask-Mini number? In numbers!

Thanks.

 

[Andromcs]

Never-mind...I got it...866askmini.


I checked....our MCS is also Scheduled for Production but without a date. Owner's Lounge still says On Order.

 

[Andromcs]

Spoke with my MA. My CR/CR MCS started production yesterday and is scheduled to be completed on Jan. 14. That plus 30 days to get to the dealership. All is becoming clear.

 

[Andromcs]

Just to check any future disappointment, If I were you I'd tack a few days to that 30 day estimate, especially if 1) your car just misses getting loaded onto a west-coast bound boat at SH, and has to sit there another 10 days or so waiting for the next boat, 2) your shipper (it takes 23-26 days just to make the SH/ Port Hueneme journey) is delayed or slowed due to weather, and 3) if your car is held up at VDC for whatever reason, like the wrong tranny oil put in at the factory

You are in CA so at least you don't have a long truck journey from VDC to dealer, so that helps. Just to give you an idea: my MCS was completed Aug 8th. It didn't leave SH until Aug 23nd. Didn't get to PH until 9/17 (delayed 2 days by Ivan.) Held at VDC until 9/27. Took delivery 10/2 (in Denver.) That's 6 days short of 60--after completion!

Good Luck! Jimbo

PS throughout the process my car was listed "in production," even at VDC!

Thanks for the reality check.

I will be taking delivery at Classic Mini in Mentor, Ohio. Hoping that my MA's experience holds true and it is close to the 30 days. Either way I am OK...the fun will come sometime in later Feb. or early March!

 

[Andromcs]

So you're going right to Classic to pick it up? Cool! Nice ride back to Ojai. Don't use your cruise control and vary your speed. Fun, indeed! Jimbo

Yes...we'll be doing the drive back. Thinking of a southerly route. We'll head down to visit New Orleans and then head west through San Antonio, El Paso, NM, AZ and back to CA. I want to avoid snowy weather if possible for the first months of our new baby's life. I certainly will keep away from cruise and vary speed. Looking to get my first oil change outside of New Orleans at about 1000 miles. I am a bit old school about that.

It certainly will be a fun and adventuresome vacation!

 

[Andromcs]

Our CR/CR MCS was finished today and is going to wait for a ship. I am told that it will take about 1 week to get on one. Then 10 days or at sea. Then another week until it gets to our dealer. Hope it stays on schedule!

 

[Andromcs]

Our MCS is also on the Jingu Maru...loaded at 8:31 today.

I hear it's 10 days to Charleston.

 

[Andromcs]

Mine too... wish can get it by Feb 14. Gift for my wife

I heard from ASKMINI that it would take about 7 days after arrival in Charleston until our MCS hits our dealer in Ohio. Anybody know if this is accurate? What are your experiences with VDC time?

 

[Andromcs]

For those of us on the Jingu Maru, I just found a Zeebrugge Port website that shows the Jingu Maru as just having left the port.

Next stop.... New York ..

I am not familiar with the English ports, but I understood the Jingu was being loaded in Southhampton. Is this the same as Zeebrugge Port?

 

[Andromcs]

For those of us on the Jingu Maru, I just found a Zeebrugge Port website that shows the Jingu Maru as just having left the port.

Next stop.... New York ..

Would you please give us the url for this site?

Thanks!

 

[Andromcs]

Sorry - Should have included this earlier.

Zeebrugge Port Ship Tracking: http://www.zedis.be

Thanks! I did find this and found the tracking. Hmmm...not a language I understand, but I figured-out some!

 

[Andromcs]

For those loaded on the Jingu Maru

Did some searching and found that the Jingu Maru has the following schedule:

Arriving in:

New York on Jan 31
Baltimore on Feb. 2
Charleston on Feb. 4
Brunswick on Feb. 5

Knowledge will help set us free!

 

[Andromcs]

Brit_Boy,

Thanks for that. I am now resigned to just relax. I am scheduling that I will travel to my dealer in Ohio on Feb. 22 anyway, thus as long as the Jingu makes it, VDC does its job and the MCS is ready to go then, all will be well. Nonetheless, it's fun to keep track.

 

[Andromcs]

Finally The Owners' Lounge has caught-up and shows our MCS as En Route.

Of course it is just sitting in Belgium until tomorrow!

 

[Andromcs]

Roadshow sent me a copy of my quote, Couldnt ask for better service

My MA at my request has given me an exact price for both vehicle, accessories and fees.

As far as tracking which vessel, I copied my VIN from the Owner's Lounge and input it on WW site at the Auto Cargo tracking. This told me it was the Jingu Maru. Their site is:

http://schedule.2wglobal.com/AppTracking/searchCargo.do?trackType=Auto

 

[Andromcs]

As far as tracking which vessel, I copied my VIN from the Owner's Lounge and input it on WW site at the Auto Cargo tracking. This told me it was the Jingu Maru. Their site is:

http://schedule.2wglobal.com/AppTracking/searchCargo.do?trackType=Auto

Had already found tthe above site but input my vin, pressed track and nothing happens.
Also where in the OL did you fing your VIN, I got mine from my MA[/QUOTE]


Where you can see your ordered Mini...the specs and such. It shows your production number and VIN.

It may be you are on a different shipping line....I am not familiar with all the different ones used.

Someone else hear might be able to suggest where else to look!