The Official Lightning Blue Owners Club
#241
02-21-2013 | 12:32 AM
1st Gear
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 50
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Greetings & Congrats to All--new (expecting) member here! After years of debate, test drives, and more debate. We finally bit the bullet and ordered our MINI. It'll be nice to get out of our '84 VOLVO Wagon (which is blue too). ETA on our Lightning blue "TITAN" is 2/27/13. We've been tracking it on the cargo ship since it left Southhampton, the North Atlantic, and through the Panama Canal. Albeit, "out of range" according to the AIS maritime satalite, we estimate it's in the Baja Mex region just about now. Local port is restricted-no access. However, we just received autho from local port authorities granting a tour as we're hoping to get up close & personal to the cargo vessel bringing in our MINI before it makes it through the BMW Processing Center and way before it goes to the dealership. Tsk, tsk, tsk,...we seem to know more on the wherabouts of our MINI than our MA. Being able to track TITAN on the cargo ship has certainly been a fun way to follow along. Makes it an adventure for the entire family. Will post pix asap.
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#242
02-21-2013 | 06:58 AM
3rd Gear
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 204
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From: Tempe, AZ
Greetings & Congrats to All--new (expecting) member here! After years of debate, test drives, and more debate. We finally bit the bullet and ordered our MINI. It'll be nice to get out of our '84 VOLVO Wagon (which is blue too). ETA on our Lightning blue "TITAN" is 2/27/13. We've been tracking it on the cargo ship since it left Southhampton, the North Atlantic, and through the Panama Canal. Albeit, "out of range" according to the AIS maritime satalite, we estimate it's in the Baja Mex region just about now. Local port is restricted-no access. However, we just received autho from local port authorities granting a tour as we're hoping to get up close & personal to the cargo vessel bringing in our MINI before it makes it through the BMW Processing Center and way before it goes to the dealership. Tsk, tsk, tsk,...we seem to know more on the wherabouts of our MINI than our MA. Being able to track TITAN on the cargo ship has certainly been a fun way to follow along. Makes it an adventure for the entire family. Will post pix asap.
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#245
02-22-2013 | 10:24 AM
1st Gear
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 50
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Whoop, whoop (insert fist pump here)--congrats on getting your MINI to the Gold Coast-USA soil! We are on the Gentle Leader and the ETA into the Port of Hueneme is NEXT WEEK 2/27!!! Hurray!
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