yeah, he thinks I might get the clubman by this weekend!! He said the VDC has been instructed to ONLY work on mini's to get them out the door and not work on any BMW's !! So I think we here in Phoenix will be getting the cars soon!!

 

Theres no way.....no way.. hahah. that would make me soooo happy

 

i just ordered a car from my MINI dealer that was on this boat! The car had the specs I wanted, so I cancelled the order I had placed (was supposed to be week 28 and coming in august i think) and just took the one that was coming in on this boat since it was the same (and even better) than mine. Im SO excited...he said I should have my car by Monday or Tues YAYAYAYAY

 

I know they are trying to get them sold this weekend or by monday, I guess it will help their allotment the more they get out by month end.

 

WW's website says arrival at port tomorrow (6/26), the Port website says PM today. Which will it be???

 

Wow I'm jealous if you guys really get your cars so quickly! You will have to keep us posted on the progress...

I hope its late tonight that the Rigoletto reaches PH.

My theory is that since I was on the waiting list to board the ship that my MINI was one of the last ones put on so that would mean I would be one of the first off... One can dream right?

 

I think it is coming in late tonight..

 

Is there any way to know that the Ship has docked and is unloading?

 

Have they moved the dealership yet?

 

umm, not that I know of. I didnt know they were even moving it.

 

yea, you'll see when you go there. Its the old pre owned building next to the museum.

 

I actually just figured out the discrepancy...

The Port of Hueneme is located in California, USA. Wallenius Wilhelmsenis located in Norway, where the local time is 9 hours ahead of California. So, if the ship were to arrive at 3:01 pm June 25 in California, it would be 12:01 am June 26 in Norway. Different persepctives give you different dates!

I'm still hopeful that the Port schedule (showing June 25 pm) is accurate.

 

I hope your right!!!

 

Do you guys know if we can find out when it arrives at the Port?

 

Know anyone in SoCal who can go eyeball the port for us?

 

No.... lol Too bad my hubby isn't in Irvine for work this week -- I'd make him drive over there and sit there all night and watch!

 

Hey is there a port camera?? I'll google and see if I can find anything...

 

As far as our tracking "needs," Port Hueneme is the least sophisticated of the ports that MINI uses in the US. No webcams, no updated arrival schedule, no good AIS feeds. Once the ship went through the Canal we lost all ability to know where it is! Its as though we're in the dark ages... you know, so... Twentieth Century!!

So anyway, I was fooling around in Google and I looked at the aerial shot of Port Hueneme... I know this is NOT a live shot, but it made me smile...


here's the closeup of the ship at port:

 

SPF,
I got your note. I'm about 70 miles from the port.
But I've got this job thing that prevents me from just driving up there, at night, to look for a boat!
(Although I've spent most of the last few weeks at work reading this forum thread.)
I'm not sure there's much I can do. I mentioned to my MA that I could just take my clubman off the ship in the canal and drive it the rest of the way home.
But since I may be the closest, I'll let you know when I'm sitting in my new MINI!
(Sorry, that's bad karma. Mine will be the one that falls in the drink during the unloading.)

 

I saw that a while ago haha. Look at South Hampton, you can see Minis being loaded!

 

lol if only google earth was real time... give it a few years and I'm sure it will be. Hey I bet some goverment officials have access to spy cams... lol It really does suck that we have no way of knowing anything...

 

SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND:

 

OH MY GOSH!!!!!!! Well if that was a few minutes ago it better hurry up and get to the port!!!!

 

Thanks by the way for finding our ship!!!

 

That's still a long way to chug up the coast! and, why does it say the destination is Puerto Rico!?

The W&W site still shows my vehicle as on the ship and that they don't arrive until today sometime. I think my little car is getting sea sick and really wants to get back on to dry land... :(