How to Track your MINI: Revised, Expanded and Updated
#926
#927
According to Mini, my car is on the docks awaiting transport from Chelsea, but they can't find the name of the ship. The rep said my car appears to be booked and has a location on a ship set but there is no ship name listed. Has anybody encountered this before?
My car is bound for Galveston Texas and I see two ships coming through Chelsea bound for Galveston in the coming days - The Bushu highway on Sunday (K-line) and the Resolve (Wallenius Wilhelmsen) on Monday. The K-line ships don't allow cargo tracking so I won't know if it made it until I talk to a Mini rep on Monday but I was wondering how likely it is that I might make this ship.
When I was looking at previous VINs and checking them out on the Wallenius Wilhelmsen site, I noticed none of them were shipped out to Galveston, even going back several months. Do all ships bound for gulf coast go out via K-line or something like that?
My car is bound for Galveston Texas and I see two ships coming through Chelsea bound for Galveston in the coming days - The Bushu highway on Sunday (K-line) and the Resolve (Wallenius Wilhelmsen) on Monday. The K-line ships don't allow cargo tracking so I won't know if it made it until I talk to a Mini rep on Monday but I was wondering how likely it is that I might make this ship.
When I was looking at previous VINs and checking them out on the Wallenius Wilhelmsen site, I noticed none of them were shipped out to Galveston, even going back several months. Do all ships bound for gulf coast go out via K-line or something like that?
#929
#932
#934
Congratulations! I called ASK MINI on my drive home today and the CSR told me that my MINI should arrive at the dealership over the weekend so I'm hoping to take delivery on Monday or Tuesday...
#935
Oh yay! You'll love it! (I feel like we're all in the same graduating class with getting our babies at about the same time!)
#936
#939
I'm still figuring out how to use Nav too. On Saturday went out ahead of time to get the address set in the system so wouldn't have to fuss with it with impatient, so-not-into-MINIs hubby and after going to that effort couldn't find the address I'd entered just a few minutes before. Took several minutes to get my destination re-entered, with said hubby being quite irritating all the while.
I'm looking forward to my "Second Date" at the dealer to get it sorted out (if I haven't on my own by then).
#940
#941
Im stuck on the opposite end, STILL at the Vehicle Distribution Center in Baltimore for a week+ now...
#942
#943
#944
Anyone else having trouble tracking their car on the Owner's Lounge? I have a production number so far but can't get the link to work: https://ol.miniusa.com/Errors/Error....rTracking.aspx
#945
OL vs. ASK-MINI
Yes, I am another who found that the OL was not as helpful and up-to-date as ASK-MINI. I checked through the OL website for 10 days or so and got the 'Wow, you're fast' response. I called one day after hours and got a tentative completion date of 8 days later. So I called the next day and talked to a human and got the same date. Then I went to bimmer.work and chased the VIN and got the build specs! The OL was not very helpful in my experience.
#946
My apologies if this is covered in a previous post: the OL says that your MINI is coming from Oxford even if it comes from Austria or the Netherlands. My VIN says our MINI is being built in Born, Netherlands, but the OL says Oxford. I know it's small thing but demonstrates another limitation of the OL site.
#948
Totally agree. The updates have been about a full 2 days behind the ASK MINI phone status too. It also doesn't tell you any stages of production. You go right from scheduled to complete.
#950
Ordered on Monday shows in production now on Friday
Woot I ordered my car on Monday and today I called my MA to ask if I could change a feature. He said sure no problem. He pulled me up and said Wow sorry but your car is already in production so we can't change anything. He sent me my production number and VIN. Hope my car gets here by my birthday in October.