Sandy great pictures, I was checking way too early for Medea. It is nice to know there are a few of use obsessed with Medea. If I could just track it that would be great.

 

Yay!!!! Our MINIs are in the Pacific now! Thanks Sandy for taking care of our anxiety!

 

Thanks for all the responses! I just had a feeling I would see that ship. Even before I saw it motoring into the locks, I told my hub -- that's it, that's our ship. He was peering over my shoulder, saying, well, you can't tell from here, maybe it just looks like MEDEA; maybe it's another WW ship. I said, nope, that's it! I got so excited I must have snapped about 20 pics.

So, I'm guessing, if MEDEA gets to Port Hueneme on Oct 12, it might take 1-2 weeks after that for me to actually touch my new car. A few days at VDC, then a few days to truck it to the dealer in Northern CA?

I heard that there were delays in customs for the 2009 Minis until they got approval from the EPA. Does anyone know if the delays are over?


(I'm getting antsy, so I made a new sig.)

Sandy

 

Nice signature!

rasputinj has been doing a little research on the 2009/EPA thing...perhaps he'll respond and have some sort of update?

 

It looks like our MINIs will be U.S. citizens this weekend!

 

Really?! How did you confirm their arrival this weekend? If that's true - WOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

 

Just going by the schedule I posted last week. I believe they should hit California on the 12th.

 

Very cool. rasputinj and I were thinking they'd arrive Monday (10/13), but Sunday is even better!

 

Happy Dance, we can not wait...

 

I'm glad MEDEA appears to be on schedule. I checked the Wallenius tracker, and the arrival date is still 10/12.

Hurricane Norbert seems to be gaining strength in the Pacific near Baja and Cabo. I hope our babies are safely beyond that point. Here's the hurricane report:

000
WTPZ35 KNHC 101457
TCPEP5
BULLETIN
HURRICANE NORBERT ADVISORY NUMBER 27
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP152008
800 AM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008

...NORBERT STRENGTHENS A LITTLE...NEW WATCHES AND WARNINGS ISSUED
FOR MEXICO...

AT 8 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA FROM SOUTH
OF AGUA BLANCA SOUTHWARD TO CABO SAN LUCAS AND NORTHWARD AROUND THE
PENINSULA TO MULEGE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.

AT 8 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO FROM
TOPOLOBAMPO NORTHWARD TO GUAYMAS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST COAST OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA FROM PUERTO SAN ANDRESITO TO AGUA BLANCA. PREPARATIONS
TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.

A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA
FROM SOUTH OF AGUA BLANCA SOUTHWARD TO CABO SAN LUCAS AND NORTHWARD
AROUND THE PENINSULA TO LORETO.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 800 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE NORBERT WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 20.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 113.4 WEST OR ABOUT 275 MILES
...445 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.

NORBERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR. A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED TONIGHT. A FASTER MOTION TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST IS
EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF NORBERT WILL
BE NEARING THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SATURDAY MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 100 MPH...160
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NORBERT IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE
ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS BEFORE NORBERT REACHES THE BAJA CALIFORNIA COAST. AN
AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS SCHEDULED TO
INVESTIGATE NORBERT AROUND MIDDAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140
MILES...220 KM.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 973 MB...28.73 INCHES.

NORBERT IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6
INCHES OVER SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF
NORTHWESTERN MEXICO...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES.
THESE RAINS COULD RESULT IN LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD
SLIDES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG
WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...IS EXPECTED ALONG THE
WEST COAST OF THE SOUTHERN BAJA PENINSULA NEAR AND TO THE SOUTHEAST
OF WHERE NORBERT MAKES LANDFALL.

REPEATING THE 800 AM PDT POSITION...20.6 N...113.4 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...973 MB.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1100 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 200
PM PDT.

$$
FORECASTER BERG

 

Wow, OceanMini! Maybe the strong winds will help move the ship faster towards California!

 

Well everything looks to be on schedule for our babies to arrive Stateside today!!! We should all be motoring soon. I can hardly wait ad hope there was no damage to repair at VDC and it with any luck I will be motoring next weekend.

I have a few questions for my MA so I figure I might as well stop by the dealership today and take another test drive while I am there.

 

I just checked Wallenius Wilhelmsen's web site and the Medea has arrived! Hopefully they are unloading the MINIs as I write this message.

 

I checked three times today with no luck as soon as I stopped checking the Medea showed up. Of course our Clubman does not have the Anthracite Headliner we ordered, but we are happy that it is just 20 miles from our house. Now will fly 300+ miles east to LV to get it next week. My spouse HTClubman was wondering if the VDC would let us see our vehicle, but I am not sure they would let anyone in there off the street much less obsessed/crazy people like us in the VDC...

 

Okay, so you live in California and you are flying to LV to pick up your Clubman? Why did you buy it from a Nevada dealership versus a California dealership? Are you trying to avoid a surcharge or taxes?

 

We bought it from Vegas because we could get it at MSRP and get it this year...we were going to buy from South Bay MINI in California, but they are so booked with orders, we wouldn't be able to get our 2009 Clubman S until February 2009! We JUST can't wait that long!! So, we'll take a mini vacation (no pun intended) to Vegas to pick up our new baby!! Whooo-Hooooo!!!

 

How did you find out that your Anthracite Headliner is missing?

 

It appears all week 37 and 38's are missing. And it's no longer on our order review (for rasputinj and HT Clubman). Everyone else who has posted on week 37 has said their anthracite headliner was missing. We'll see!!

 

According to motoringfile.com, the Clubman is the only one effected.

 

We are now showing that we are off the boat?

DISCHARGEDPORT HUENEME, CA12/10/2008 18:30

Now we just need to get it to LV, for a Sin City party...

 

For a Sin City Clubman PAR-TAY!!!

 

Nice, I did not realize both of you are picking up in LV. I should get my MINI a few days later.

Thanks for the update rasputinj.

 

HTClubman my beautiful wife somehow insists on coming to pickup our Clubman. My Father inlaw wanted to pickup the Clubman in LV, I was fine with it as long as he writes a check to pay off the rest of it.

It is so exciting to be getting this close. I have purchased speakers, sub, amp, porter cable 7424, Prima products, Ultraleggera wheels (won't be until end of month), sound deadening materials. Now all we need is our Mini Clubman.

Hopefully we can see OceanMini at a Mini event in the Bay Area, and Desert Mini in Southwest Mini event. Love live the Medea!!!!!

 

Oh dear rasputinj...we will get our new 'baby' soon! And would love to hook up with our fellow new Clubman owners at some point!

 

Clubman Only? I ordered a MCS, is there some sort of rivalry? I ski, but will shred the slopes with the boarders as well.