Hey Everyone - well I just checked and can see that my mini has been loaded as of 2:09pm local time onto the Elektra!

Y2K - thanks for the pretty picture of our ship. I'm also keeping my fingers crossed for you that you make today's ship.

 

I sure hope this story has a happy ending. You know that we're all rooting for you!!!

While I was never as frustrated as you were earlier this morning, I know well the feeling of thinking you might miss the boat. Twiggy didn't get to the dock until all the other cars had been loaded - and it took a couple more hours to show up on the WW cargo listing.

This may be a case where a little knowlege is a dangerous thing!

 

My car was loaded onto the Elektra at 16:15 Southampton time today! New York New York it's a wonderful place............ come to mama baby!

 

All vehicles on the 'main' booking number have been loaded with that one exception. However; still holding out hope that there is another booking number for ya Y2k? The tugs haven't made their way over to the ELEKTRA quite yet...

 

I'm showing two bookings for cargo on Elektra:

GBSOU763952 284 vins
GBSOU757754 202 vins

The second one has more not loaded yet as of right now.

I'm on neither, not on the WW site (though vins very near mine are), blah blah blah....

 

The boat was delayed though right? Another 3 hours? Didn't someone say that here?

 

I said it... (see post 227 above). 3 hours and 36 minutes to go...

 

Hey - is anyone else here doing the mini financing? I just heard from my MA that the rates went down to now 1.9% for up to 60 months for 09s. I'm so exciting about this.

 

I just heard that too from my MA. This makes me feel a lot better about the fact that I waited to get my MINI for two weeks!

 

I've been debating the MINI Select for some time now. I was leaning towards doing it. The low monthly is awesome obviously. I do like the idea of the balloon, barring nothing crazy wrong happening to the little guy.

I was planning on CD'ing the balloon payment to get higher return and know I have it ready and waiting without being able to get into it. This way instead of my return on my bank account going up from dividends and then down with large payments I have a separate account that just goes up with mininal going down on the normal checking. I just like it. Saves me the headache of remembering to transfer to/from my ING account.

But if the 1.9% is indeed happening again I think I'm definetely on that side of the fence.

My MA stinks though. I can't get him to understand that I want him to run a $10k down 36month scenario. He just gives me the company line of $2k 48months. Regardless I'll be going with Select but I like understanding things from their point of view and their calculators which for some reason always differs from mine.

 

It's official. It's on miniusa.com.

 

The 1.9% is even without the MINI Select... just traditional financing

 

That makes things much more interesting. Conventional financing it is then!

 

The ELEKTRA departure time is slowly creeping backwards Y2k...

I don't mind waiting to ensure another MINI lover gets his.

 

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA... 18:00 -> 21:45 -> 22:30

There's gotta be some reason they're delaying. I don't see any activity at Southampton in the last couple hours that's Elektra related. I see a handful of new cars destined for the Tirranna in 3 days. 5 weeks to Australia!!!

 

I'm losing what little hope I had. Just called ASK-MINI CS, and again heard the "Final Inspection" phrase. Nothing about "transport to the port of exit".

 

It is 23:07 Southampton time, and the Elektra is still at it's berth. There are no tug boats assisting her, so it looks like she will still be there for a while.

Y2K Falcon
I strongly suggest you go to the Owner's Lounge and copy the VIN very carefully and enter it into the tracking site.

 

Looks all over but the crying now! I see a tug boat getting awfully friendly with the Elektra.

 

Yep... It's off! Check your webcam in about 20 minutes!

 

The Elektra is away from her berth now. Saw a bunch of Brunswick GA cars get on at 17:00.

 

STATUS FOR SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Banannastand, NY, aboard Elektra, ETA NY 9/10

Blouise, NY, aboard Elektra, ETA NY 9/10

JcM1n1, SoCal, aboard Porgy, ETA CA 9/18

Kencwallace, VA, aboard Elektra, ETA NY 9/10

Maui Meg, NJ, aboard Elektra, ETA NY 9/10

N666BK, NJ, aboard Undine, ETA NY 9/4

Neverfifty, VA, aboard Undine, ETA NY 9/4

Norcaltinkerbell, NorCal, aboard Porgy, ETA CA 9/18

RayRatt, WA, "Twiggy" aboard Porgy, ETA CA 9/18

UAL_Kingpin's friend, SoCal, aboard Porgy, ETA CA 9/18

Y2K Falcon, TX, production completed, waiting for Faust 9/8 departure, destination Brunswick, GA VDC


SHIP TRACKING INFORMATION

Ship name - - - Callsign - - -Destination - - - - -ETA - -Who is aboard
Elektra - - - - - SIWB - - - - -New York, NY - - - - 9/10 - - Banannastand, Blouise, Kencwallace, Maui Meg
Faust - - - - - - SLKQ - - - - -Brunswick, GA - - - -9/20
Porgy - - - - - 2EZS8 - - - - Port Hueneme, CA - - 9/18 - - JcM1n1, Norcaltinkerbell, RayRatt, UAL_Kingpin's friend
Undine - - - - - SHJC - - - - - New York, NY - - - - 9/4 - - - N666BK, Neverfifty

Use this site to track ship by NAME
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/dat...HIP&level1=220

Use this site to track ship by CALLSIGN (works better for open ocean tracking)
http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/index.html

Halifax, NS webcam
http://www.halifaxwebcam.ca/live/ind...M=chebuctohead

Port of New York/New Jersey ship arrival schedule
http://www.firstnynj.com/

http://www.nymaritime.org/VTraffic/ny_due7.aspx

 

Y2K Falcon

I am really disappointed that your car did not make it on the Elektra. I was almost certain it was going to make it. I was checking the forums on my phone all day waiting for the good news. Eventhough your car won't arrive in Texas until the week of 9/21, RayRatt, you, and my friend will most likely pick up the car at the same time. My friend plans to pick her's up on Saturday 9/26. RayRatt's car needs to take a two day truck ride up to Washington State. So just because you are the last to get on the ship, you won't be the last to pick up the car.

 

Screw you guys. I'm gonna start a "Week 35" thread.

So, the Faust is gonna be me and a buncha '10s (the ones that didn't add on the HK stereo).

 

Nice...I've been following that story too...

 

We feel like you're part of our family Y2K Falcon. I'm sick that your car didn't make our ship