Not sure why they cannot update ol.miniusa.com at least once a day. Mine says "Awaiting transport" when it obviously on a boat 1/4 of the way across the Atlantic ocean.

 

At least the boat is behind hurricane Irene and not at sea in the middle of it. But that probably doesn't help the wait any..

 

Looks like the North American ports' ETA for the Elektra have been pushed back a day. I checked the voyage (CA134-ELX) and its due in NY on 9/8 now instead of 9/7. Irene must have churned up the Atlantic enough to delay our boat.

New NA ETAs:
Halifax.....9/6
NY..........9/8
Brunswick...9/12
Charleston...9/13

 

They might as well do away with the "track your Mini in the Owners Lounge" option, it's definitely not updated on a regular basis. Mine also says "Awaiting Transport" and it's been out at sea for a day already. Duh.

My suggestion to new Mini owners waiting for their Mini. Don't even bother logging in to the Owners Lounge and instead just call the Hotline. Once your Mini is at the port, track it with the WW Cargo site, etc.

 

Looks like my wife's MINI is on the Toscana as well.

Pat - thanks for the info about delivery time from Port Hueneme to Tacoma, as our dealer is Northwest MINI of Tacoma. Guessing our delivery day will be somewhere around 9/26.

 

Yay, another one on the Toscana. You can track the ship here:

ENTER CALL SIGN: 2CQX6 and search. It's just passing the English channel now.

Hope the tropical storm Katia that's up ahead, isn't going to delay things.

http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/index.html

 

Picked up my Mini last night. It's beautiful!! Worth the two month wait. Can't upload pics from my phone and the main computer, since it has no connection due to Hurricane Irene... will do so as soon as possible!

 

Make that Hurricane Katia soon.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/201...-on-US-unclear

 

Oh lovely. Another hurricane is just what we needed.

 

Today is my first day as "scheduled for production"

 

Congrats! The longest part for me was waiting from "On Order" to "Scheduled for Production" - about 4 weeks. Once mine started getting built it went right according to schedule. Now it is "En Route". Unfortunately I don't know what ship as the WW doesn't recognize my VIN.

 

Well, I can tell you all that I never imagined that I would find the impact of weather on trans-Atlantic shipping of such vital interest! But here I am. lol Life is SO interesting. ; ) Thank goodness we have this forum; reading all your comments, questions, and experiences really helps. I see many happy driving hours in our futures!

 

I lucked out. 1.5 weeks from On Order to Scheduled.

Plus I'm in NJ so short boat ride and short ride from port to dealer.

 

just checked the WW site, and my MINI boarded the Patriot today! Setting sail sometime today and docking in Baltimore on the 12th.

Do I have any shipmates on here?

 

Congratulations.

Sailing sailing sailing the ocean blue!!

 

Mine is in the paintshop - scheduled to leave it tomorrow. Finally PROGRESS!

 

Is yours a Coupe or something else?

Never mind I see that yours is not a Coupe.

 

Ok, I'm having a hard time waiting. Don't have production date yet. So I guess I'll just.... wait.

 

The time that seemed longest for me was waiting for production to start. It took mine 4 weeks to get started. Once it started moving the time went by very fast. And now I'm on the high seas!

 

Yesterday (or was it Tuesday), the Owner's Lounge showed my car's status as "ORDERED". I just checked, and it has moved to "SCHEDULED FOR PRODUCTION".

Baby steps, baby steps...

 

55 days since I placed the order.. I'm guestimating another 13-14 days til I take delivery..

 

Does anyone who is also going to the West Coast have any updates on the Toscana's position? The last update I have appears to be from yesterday, when it was clearing the English Channel.

http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shi...tml?call=2CQX6

 

Hi swpars, I went back to this site to track it. Just zoom out a couple of times to see what's near. Seems like last update also happened on the 31st. Hopefully we have updated info tomorrow.

http://marinetraffic4.aegean.gr/ais/...202:47:00%20PM

 

What is your timeline? order date, prod #, sch for prod, stc?

 

Ordered 7/18/2011 at 5 pm. Therefore I don't count that day since it was at the end of business. Production complete 8/23/2011. I am not sure when it started but I got the scheduled completion date from my MA two weeks before completion. Then my ASKMINI status stayed on "At Port Waiting for a Vessel" until the moring of August 31 when it changed to "In Transit". My OL changed to "En Route" on September 1. Now the WW tracking line doesn't recognize my VIN so I assume:
1) they don't have the right VIN or I don't have the right VIN
2) I am on the K Line
That being said, I e-mailed my MA today to find out what ship I am on. Per the schedules the only K vessel showing was the California Highway that left 8/26! The only WW vessel would be the Elektra. None of the other timelines fit. Of course there could be some unlisted ship too. Once I hear from my MA I will let you know the amount of time from completion at the factory to on the ship.

The sad part is I remember all these dates in my head. My husband is worried about my sanity at this point. Thank goodness for this site so I can talk to my fellow insane soon to be Mini owners.