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Old 09-28-2013, 09:14 AM
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Michigan Highway is now visible on marinetraffic.com

Guess we missed the 'berg in the North Atlantic. Take that Murphy!
 
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Originally Posted by Dogwhistle
Have any of you tried this yet? When you pull up your WW booking information with your VIN, you also get a Bill of Lading number. If you go back to search and put that Bill of Lading number in and search by this instead, you now get the whole block of MINIs that were manifested with yours and the time they were loaded (mine was sixth to last on the ship, whew!). Looks like mine was in a block of 109 MINIs to be loaded. It also has everybody's VINs, so off to the BWM VIN decoder with the last seven to see what other folks are ordering. A good time waster too, when not building maps! My BoL number was GB1364479, to save you some time.

Here's hoping for last on first off to the VDC!

https://att.2wglobal.com/gstattweb/o...ckSearchResult
Nice find. I'm partially down the first page.
 
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Old 09-28-2013, 02:19 PM
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Pick up my JCWCM yesterday! A few photos.
 
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Old 09-28-2013, 04:49 PM
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'Penny Black" joined the family @ 3:00 pm eastern time today.

Here are some pictures I snapped before going for nice leisurely drive. I will try to take some better pictures in next few days.


 

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Old 09-28-2013, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by SheldonCoopr
'Penny Black" joined the family @ 3:00 pm eastern time today.

Here are some pictures I snapped before going for nice leisurely drive. I will try to take some better pictures in next few days.

Too bad the Penny Black's pics are the size of a penny.
 
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Old 09-28-2013, 05:32 PM
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Too bad the Penny Black's pics are the size of a penny.
Yeah sorry I have not figured out this picture upload thing. I will have to work on that
 
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Yeah sorry I have not figured out this picture upload thing. I will have to work on that
Easiest is just upload the pics to you NAM album, and you can then include them in your posts.
 
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Yeah sorry I have not figured out this picture upload thing. I will have to work on that
Congratulations, SC! I can't wait to see larger pictures of your magnificent machine!
 
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Grats TJANK and SheldonCoopr on the delivery of your Mini!
 
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Originally Posted by SheldonCoopr
'Penny Black" joined the family @ 3:00 pm eastern time today.

Here are some pictures I snapped before going for nice leisurely drive. I will try to take some better pictures in next few days.

Congratulations on picking up your new Cabrio after the long wait! Even with the tiny pics, its a great looking car!
 
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Old 09-28-2013, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by SheldonCoopr
'Penny Black" joined the family @ 3:00 pm eastern time today. Here are some pictures I snapped before going for nice leisurely drive. I will try to take some better pictures in next few days.

Sheldon
Congratulations. Thanks for the pictures. I look forward to seeing more.
At last your wait is over.
Keep us updated on Penny's new adventures.
 
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TJANK and SheldonCooper,

Motor on, guys! I'm happy to see you with your MINI's after the long interminable wait. May God bless you both with safe travel on the roads.

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Originally Posted by swjtx
Michigan Highway is now visible on marinetraffic.com

Guess we missed the 'berg in the North Atlantic. Take that Murphy!
Yep! I'm on the same boat...and finally coming out of the fetal position I've been in since it left Southampton on the 20th It came into range about 2:00 my time today....still not obsessing though. I've gotta wait for it to stop at Baltimore then head for Brunswick. I'm just glad it's on this side of the pond! Hopefully no damage to any of the cars
 
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Originally Posted by SheldonCoopr
'Penny Black" joined the family @ 3:00 pm eastern time today.

Here are some pictures I snapped before going for nice leisurely drive. I will try to take some better pictures in next few days.

Congrats!!!!!! One sharp MINI
 
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Originally Posted by MINIDraftFarm
Yep! I'm on the same boat...and finally coming out of the fetal position I've been in since it left Southampton on the 20th It came into range about 2:00 my time today....still not obsessing though. I've gotta wait for it to stop at Baltimore then head for Brunswick. I'm just glad it's on this side of the pond! Hopefully no damage to any of the cars
Arggh! Out of range again. Should probably be back in by morning.

Me2, then they have to drag it to Texas. Wonder if it will be by rail or car carrier?

What sense does it make to stop in Baltimore first? That's just craziness
 
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Finally home.

My GF is over the moon about her new car though it meant I have had to fiddle with everything to figure stuff out and set it up for her.

 
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^Nice pic and nice ride per_white_gt. Grats to your GF.

The Michigan Highway is back on the radar and steaming up the Chesapeake.
 
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Ship at the slip (not recent) - unloading at BMW VDC Baltimore.

I'm just assuming that vehicles destined for TX will be unloaded at the Brunswick VDC. Could be Baltimore? Anyone know for sure?
 
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The 2014 version of some owners manuals have been posted on the MINI USA site. Now I have something else to occupy my time while waiting!


http://www.miniusa.com/content/miniu...r-manuals.html
 
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Grats TJANK and SheldonCoopr on the delivery of your Mini!

Thanks. I am back to parking at the far end of parking lots!
 
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Old 09-29-2013, 06:13 AM
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TJank. Thanks for the heads up on manuals.

Just had a random thought while browsing through one......with all the new technology and gadgets on cars these days seems like someone could invent an oil level indicator? Seriously, isn't the dipstick method just a little outdated?
 
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Holding pattern for Don Juan

Looks like Don Juan did a Crazy Ivan braking maneuver and is now lounging 100 clicks from Halifax!

I found the full version of the Faust video, Hi Def on youtube. It shows how they do the Crazy Ivan, pretty interesting if you like boats.

 


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