in the absence of any capability to track the nyk line ships, here is some guesswork on the hojin's journey:

judging from the various journeys that the ww ships (who’s schedules are posted) make from southampton to port hueneme it looks like it takes about 19 days if the ships go straight to the panama canal without stopping at any east coast ports like charlotte or brunswick and that they arrive at the canal about 11 or 12 days into the trip.

The website that lists etas for the canal shows the hojin arriving either 5/31 or 6/1. that is 11 or 12 days from the time it left southampton, so it looks like no east coast stops. The ww ships take 8 or 9 days to get to port hueneme from the canal, so the eta in port hueneme for the hojin is 6/9 or 6/10. this would be without figuring in any stops in either san diego or los angeles/long beach.

 

Well, I called my MA yesterday and he said I might be able to take delivery today. I was really hoping to get it this weekend. But it looks like I'll get it early next week. Oh well. Better late than never!

 

Well we drove into CT to look at her.

Luckily she got off the truck a couple hours before we got there.

We just have to wait until they PDI her and get the proper MSO paperwork out of the way.

Hopefully I can attach the picture without my fiancee getting mad at me....

 

Beagle, I give up on tracking! I guess we're just going on have to hope & wait!

 

The website that lists etas for the canal

( http://www.boydsteamship.com/daily_traffic_report.htm )

shows the hojin arriving 5/31 and "#8 for transit" whatever tha means. assuming a traverse of the canal on 5/31, the eta in port hueneme is friday 6/9 (if there are no stops between the canal and port of hueneme). tic toc tic toc....getting closer by the minute...

 

I just got the call from my MA - my MINI was just unloaded from the truck! I'll be picking it up tomorrow!

 

AWESOME! When did you say you put your deposit down?

 

Congrats on your new MINI. You must post some pictures up...

Beagle, I think you're right on track with our ETA... it's the best guess I've heard so far!!! All I know is that Swedish Fish is getting very excited. I just ordered her the auto-up which Ian has some in stock. For those new owners, trust me, it's the best $50 you can spend for a convenience...

 

auto-up?

 

April 22nd. That will make 39 days between order-placement and delivery.

It's going to be a LONG day at work tomorrow. Well, not too long - I'm taking off early!

 

one click down... two clicks up!! auto up window, read more on Ian Cull's site...

http://www.gbmini.net/MINIcircuit/index.shtml

 

oopsy...

 

Got it!!! WHEEE!!!

 

Got the first 250 miles on her this weekend! DaMini is doing great and I'm having a blast! I'm trying to post my pictures but can't seem to get it to work. When I go into my gallery I can see them but I can't get the to attach below my signature.

 

I'm doin' the happy dance for y'all. I'm going to pick mine up on Friday morning.
Be careful. Headed south on I270 this morning I passed 4 minis headed north. The 4th was a pretty LY/W sitting on the shoulder with a trooper and flashing lights behind it. Such a sad sight.

 

Now I've got the Euro Parcel Shelf installed. It felt a bit strange to be ripping chunks of the interior out of a car that has less than 50 miles on it. And, I discovered that the cup holder fits the big Heineken oil cans...for driveway installation purposes only!

I would have had the iceLink+ installed, but I need a torx-40 bit, so I'll get that tomorrow.

I have only a craptacular camera-phone pic of the MINI all clean and shiny at the dealership - it looked incredible there. My good digital camera had a dead battery. After a quick dinner at Panera on Sawmill Rd., we proceeded to drive the hour back to Lancaster in the rain . You don't want to see pics of it now!

I took it over to my parents' house. My dad's in love with it. I can't stop looking at it!

 

I took a look at your pictures in your gallery and everything looks great... PM me for help on getting those into your sig.

West Coasters, where's our ship! Did we pass through the canal? I don't see it list anymore... I assume we've made a clean getaway and break for the coast...

 

i watched it go through the miraflores locks at about 1:00pm pdt today; took a bunch of screen shots and if i can figure out how to post them i will. the hojin went through side-by-side with a ww ship, the tamesis.

as of about an hour ago, the hojin was in the pacific ocean headed north, eta port hueneme in about 9 days...

 

That's cool. I missed it. I was at work, actually working. hahhahahahahaha What was I thinking!

If you can post them, that'd be great, or email them to me and I'll host and post for ya...

 

a little weak on the quality, but better'n nothin'

 

Hi guys,

We picked up her Mini at around 5:30......In the rain.....
We drove(I was driving the Evo, she was driving her brand new car) to eat some dinner and then I got to drive her car a little bit. It was fun...

We didn't remember to ask about the auto headlights and wipers so I said lets go back to the dealer and ask.... good thing we did... they actually removed the auto headlights upon the alarm install ... But of course, no tech to fix it,even if they had the parts....

I think I was more upset then she was, heck we drove 2 hours in the rain and hail to get there....

No problem, we drive home, I don't want to ruin her first day with the car....
Just to find that the silver bonnet stripe is now bubbling at the leading edge near the air intake ....After 2 hours of driving!!!!

Either way, she will be in touch come tomorrow morning...

One thing though, I did notice on the drive home that she(my fiancee) takes corners a lot faster than she used to and seems to drive faster too...

I guess I will now have to get a Cooper S for myself

 

It missed another ship... going to go kill myself now. It's been at the docks over 2 weeks, the next ship doesnt come for over a week and it missed the ship...

 

Wait, the OL and Ask-Mini say its on a ship. Who to trust?

 

Your MA will get an updated status report every day. They're the best bet.

As for me, I was starting to get really frustrated. My MCS was on a truck for ages it seemed, and was supposed to come in last week on Friday, well...it didn't. Then they said I would get it Saturday. That was a no go too. But, I finally took delivery Tuesday the 30th. OMG I am in love! I thought I loved my Cooper, but my MCS rocks!

 

Definitely call or email your MA. Mine was great about answering my many, many emails. I honestly think the OL and ASK-MINI is more trouble than it's worth. It's there to satisfy that crave for info, but the info just isn't right.

Congrats to those who have picked up their cars! I just can't get over how great this car is. It's even better since I installed the ice>Link+ last night!