Dang you owned 2 of my dream cars....

 

Lol...they were my dream cars too. But I will NOT miss the labor costs associated with them!
They were two completely different animals..

 

Ohhh I can imagine the cost was insane.


Ohhh a 89 Testarossa would have been insanely awesome. I wanted one of those from the first day I saw one.

 

The Maranello was coming due for its 30k service, even though it only has 11,000k on it. I decided to get out now!!
The TR was crazy to drive. Couldn't take that car anywhere, iIt was a workout just to drive it!

 

Production completed yesterday. My MINI is on it's way to the port of exit.

 

For those waiting for West Coast delivery, Morning Chant is lining up
for the locks in Panama.

Hooot Hooot Hoot
engines reversing at entry.

 

Ordered April 7 and pick it up today!!

 

Ordered April 12
currently at Manzanillo Lock Panama
Port Hueneme, CA. in 9 days ?

• Distance: 5630.32 km
  Transit Time: 9 days(s) 1 hours

 

Odered 4/12.

He missed his first ship but was loaded on the Tonsberg today, just departed the port a few hours ago. Tracker says it will land in Baltimore on the 29th.

 

Mrdi - what link are you using to find your stats on the Morning Chant? We know it was due to go through the Panama Canal today, but we've been getting "out of range" or you have to subscribe to the satellite GPS feed to see the ship stuff.

 

Just been flying the Leer back and forth.
Love the banked 90 above the locks.

Looks like Morning Chant is dropping a hook to await her scheduled lock loading.
There are a gaggle of Minis on her deck.
Interesting, they all look deep blue?

 

Morning Chant is anchored off the locks
Looks like shore leave for the crew
Panama Pete's is the usual destination.
This hiatus may delay delivery.
Current time in Panama is 4:20 PM
An hour to shore and a 6 hour session at
Panama Pete's.
Hope the skipper stays on board!!
When the crew returns, they'll be tempted to
have deck races with the on deck blue Mini's.

 

Looking at the order detail on my car it shows exterior color and all my options, but I don't see roof color listed anywhere. If its not shown does that mean its going to be the same as the exterior color? I sure hope not as I really wanted the classic white roof.

 

If you have the VIN you chan check one if the BMW VIN decoder so line (just google) and it should be listed as Aussenspiegel/Dach for side mirrors/door. Schwartz is black, Weiß/Weiss is white, not sure what body color would read. Maybe Wagenfarbe?

 

Hmm, yea, definitely try a VIN decoder if you have the VIN,or if you don't, contact your MA right away, maybe they can make the change if it isn't locked down yet.

My 'Order Details' says 'Roof and mirror caps in black' as one of the lines. I'd assume it would say the same for white if you got contrasting white. It also calls out the bonnet stripes in black.

 

"Your vehicle production is complete and waiting to be released to the carrier!"

Hopefully it'll make the boat leaving for NY/NJ port on the 24th =)

 

Morning Chant
After shore leave and a visit to Panama Pete'e,
Morning Chant is back underway and through the first lock of
the Panama Canal.
She is making 3 kts across Gatun Lake on her way to the West side
of the canal.The journey is approx 50 miles. On the West side she will enter
another set of locks to bring her to sea level with the Pacific.
The canal trip will take one day.
She will then make a starboard correction and head North (320 degrees?) to
Poert Hueneme, CA. A journey of about 3500 miles.

3500 miles /17.5 kts or 20 mph = 175 hrs
175 hrs/24 hrs = about 7 1/2 days

Unless of course they stop in Ensenada to visit Hussong's Cantina.
Aye-Yi-Yi-Yi

 

Just checked this morning, and got the same status! Mine will be arriving through Baltimore, though.

 

My ship departed yesterday and last GPS coordinate on the sailwx site was at 1130 pm last night just leaving the English Channel.

I guess now I sit and wait for it to arrive in Baltimore.

 

OK I'm getting a bit more nervous. Status changed and car is finished with production but my MA is off yesterday/today. Called Mini customer service and they couldn't tell me what color the roof was, car is supposed to be Blazing Red with White top & mirrors.


Tried using the BMW VIN decoder and that is amazing. Car was finished production yesterday and all data was there. Body color and all options look correct but going from cars on hand at my dealer the option code for white roof/mirrors is 382 and that is not shown under my Vin.


Will be real unhappy if it comes with body color roof instead of White.
My MA is/should be aware I want white as we have talked about how I think that is an iconic feature of the Mini, and he also drives a Red/White color car.
Not sure what will happen if they screwed up.

 

Bugger mine still says in paint shop but still gives a completion date of today.

 

Yep, mine said it was in the paint shop through yesterday, but now says its in assembly today, with today being expected for completion. Even still, with the time zone over there, it seems the day would almost be over, so I hope both our cars make it through today!

 

Doug H

Have you tried calling the dealership and asking to talk to your MA's supervisor/manager? We've done that twice when our MA was unavailable or on his day off. In our case, the manager pushed the button to start production before we had confirmed and approved the packages and options. Since we hadn't ordered anything outlandish and it wasn't our fault, he allowed us to re-order with what we wanted using one of the slots they had reserved for dealership-ordered cars. Thought it would put us behind by a week, but it actually got built 1 day later than the original car and made the same boat as the original car that as ordered. We were told that once the production button's been pushed, it's almost impossible to stop or change...

As before, we'd encourage you to call your MA's manager...too big an investment, both financially, emotionally and visually (exterior color), to not get what you really want.

Good Luck!

 

Doug H -

Oh, and one more thought. When we built our car using the MINI USA build your car website with our MA, it came out with a build sheet showing all of the specifications, options, prices, AND pictures of the interior and exterior. When we added and deleted options, those changes showed up in the pictures. Did you get a build sheet? Perhaps that will show whether the roof color is what you want...or maybe the Sales Manager you can send your build sheet to you?

 

Doug
If when it arrives you don't like it, you are not required to take it.
This is especially true if the order is not consistent with your requests.
MT is correct in asking you to address the Manager.
Register your concern.