So, with the new MINI officially in production its time to have fun speculating which ship it will be on. The excellent guide to order tracking at MINI2 gives the website for the shipping company, Wallenius Wilhelmsen.
Given my finish date of July 12th, there are two likely candidates: the Terrier which departs on the 18th of July, or the Don Quijote which departs on the 28th. The Terrier arrives in CA on the 11th of August, the Don Quijote on the 19th. I tried my VIN number on the cargo tracking but its not there yet to know which one.
I thought you ordered from a dealer back east?
If so, your MINI won’t be on any boat docking in California. Those go to the VPC in New Jersey if I remember correctly, then to your dealer from there.
oops…nevermind….
(I would have edited the above, but it won’t let me).
Poke around my site too. there is a link there for the panama canal cam. You might get to watch your boat cruising through. Oh yea, your VIN won’t show until about a day after the shipper should have it. During that odd time (between the end of production and actually getting on the boat), phone calls for updates work best 😀
Btw, db, your archive links on dbmini.us don’t work. I’ll email ya.