On Saturday night, the Chicago MINI Motoring Club had a meet-up at Superdawg in Wheeling. It has been a few years since I have attended a CMMC event, but I am glad Carson and I were able to attend. We both enjoyed looking at some awesome MINIs, ate some great Superdawgs, and Carson’s favorite part…a chocolate Supershake.
UPDATE June 11, 2013: So yeah, apparently my Clubman isn’t exactly en route. I checked the status of my Clubman on the Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics website this morning, and found that it has been bumped from Endurance. So, it looks like she will get to spend a few more days in Southampton. I have heard that if a vehicle is bumped from a cargo ship it has priority on the next vessel. Hopefully, it will be rebooked on the Parsifal cargo ship, which is the next Wallenius Wilhelmsen vehicle carrier leaving Southampton. It departs Southampton on June 18th, and arrives in Baltimore, MD on June 27th.
Since receiving my Clubman’s Production and VIN Numbers, I have been checking it’s status at least twice a day on the MINI Owners’ Lounge. Since May 30th, the Owners’ Lounger status has read, Scheduled For Production. On Friday, June 7th, the status finally changed to read Awaiting Transport. Since the MINI Owners’ Lounge is typically 24-48 hours behind reality, my Clubman finished production on June 5th or June 6th.
Yesterday, I received an email from Jason, my Motoring Advisor at Knauz MINI, with the VIN Number and Production Number for my Clubman. Like any good expectant MINI owner, I immediately signed into the MINI Owners’ Lounge, and input my Production Number, so I could begin to track where my new MINI is at.
My Clubman has gone from On Order, to Scheduled For Production, so within the next week or so, she should begin her eight day journey down the production line at the MINI production plant in Oxford, England…
After a nearly a decade of MINI ownership, I pulled the trigger again last Thursday night, and placed an order on a 2013 MINI Cooper S Clubman. So exactly 10-years after going through the order process on my 2003 MINI, I am going through it again. It is exciting to have a new MINI on the way, but bittersweet at the same time, as it means I will be saying goodbye to my beloved 2003 MINI Cooper S. Even after 10-years, she still puts a smile on my face every time I sit behind the wheel.
