Plymouth Bay Or Bust

Posted on by Ian C.

Today was Plymouth Bay Or Bust (see this thread on MINI2, planned by Cape Cod MINI) (see also Hudson Bay Or Bust).
We started at Nantasket Beach, south of Boston – by the time Margaret & I got there after a delayed breakfast, almost everyone else had arrived. Steves route took us south along winding back roads & route 3A; our first stop was the Old Scituate Lighthouse:

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After a quick stop at Dunking Donuts we headed down into Plymouth, parked and walked to the memorial to admire the famous Plymouth Rock:

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Our day ended at the British Beer Company restaurant, which had great food (and, I am told, great beer) along with great company of other MINI owners!

Can you believe this!

Posted on by Ian C.

So when I called 1-866-ASK-MINI this morning, the message stated “vehicle production complete”.
Since I entered the order details in the (US east coast) afternoon of February 2nd, when it was already night at the MINI factory, it means that only about two weeks passed from order to built!

Now for fun, I visited the Wallenius Wilhelmsen tracking website this evening and entered GBMINI#3 VIN and what do I see:

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The Tancred that is bringing GBMINI#3 to USA

According to WW, GBMINI#3 is already loaded on the TANCRED (picture from Ship Photos) ready to be brought over to USA!