Tony007

Oh my God, I just received a call from my salesperson a few minutes ago and he said Netstar shows my car is actually produced awaiting shipment!!!!

Holy *****, the next few weeks are going to be absolute torture. Any suggestions how to cope with the wait, I'm going crazy over here..

FloridaE55

Congrats, you will be one of the first 030-owners in Florida (I'll follow a few weeks later...)!

But sorry, there's no way you can avoid suffering and torture over the next few weeks.... :p

idrive

Been there... done that... your life will be HELL until the car arrives

Bottle of Sedatives??

jkrutch

Just be happy to know it is coming...

I can't wait to see a picture of the 030 package. I have one coming early next year, but at least I have my CLS55 in the meanwhile. Although I might be trading it in next week on a M5 to drive until the new CLS arrives.

Please post a pic ASAP!

xraymd

Well, how hard-core are you? I think the thing to do is get the name of the boat you're new car gets loaded on and then try to track it across the Atlantic. It worked for me.

Here's a picture of the boat that brought over my car I found on the net

xraymd

And here is its track across the Atlantic

vraa

I uh, don't see the boat on the map.

xraymd

Look for the little read dots, two of which are dated. One of the dots is spurious, lying well south of the true track.

Tony007

VERY hardcore!! Please let me know how to go about tracking it. How do I find out the name of the boat?

xraymd

Often, your dealer can get the name of the boat. If they use Wallenius Wilhelmsen, like they did for me, you can type in your VIN for cargo tracking and see what boat it gets loaded on and look up that boat's schedule to get an estimate of arrival time. However, their website is usually a couple of days behind. If you're lucky, like I was, your boat will intermittently transmit weather data, and this is how you track them.

1. Get the name of your boat.
2. Go to http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/
3. Enter the name at the bottom. If you're lucky, your boat occasionally sends weather updates as well as its location allowing you to track it. NOT ALL BOATS DO THIS. If yours doesn't, all you've got are updates from the web site of the shipper.

The WW web site (one major auto shipper) seems to be down today but here's the link http://www.2wglobal.com/www/WEP/index.jsp

When my BMW shipped in 2002, that particular shipping company sent continuous GPS updates allowing you to even see what berth the boat was in while docked. For the life of me I can't remember what company it was. It might have been K-line.