So I had a pretty terrible few weeks in my E90 M3.
back in August I was just leaving the barber shop with my two kids in the back and my dad in the front seat on teh way to go go-karting. stopped at an intersection about 6 cars back and stopped for a while… some 50+ year old woman smashed into the back of me and pushed me into the car ahead…
kids were fine, nothing broken on my dad or I. I got out, FURIOUS!!!, and started yelling at the woman but saw that her airbags went off and that she was in pretty rough shape so I cooled it a bit.
Ambulance, police, street shut down blah blah blah… doesnt look like much damage below… pretty much just 2 bumpers and some work on the trunk but in an M3 it adds up to $17k. All pics are cell phone pics from the scene.
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So the car is out of commission at Budds Collision (BMW certified) for a few weeks. I go pick it up this past tuesday… car looks awesome… all the paint chips etc. in the bumper and hood are gone with the fresh paint, i have a new Dinan exhaust, things are cool…
I drive it home and like 5 minutes later on the QEW i’m stopped again in traffic… and a 40+ year old Vietnamese guy in a Ford Edge smashes into the back of me and pushes me into the car ahead of me… I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR BACK FOR 5 MINUTES!!!
It’s a bit harder than before… carbon grills gone, hood buckled and the trunk is hit harder than before… will need to be replaced this time… total isn’t in yet but it’s around $25k this time with the extra parts.
being that we were on the QEW we had 4 tow trucks on scene before the police and I had quite the argument with one of them that wanted to hook my car… this time I went off the handle a bit on the driver and the tow truck guy. The police heard over the radio and had to calm me down. This was rush hour on the highway and we were in the passing lane.
Cannot believe it and neither could anyone I called from the scene (body shop owner, manager, wife, colleagues that called me while i was there).
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an hour later and I’m right back at Budd’s again… no ETA on when repairs will be completed. Needless to say, bye bye resale value… have to mile-out the car now
The car is pretty solid though… my air bags didnt go off either time and to be honest the impact wasn’t that bad even though i’m whip-lashed hard… heck i was still feeling like shit from the previous accident and now i have another identical one. None of the lights were damaged in either case as well… makes me feel pretty confident about the safety of the car.
I don’t want to hear any of this “at least your safe” crap either… a car like this isn’t just a car and according to insurers it’s probably worth more than a lost limb or lost vision so let’s all feel terrible for a moment please. And now the resale / trade-in value on the car is wiped out completely with two claims like this in such a short period of time.
Oh wells… car is still in warranty and i’ll grab the extended warranty and get what enjoyment i can out of it… It will be worth more in parts by the time i’m through with it. I was hoping to trade it in on an F80 M3 but that likely wont happen now.