Bought an old BMW M3, filled with regret...
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Are you spraying QD on the micro fibre, rather than the car, before you wipe / pat it on the car?
I spray QD on the microfibre, one of those purple monster ones, and pat dry / wipe where needed. Never had any issues.
So most will have seen the pics in the other thread about being rear ended the other night.
Today BMW are collecting the car to be taken to the Winchester bodyshop after I cancelled the other insurer's approved non BMW repairer. No doubt it's repairable, but who knows!
Certainly the things I know it will need are:
New bumper.
New diffuser.
Possibly new parking sensors.
Boot lid panel repair.
Boot lid weather seals.
Some frame beating behind the bumper to restore the boot floor and wall.
Exhaust repairs or replacements.
New wheel alignment.
Rear end respray.
New front alloy refurb which I may have to get done myself at the place that did them before and recover the cost from the 3rd party insurer.
And anything else they find. I'm more concerned about subframe damage. The exhaust has been pushed back a few inches. I suppose of that's needs sorting then I'll have a new subframe
Today BMW are collecting the car to be taken to the Winchester bodyshop after I cancelled the other insurer's approved non BMW repairer. No doubt it's repairable, but who knows!
Certainly the things I know it will need are:
New bumper.
New diffuser.
Possibly new parking sensors.
Boot lid panel repair.
Boot lid weather seals.
Some frame beating behind the bumper to restore the boot floor and wall.
Exhaust repairs or replacements.
New wheel alignment.
Rear end respray.
New front alloy refurb which I may have to get done myself at the place that did them before and recover the cost from the 3rd party insurer.
And anything else they find. I'm more concerned about subframe damage. The exhaust has been pushed back a few inches. I suppose of that's needs sorting then I'll have a new subframe
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Good luck!So most will have seen the pics in the other thread about being rear ended the other night.
Today BMW are collecting the car to be taken to the Winchester bodyshop after I cancelled the other insurer's approved non BMW repairer. No doubt it's repairable, but who knows!
Certainly the things I know it will need are:
New bumper.
New diffuser.
Possibly new parking sensors.
Boot lid panel repair.
Boot lid weather seals.
Some frame beating behind the bumper to restore the boot floor and wall.
Exhaust repairs or replacements.
New wheel alignment .
Rear end respray.
New front alloy refurb which I may have to get done myself at the place that did them before and recover the cost from the 3rd party insurer.
And anything else they find. I'm more concerned about subframe damage. The exhaust has been pushed back a few inches. I suppose of that's needs sorting then I'll have a new subframe
I cant help but think that this is surely going to be a write off with the apparent structural damage to the floor
Me too, I really hope it's not as he's got it (or had it should I say) just how he wanted it and then he's lost it.
Let's hope we're wrong.
Sometimes a write off can be good, they will usually sell the car back at virtually scrap value.
Buy another M3 and you have an entire car of mint donor parts, then patch up the crashed one on the cheap and sell it with the bits left over to complete it
Buy another M3 and you have an entire car of mint donor parts, then patch up the crashed one on the cheap and sell it with the bits left over to complete it
That is one way to go about it if they write it off! But it's also a massive faff filled option, not just for the parts, but everything else that goes with it, paperwork, time and energy etc.
Main problem is, having had a look on PH classifieds over the weekend, no E46 M3 cab in the 13k price range met the same colour combo, age and condition of mine. So I might have to go for a coupe. That is if it's a write-off :S
I'm hoping it's repairable though, considering people have been telling me all weekend that they've seen or had cars repaired with worse damage!
Main problem is, having had a look on PH classifieds over the weekend, no E46 M3 cab in the 13k price range met the same colour combo, age and condition of mine. So I might have to go for a coupe. That is if it's a write-off :S
I'm hoping it's repairable though, considering people have been telling me all weekend that they've seen or had cars repaired with worse damage!
I think I'd lose my **** if I had your car and after all that hard work, it was written off I know I would with my own car now, but yours even more so!
I'll keep my fingers firmly crossed that you end up getting a decent repair.
I know I would with my own car now, but yours even more so! I'll keep my fingers firmly crossed that you end up getting a decent repair.
£13k gives you so much choice in the M3 cab market (they start at half this!) that you should find one which is not only ultra ultra low mileage for the year but also more than worthy of transferring all of your mint parts over to. I really wouldnt worry
Assuming they do write it off, what is the buy back price I can probably expect? I have no idea what the scrap price is, or what is involved 
I suppose one upshot is that selling off the parts I don't transfer over to the new one would be quite beneficial, as genuine parts on their own can cost quite a bit. Full trim set alone can go for £100+ .
Donor S54 engine, anyone?
I suppose one upshot is that selling off the parts I don't transfer over to the new one would be quite beneficial, as genuine parts on their own can cost quite a bit. Full trim set alone can go for £100+ .
Donor S54 engine, anyone?
I didnt mean sell the parts!
Worst case, buy the crashed one back. Buy another M3.
Transfer anything you like from yours to the new one to make it really nice (whole interior if yours is mint, etc), and the reverse to complete the crashed one. Get the crashed one fixed anywhere you like and sell it as a complete car.
Worst case, buy the crashed one back. Buy another M3.
Transfer anything you like from yours to the new one to make it really nice (whole interior if yours is mint, etc), and the reverse to complete the crashed one. Get the crashed one fixed anywhere you like and sell it as a complete car.
£13k gives you so much choice in the M3 cab market (they start at half this!) that you should find one which is not only ultra ultra low mileage for the year but also more than worthy of transferring all of your mint parts over to. I really wouldnt worry
Indeed, I know its not on the same level but when I crashed my first MX5 11 years ago, it had 100k on it, I had had it over 18 months, spent virtually nothing on it bar one cheap service, paid 4k for it, and got £4.5k from the insurance company. Their negotiator didn't quibble one bit when he asked how much I paid for it and so I thought I would be a bit cheeky, claim 4.5k, and get my 4 back, I said 4.5 and he said "ok so do you want that?" and it was a done deal. Put me in a much better car. I am guessing he didn't look at the mileage or something as it was barely worth 3.