[Hotsauce535]

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[Hotsauce535]

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[Alcenos]

Ouch

[Bbb34]

Important thing is that you and everybody else is OK. Accidents unfortunately happen, cars get fixed, that's life.

Sucks that it happened, especially so soon into the ownership, I'd be upset too. Nothing you can do though, other than move on and make sure it's fixed properly. Good luck.

[lsturbointeg]

ugh! how much was the damages? at least you're not hurt! oyster interior...that's gonna be a PITA to keep clean from what other members have posted

[ezaircon4jc]

As has been said the important thing is you're OK!! Cars can be easily repaired, you.... Not so much.



Oyster isn't so bad... The only real difficulty has been blue jeans. Even then it isn't that hard to clean.

[Ickdeep]

Well welcome! and hopefully the fix is completed correctly and timely. Hope everyone was okay from the accident.

[Hotsauce535]

Thanks guys I appreciate the kind words. The car was just towed to the shop yesterday, no estimate has been done. All i hope is the parts are available and it gets fixed quick, I'm hoping within 2 weeks

[Gpfarrell]

Bummer, but really, no biggie. That's very fixable. Oh, Oyster isn't hard at all... and we've got 3 kids and 2 dogs!

[bake]

That should buff right out. j/k Glad everyone is OK. Car looks very fixable and should be as good as new in a few weeks.

[ALPWhite]

I will reiterate what has been said, in the end so long as everyone is ok that's all that matters. It's a bummer but it's fixable.

[JOHNBMWM5]

Would anyone buy a car with 60 thousand miles on it, not me for sure I sell mine with 10K or less. Sorry it's smashed but will not be a write off with that damage we hope.

[Bbb34]

Originally Posted by JOHNBMWM5

Would anyone buy a car with 60 thousand miles on it, not me for sure I sell mine with 10K or less. Sorry it's smashed but will not be a write off with that damage we hope.

37.28K miles I believe since the new owner is in Toronto

[krautmeister]

One thing that sucks is that if the car was impeccable with a clean accident history... now its got the proverbial "herpes" on its history that will never go away.....

Glad you're OK and hope that the repairs go quickly and quality.

[krautmeister]

Originally Posted by Bbb34

37.28K miles I believe since the new owner is in Toronto

That pesky metric system....

[JOHNBMWM5]

Originally Posted by Bbb34

37.28K miles I believe since the new owner is in Toronto

Ow thats better

[Bbb34]

Originally Posted by JOHNBMWM5

Ow thats better

Originally Posted by krautmeister

That pesky metric system....

Repeat after me 1, 10, 100, 1000.....has perfectly natural flow to it, just admit it.

You guys own 435D and 550i, not 433 8/4D and 531 133/7i.

[Hotsauce535]

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[Bbb34]

That sounds very high for what you've shown, though I'm not an expert.

If you're not at fault, you shouldn't care really, but if my memory serves me right, if the damage is around 1/2 the current value of the car, insurance is likely to write it off.

What does insurance adjustor say to this, has she/he signed off on this, that's what matters?
Even if they approve, and you do this, the car is yours for life, you will never sell a car with that amount of damage on the CarProof, you won't be able even to give it away for free, nobody will touch it. Sorry to hear that, but talk to insurance adjustor, get it written off if that indeed is the damage.

[Hotsauce535]

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[Bbb34]

Originally Posted by Hotsauce535

Thx for the response, im waiting for the adjuster to get back, hopefully he will tomorrow.

What im thinking is if they approve the estimate i get a cheque from the insurance company and then take it else where and get it repaired for a reasonable cost.

I realize my resale is value is completely shot but this car is so mint condition

WAS in mint condition!!!

Unfortunately that's not how it works.
Insurance company will not write you anything, unless the car is written off.

What they will do instead is send their adjustor to the shop of your choice who will approve or deny the repair cost shop is claiming, and insurance will pay them directly. You never see any money personally. If the cost indeed is 25K and price of 2011 535 is at very best in mid 30s, I don't see how they can approve the repair, or why would you want them to do it.

My advice, don't get too attached if it's that badly damaged, push for a write off and find another car. It's unfortunate for you, but no point keeping a car that's suffered damage that's more than 2/3 of it's current market value.

[Don N.]

That's some gnarly bad luck.