I got rear ended (no homo)
02-23-2011, 06:28 PM
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Wish I had been so smart to think of that !!!
My Beamer got "sandwiched" in December, being #3 in a five-car fender bender. This resulted in a damage of $10K, just to my car. Funny, but it didn't look like that at all... what you couldn't say about the other cars. They all were pretty much totaled, and I came out of it "smelling like roses". Makes you appreciate BMW and German Engineering even more!
The car actually still looked pretty good (on the outside), just a bunch of "bruises" in front and back. Got a new rear bumper + cover, a new front bumper cover, a hood, and a new headlight out of it eventually. The car was in the shop the entire December, for almost 5 weeks in total....
My insurance company (Progressive) sucked big-time, and they were trying to f*ck me over by granting me refurbished parts only (total of $4,500). Since I have never had an accident in my entire life (driving a car for 20+ years now), I went to my Insurance Co. to get it fixed first....
Fortunately took the case back from Progressive and had it adjusted by State Farm (the guilty party's Insurance Co) instead. They were much more forthcoming, and getting it all fixed - with my Body Shop taking the lead - was a breeze eventually.
Now, 3 months later, and being bitten by the "Mod Bug" real bad, I realize that I want the M5 rear and M5 Style/Rep front bumpers, and maybe wrap my hood into CF wrap... -- DANG!!! Should have thought of trying to get a complete M5 OEM Body Kit instead or some other mods while the Insurance was already paying for it....
Oh, well... live and learn, I guess. I'm just glad I didn't get screwed with refurbished/re-manufactured parts so I should be happy...
You're one lucky dawg, Luxurytax!! :-)
My Beamer got "sandwiched" in December, being #3 in a five-car fender bender. This resulted in a damage of $10K, just to my car. Funny, but it didn't look like that at all... what you couldn't say about the other cars. They all were pretty much totaled, and I came out of it "smelling like roses". Makes you appreciate BMW and German Engineering even more!
The car actually still looked pretty good (on the outside), just a bunch of "bruises" in front and back. Got a new rear bumper + cover, a new front bumper cover, a hood, and a new headlight out of it eventually. The car was in the shop the entire December, for almost 5 weeks in total....
My insurance company (Progressive) sucked big-time, and they were trying to f*ck me over by granting me refurbished parts only (total of $4,500). Since I have never had an accident in my entire life (driving a car for 20+ years now), I went to my Insurance Co. to get it fixed first....
Fortunately took the case back from Progressive and had it adjusted by State Farm (the guilty party's Insurance Co) instead. They were much more forthcoming, and getting it all fixed - with my Body Shop taking the lead - was a breeze eventually.
Now, 3 months later, and being bitten by the "Mod Bug" real bad, I realize that I want the M5 rear and M5 Style/Rep front bumpers, and maybe wrap my hood into CF wrap... -- DANG!!! Should have thought of trying to get a complete M5 OEM Body Kit instead or some other mods while the Insurance was already paying for it....
Oh, well... live and learn, I guess. I'm just glad I didn't get screwed with refurbished/re-manufactured parts so I should be happy...
You're one lucky dawg, Luxurytax!! :-)
02-24-2011, 05:11 AM
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Wish I had been so smart to think of that !!!
My Beamer got "sandwiched" in December, being #3 in a five-car fender bender. This resulted in a damage of $10K, just to my car. Funny, but it didn't look like that at all... what you couldn't say about the other cars. They all were pretty much totaled, and I came out of it "smelling like roses". Makes you appreciate BMW and German Engineering even more!
The car actually still looked pretty good (on the outside), just a bunch of "bruises" in front and back. Got a new rear bumper + cover, a new front bumper cover, a hood, and a new headlight out of it eventually. The car was in the shop the entire December, for almost 5 weeks in total....
My insurance company (Progressive) sucked big-time, and they were trying to f*ck me over by granting me refurbished parts only (total of $4,500). Since I have never had an accident in my entire life (driving a car for 20+ years now), I went to my Insurance Co. to get it fixed first....
Fortunately took the case back from Progressive and had it adjusted by State Farm (the guilty party's Insurance Co) instead. They were much more forthcoming, and getting it all fixed - with my Body Shop taking the lead - was a breeze eventually.
Now, 3 months later, and being bitten by the "Mod Bug" real bad, I realize that I want the M5 rear and M5 Style/Rep front bumpers, and maybe wrap my hood into CF wrap... -- DANG!!! Should have thought of trying to get a complete M5 OEM Body Kit instead or some other mods while the Insurance was already paying for it....
Oh, well... live and learn, I guess. I'm just glad I didn't get screwed with refurbished/re-manufactured parts so I should be happy...
You're one lucky dawg, Luxurytax!! :-)
My Beamer got "sandwiched" in December, being #3 in a five-car fender bender. This resulted in a damage of $10K, just to my car. Funny, but it didn't look like that at all... what you couldn't say about the other cars. They all were pretty much totaled, and I came out of it "smelling like roses". Makes you appreciate BMW and German Engineering even more!
The car actually still looked pretty good (on the outside), just a bunch of "bruises" in front and back. Got a new rear bumper + cover, a new front bumper cover, a hood, and a new headlight out of it eventually. The car was in the shop the entire December, for almost 5 weeks in total....
My insurance company (Progressive) sucked big-time, and they were trying to f*ck me over by granting me refurbished parts only (total of $4,500). Since I have never had an accident in my entire life (driving a car for 20+ years now), I went to my Insurance Co. to get it fixed first....
Fortunately took the case back from Progressive and had it adjusted by State Farm (the guilty party's Insurance Co) instead. They were much more forthcoming, and getting it all fixed - with my Body Shop taking the lead - was a breeze eventually.
Now, 3 months later, and being bitten by the "Mod Bug" real bad, I realize that I want the M5 rear and M5 Style/Rep front bumpers, and maybe wrap my hood into CF wrap... -- DANG!!! Should have thought of trying to get a complete M5 OEM Body Kit instead or some other mods while the Insurance was already paying for it....
Oh, well... live and learn, I guess. I'm just glad I didn't get screwed with refurbished/re-manufactured parts so I should be happy...
You're one lucky dawg, Luxurytax!! :-)
I wouldn't say I'm lucky, but this is def an unplanned change I'm working on.
02-24-2011, 05:49 AM
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Wish I had been so smart to think of that !!!
My Beamer got "sandwiched" in December, being #3 in a five-car fender bender. This resulted in a damage of $10K, just to my car. Funny, but it didn't look like that at all... what you couldn't say about the other cars. They all were pretty much totaled, and I came out of it "smelling like roses". Makes you appreciate BMW and German Engineering even more!
The car actually still looked pretty good (on the outside), just a bunch of "bruises" in front and back. Got a new rear bumper + cover, a new front bumper cover, a hood, and a new headlight out of it eventually. The car was in the shop the entire December, for almost 5 weeks in total....
My insurance company (Progressive) sucked big-time, and they were trying to f*ck me over by granting me refurbished parts only (total of $4,500). Since I have never had an accident in my entire life (driving a car for 20+ years now), I went to my Insurance Co. to get it fixed first....
Fortunately took the case back from Progressive and had it adjusted by State Farm (the guilty party's Insurance Co) instead. They were much more forthcoming, and getting it all fixed - with my Body Shop taking the lead - was a breeze eventually.
Now, 3 months later, and being bitten by the "Mod Bug" real bad, I realize that I want the M5 rear and M5 Style/Rep front bumpers, and maybe wrap my hood into CF wrap... -- DANG!!! Should have thought of trying to get a complete M5 OEM Body Kit instead or some other mods while the Insurance was already paying for it....
Oh, well... live and learn, I guess. I'm just glad I didn't get screwed with refurbished/re-manufactured parts so I should be happy...
You're one lucky dawg, Luxurytax!! :-)
My Beamer got "sandwiched" in December, being #3 in a five-car fender bender. This resulted in a damage of $10K, just to my car. Funny, but it didn't look like that at all... what you couldn't say about the other cars. They all were pretty much totaled, and I came out of it "smelling like roses". Makes you appreciate BMW and German Engineering even more!
The car actually still looked pretty good (on the outside), just a bunch of "bruises" in front and back. Got a new rear bumper + cover, a new front bumper cover, a hood, and a new headlight out of it eventually. The car was in the shop the entire December, for almost 5 weeks in total....
My insurance company (Progressive) sucked big-time, and they were trying to f*ck me over by granting me refurbished parts only (total of $4,500). Since I have never had an accident in my entire life (driving a car for 20+ years now), I went to my Insurance Co. to get it fixed first....
Fortunately took the case back from Progressive and had it adjusted by State Farm (the guilty party's Insurance Co) instead. They were much more forthcoming, and getting it all fixed - with my Body Shop taking the lead - was a breeze eventually.
Now, 3 months later, and being bitten by the "Mod Bug" real bad, I realize that I want the M5 rear and M5 Style/Rep front bumpers, and maybe wrap my hood into CF wrap... -- DANG!!! Should have thought of trying to get a complete M5 OEM Body Kit instead or some other mods while the Insurance was already paying for it....
Oh, well... live and learn, I guess. I'm just glad I didn't get screwed with refurbished/re-manufactured parts so I should be happy...
You're one lucky dawg, Luxurytax!! :-)
Let this be a lesson to everyone. Progressive is terrible, State Farm is excellent. I ran a diminished value apprasial company in college. I can tell you first hand time and time again, Progressive is terrible. State Farm is the best to deal with.
02-24-2011, 05:51 AM
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Now I'm with State Farm and everything is still all good.
03-04-2011, 09:45 AM
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Coming from where I came from people like to play too much with how you use your words.
As far as an update on this thread, I'm still waiting for my check in the mail.
