My bumper's been eaten/chewed by a fox (or wild dog)! (pics)
07-05-2007, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by scoopz' post='443759' date='Jul 5 2007, 09:23 PM
It happened at a friends house who lives in the country and unfortunatelt has no garage.
I have a garage at my house but it's not wide enough for me to drive into, even with mirrors folded up...I think they thought everybody in the world would drive a mini when they designed the house 25 years ago!
I have a garage at my house but it's not wide enough for me to drive into, even with mirrors folded up...I think they thought everybody in the world would drive a mini when they designed the house 25 years ago!
07-05-2007, 12:15 PM
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07-05-2007, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by scoopz' post='443720' date='Jul 5 2007, 02:00 PM
I have asked the bodyshop if I can keep the old bumper for my tracks days (or ebay ) but they've said no 
) but they've said no huh why wont they let you keep your old 1??? isnt insurance buying you a new 1 ?? what do they care what happens to the old 1? im i missing something here how things are done where you @... ??
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Not good, man. Good that you're able to have a laugh about it though.
Reminds me of the time my uncle's 2 St. Bernard pups were teething and found the wing mirrors on my aunt's MG-F to be the right height (and taste) for them. We found them all munched up and hanging from the car by the electric mirror wiring!
Reminds me of the time my uncle's 2 St. Bernard pups were teething and found the wing mirrors on my aunt's MG-F to be the right height (and taste) for them. We found them all munched up and hanging from the car by the electric mirror wiring!
07-06-2007, 04:10 AM
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Originally Posted by mogsyman' post='443745' date='Jul 5 2007, 02:56 PM
I also live in a house in the country near Gatwick and I would suggest it was rabbits (look at the teeth marks)
Little fcukers get everywhere and if they can, will eat anything.
Little fcukers get everywhere and if they can, will eat anything.
It's huge! It's enormous!, It's got huge...fangs!
May I suggest the Holy Hand Grenade?
Sorry. Had to.
I hope all works out well for you. It's seems silly for them not to give you back your bumper...you own it!!
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07-06-2007, 06:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Spyder44' post='444049' date='Jul 6 2007, 01:10 PM
It's seems silly for them not to give you back your bumper...you own it!!
to cover the costs of my insurance excess :thumbsdown: or keep the number of look-a-likes down?I'll have to wait and see, but then the other side of the argument is that shouldn't any surcharge to keep the bumper be included in the quote that the insurers pay? By law does the damaged bumper belong to the insurers if they pay out on this claim?
I've NEVER heard of anybody refusing to let you keep old parts unless the part being replaced was faulty and being swapped out FOC under warranty, in which case they want the part back for diagnostics, etc which is more than fair.
Perhaps BMW just want the bumper back to put in their hall of fame for strange damage