My TRAGEDY last year...
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From: Alex, Egypt
My Ride: 2006 BMW 523i, Steptronic, Titanium Silver Metallic, Black Leather, Brown Wood Trim, Folding mirrors, Bluetooth, Voice Control, Sun Protection Glass, Park Distance Control, Sliding Armrest, Advanced Air-Con, Ipod, Electric Seats w memory, tires Dunlop sp1 225/55 R16.
send us pics after repairing . . . . .
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From: Canada
My Ride: 2004 545i Silver Grey Premium Package, Sport Package, Dynamic Driving Package
Surprised to see that they decide to repair it. I wonder if the labor rate is a lot lower where you are, here it's $130 USD per hour after taxes. And with that kind of damage, they would have just considered it a total lost and written you a cheque.
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From: FL
My Ride: F02 LCI Individual
Model Year: 2013
Everything CAN be repaired, BUT:
THIS is a total loss!
If this gets repaired, you really don't want to be in it when something goes wrong and you have an accident! Trust me!
It is ILLEGAL to repair this kind of damage in Germany.
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From: Mumbai, INDIA
My Ride: 2005 e60 530d Mystic Blue
Adaptive Bi Xenons, Star Spoke 122 wheels, Comfort seats, M Sport steering wheel, Logic7, Bluetooth phone connection.
Yes, it is a completly new body shell. There was no other way of going about it. Once BMW claimed it was repairable, insurance would never allow to claim a total loss. They took a month and a half to get her back to normal!
Here in India labour is very cheap, so that wasn't that big a hit.
Here in India labour is very cheap, so that wasn't that big a hit.
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My Ride: F02 LCI Individual
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Ah, OK. Yep, that makes sense. A complete new body shell is OK, that would work over here in Germany too. But as you said, labour is cheap in India. In Germany that would be a total loss because changing the body would be too expensive, too much labour. 
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Originally Posted by mystic530' post='448011' date='Jul 15 2007, 03:41 PM
Yes, it is a completly new body shell. There was no other way of going about it. Once BMW claimed it was repairable, insurance would never allow to claim a total loss. They took a month and a half to get her back to normal!
Here in India labour is very cheap, so that wasn't that big a hit.
Here in India labour is very cheap, so that wasn't that big a hit.
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From: FL
My Ride: F02 LCI Individual
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Originally Posted by nicke60gre' post='448038' date='Jul 15 2007, 04:22 PM
So, do you have a new VIN number now, on car's body?
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Originally Posted by nicke60gre' post='448038' date='Jul 15 2007, 07:52 PM
So, do you have a new VIN number now, on car's body?
The VIN remains unchanged.
