Wrecked '06 550i - first time a grown man cried!!
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Desiring euro xenon headlights.
These are some shots of a '06 550i that sustained a front end smack in the Bronx, N.Y. The car was totaled out by the insurance company and re-sold with a salvage title for $26,000.00 Looking at those wheels, I might consider switching mine for the same exact type. BTW, in case you were wondering, this is not my bimmer.
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It will be off to Mexico to be repaired for a new life there. That will never happen in the US. The BMW electronic paperwork will note as being salvaged, I assume.
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Bummer.
It looks like someone decided they needed the shifter, one of the rear (LCI) lights, the fender turn signal, the plastic engine cover, etc. Maybe the photograper took the other rear light once he was finished snapping the pics!
It looks like someone decided they needed the shifter, one of the rear (LCI) lights, the fender turn signal, the plastic engine cover, etc. Maybe the photograper took the other rear light once he was finished snapping the pics!
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The scarry thing, it can happen in the US. If car auction sells cars over state boundary the paper trail gets a little murky.
I saw it on the news alot of times, people buying "salvaged" cars thinking the car had no or only minor repairs. The common theme always the cars originated from other states.
I saw it on the news alot of times, people buying "salvaged" cars thinking the car had no or only minor repairs. The common theme always the cars originated from other states.
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='457873' date='Aug 12 2007, 09:02 AM
Bummer.
It looks like someone decided they needed the shifter, one of the rear (LCI) lights, the fender turn signal, the plastic engine cover, etc. Maybe the photograper took the other rear light once he was finished snapping the pics!
It looks like someone decided they needed the shifter, one of the rear (LCI) lights, the fender turn signal, the plastic engine cover, etc. Maybe the photograper took the other rear light once he was finished snapping the pics!
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Originally Posted by kscarrol' post='457903' date='Aug 12 2007, 09:33 AM
They were making LCI's back in 2006? OP says it's an '06 550...
Hahaha
And dont forget... you cant get Auburn with LCI. and that nasty looking steering wheel... thats not available anymore too.
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='457935' date='Aug 12 2007, 01:29 PM
I guess I hadn't had enough coffee when I guessed it was an LCI... 
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='457935' date='Aug 12 2007, 02:29 PM
I guess I hadn't had enough coffee when I guessed it was an LCI...
It's either that, or maybe YOURS is not a LCI afterall! Since you ought to recognize your car...
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Originally Posted by MattAu' post='457964' date='Aug 12 2007, 04:37 PM
It's either that, or maybe YOURS is not a LCI afterall! Since you ought to recognize your car...