Totaled?

[Cubieman]

I agree, see if you can pursue legal channels as that company box truck dude works for my pay out as that was some SEVERE negligence in his and/or their part. Sorry to see that, good luck with the repairs, looks like it can be fixed to me.

[George Hill]

oh no!

[Interlagos]

Back in early 2020 someone took an illegal left turn in front of me in my previous ‘03.5 and it was totaled. Looked similar.

[lemoose]

Back in early 2020 someone took an illegal left turn in front of me in my previous ‘03.5 and it was totaled. Looked similar.

what kind of mileage did you have? and do you remember what the estimate came out to?

year and mileage?

2002, and 188k miles. I'm in bad waters lol

[CrisSilberGrau]

Glad you're ok man, like everyone said it doesn't look bad and you acted as quickly as you could. That video sends shivers down my spine. Neck beards and mouth breathers do those types of moves fml.

[Interlagos]

what kind of mileage did you have? and do you remember what the estimate came out to?


2002, and 188k miles. I'm in bad waters lol

I’d just hit 70k miles when the accident occurred — it was a Jet Black/Black 6MT with OEM CSL wheels, I was the second owner.

The estimate came out to a little over $9k. My insurance company only offered me $12k for the car (😂) and I had to fight for ~6 months to still end up only getting $20k for it, then another 5 months to get my deductible back. It was a nightmare.

[maw1124]

Well just a little over a week of enjoying the new airbox i manage to get hit. What do yall think the possible outcome from this is?

They're going to total it, you're going to buy it back and rebuild it with all factory parts in the same color, do a color correction (no paint) and down the road you go. If there's frame damage, all bets are off. I'm looking at a fender, a hood, a bumper and some under hood plastic, all of which is probably available on car-part as we type. Again, these are not rare cars and that's not a rare color. You might even get '06 parts to replace with.

Glad you're not hurt.

maw

[Maxima SE]

2002, and 188k miles. I'm in bad waters lol

Sorry man. That thing is a total loss. Insurance is going to claim its worth $14,000. I think you should buy it back and buy a used tiag hood and fender and swap it over. I think the bumper can be resprayed based on what I am seeing?

[Nate047]

City bus cuts you off making an illegal U turn on camera, get a lawyer and you can clean fucking house dude. I bet your neck hurts a little after a day or two also doesn't it. You were distracted and the adrenaline made you not notice or think straight, and that's why you didn't think you needed to go to the hospital right away.

[LSB4Me]

I would get a lawyer for this one due to the value of your car, the vehicle that hit you (they probably have a nice fat insurance policy) and the potential long term injuries due to the speed and force of the hit. Don't settle for whatever bullshit they are going to offer you. You can get your car back, fix it, and possibly get some stacks on top of it. Fuck this careless, oblivious moron in the bus.

While I hope this is fixable and/or works out for you in the end, here are a few things you might consider:

Setting aside physical injuries (whether long term, actual or manufactured, etc.), the key here is one simple phrase: “diminution in value”. Depending on your jurisdiction and the laws of the state in which you reside, if the other driver was deemed at fault, their insurance company could be pursued for the difference between your insurance payout and the true value of the car. Comps are easy to find these days (see BaT) and the big numbers over the last few years will help. This could be pursued whether or not the car is totaled.

FWIW, “loss of use” is a secondary, and additional, approach but is less advantageous in the e46 world. That said, your claim on this front is factored by: the cost to rent an e46 m3 (see Turo) x the number of days your car is down. Again, this could also be pursued whether or not the car was totaled.

Lastly, making false claims re physical injuries is a bad look and can bite you. Badly. It’s never the move.

[bigjae46]

Might be totaled because there are very few aftermarket versions of M3 specific parts. The hood is about $1300 the last time I checked. Front core support - $1200, rebar and bumper - $1500, fender is about $500. Easy another $1000 in parts.

Almost $5k in parts and haven't even factored labor, paint and all of the other crap that gets added on. You might be able to get the insurance company to quote used parts, I'd stay away from used rebars and front bumpers - 99.99% are trash.

[Maxima SE]

wow parts have skyrocketed in price. I should have bought a new hood when they were still $800

[maw1124]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/144880542269?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=60_Py3TrRAq&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=Ph65ipA-RNy&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Shipping is a bigger issue. I've been taking quotes to ship doors for a different car all week.

maw

[timmo]

Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. Hate when crap like this happens because of people's negligence, and glad you had the dash cam rolling.

At least when I had a similar situation in Ontario insurance initially offered something like $6,900 CAD for my ZHP with 188k miles at the time. I basically fought them with a bunch of comps and got them to something like $9k before they told me to get my own appraisal if I thought my car was worth that much. Did so, appraisal came back with $13k and they repaired the car. With how much the M3s are worth, assuming no structural damage you can try the same and maybe get it fixed, or at the very least if there is structural damage come to a fair agreement on how much your payout is.

[Will]

Damn. Sorry that happened. Glad you're not seriously injured.