X-drive? Whatever...What way to start a day.

[R_Ethug]

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reggie.. not sure how good or how bmw awd is but...

with quattro.. you slide.. DO NOT BRAKE.. turn wheel where you want car to go.. floor it! front tires grab and pull you where you need to be.. of course you need decent tires but i have zero issues with this technique even with my summers on right now (this AM)

[BaggedGLI]

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Fender was plastic.
Dont know why they would replace the door, yet again, i havent seen it other than in pictures.

I say "was" plastic cause there sure isnt much left.

[Reggie@MWDesign]

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Is that fender metal? All new door?

Fairly impressive damage for the speed. This is why you need to get a winter beater.

Front fender and bumper are plastic.

[bonfire]

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Is that fender metal? All new door?

Fairly impressive damage for the speed. This is why you need to get a winter beater.

[Reggie@MWDesign]

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It was in my own neighbour hood in Elbow Valley, It was 6am snowing quite good, roads were covered with snow and ice I was cruising through around 30-35km/h and the back end kicked out and i over recorrected, Yes this is driver error with the help of technology making things worst. I am thankful that I didnt get hurt or hit a rock as colin would know there are lots of a pine trees and random rocks laying along the ditch for "decoration". It could have been a lot worst. I went to BMW today and got a quote for all the parts not including paint. It's going to come around $3400 before paint, Paint for the skirt was going to be 375ea. so taking that into consideration I have a feeling that is going to be around $7000 mark after paint. Then they have to swap all the door panels and gismos in my door to the new door, replace the skirt, reinstall my AC Schnitzer Add On, replace fender, underbody parts, etc. For about 85/hour labor these days it's coming close to the $10K mark... GOING with insurance they said I would have a $1000 deductible, soooo yes a 19 year old in a bmw, insurance is already reallllyyyy high after 3 speeding tickets and a red light ticket (which i got no demerits for after fighting it). I dont think it worth going with insurance, I would probably be paying an extra $1000 per year for insurance. I get a proper estimate from calgary bentley monday, and might be able to get stuff done at cost since I work for the dilawri group for over 3 months now.

[Errol.]

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I deffinatly think my damage is worse than yours reggie!
Atleast your car still moves!

You going through insurance?

[R_Ethug]

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fwiw.. what road were you on when this happened? corner? speed?,etc

[onepointeightdub]

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I'd rather be late then in an accident.

That's what I love about this weather hahaha. Boss can never give me **** for being late since they're probably late too. Im good staying in the car and listening to the radio all day..

[MusicalGenius]

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I spend majority of my time over the past two days coasting in neutral, only giving the engine enough gas to give me some momentum, then popping it back to neutral and coasting until I need to brake. If I'm curious about how slippery the roads are I just rev the engine once in first while rolling to know how much traction I have. If by 2,500 RPM I'm slipping I take it easy. I'd rather be late then in an accident.

[onepointeightdub]

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It's still driving too fast for conditions. A deer is a surprise that jumps out in front of you. Not so much for a tree. Plus they'd take one look at his car and he'd get raped. Best to do it privately.

Yeah Reg being under 25 they will lean on the driver for being at fault.

[onepointeightdub]

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he has winters

reggie how big are the tires? i hate wide tires in the winter 225s are bad enough for me

red90

the way i test traction with quattro.. having 400tq helps but all i do is say i'm on country hills blvd doing 60 in 3rd gear.. simply boost the car and if ESP starts flashing then i know at least 1 tire slipped and thats enough for me to drive safe.

That's what I do.. It's not uncommon that I ride the car with revs below 2000rpm.. I always stay out of the power band..

[longsock]

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Collin i don't think he was 10 grand saved up to fix all of that. He can either go thru insurance and expect rates to go up (possibly). OR for now, id replace the fender, replace the mirror & get the door fixed and buff the rest so it's not that visable...i would never ever spend 10k on that lil damage. Maybe 2k is pushing it so i'll say 3-4K there, but still less then 10K.
I've had my car in worse conditions (Tho i don't own a BWM and I know it's more expensive) and it didnt cost me that much because i didnt take it to an actual body shop and i took it to a buddy's garage where he did it all himself for under 1k, and i bought the parts...car looks fine, it's calgary, winter 80% of the time, **** always happens with our cars..that's why it's best to have a winter beater....heck if for every lil thing that happens to my car i'm going to blend and detail eveything i might as well live in my car. or think of another career.

That's my opinion tho, that he can get it done for less then 10k easy and without people even noticing that he hit it. Job is done and he saved himself some money

[BaggedGLI]

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10K???? whatt...that's just a fender man...the door can be easily fixed. A shop should be able to do that for 2 grand tops....where are u getting 10k from?
the mirror and side skirt he should be able to replace it himself

Paint. 2 grand minimum.
Add BMW oem brand parts.
Paint the bumper, fender, door, mirror, rocker, ACS sideskirt and the paint is cracked on the rear quarter so a blend on there add 3m and installation.......

[longsock]

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I would use insurance for that and get Cosmos to take care of it I bet its 10k for them to do it all new parts and paint.

10K???? whatt...that's just a fender man...the door can be easily fixed. A shop should be able to do that for 2 grand tops....where are u getting 10k from?
the mirror and side skirt he should be able to replace it himself

[MusicalGenius]

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I can't imagine trying to drive on 225's in the winter, IMO 205's are the ideal size for winter.