Totaled my 135i

[patsbimmer1]

i_love_cars said:

i will literally be driving right past that dealer on my way home. If you are serious about it I could take a look. 335 is not an easy car to find with a manual trans.

Well shit! I was kidding but of its not too much trouble I would really appreciate it! Let me know when you will be out that way and I will make sure the sales guy I have been talking to has it for you. I have been putting some serious hours into finding a sport package 335i 6spd sedan with decent miles.

[i_love_cars]

I fly out on Tuesday, landing at 1 p.m. and meeting my seller at 3 at his house. We should have everything wrapped up by 5 at the latest. I would expect that I could stop by the dealer by no later than 6 p.m. - it's 1 mile out off of the interstate that I need to be on, lol.

[patsbimmer1]

I will call the sales guy tomorrow and let him know.  Thank's man!

[328ci]

New car is hot 

[i_love_cars]

I got the new car back safe and sound on Wednesday morning after driving 17 hours straight (awake for 33 hours, F my life). 

Car is mainly as expected with a few cosmetic defects to take care of - one wheel has peeling clear coat that will have to be replaced (225 bucks), and the rear bumper has a spot where there are a couple marks, and the third brake light is cracked. 

The other thing is that the car is a 2011 and I believe hasn't had 30k service done. The brakes squeal pretty bad but the pads have plenty of material left on them. Given the car should still be covered, does anybody have any thoughts on what Concours will tell me if I take it in for service? 

If I have to, I will just buy me own replacement brakes and put them on when I install my LSD, however, if Concours would take care of new pads/rotors, I'll just go there. I just don't know if they'd consider that normal wear/tear. 

Here's a pic i took randomly at a gas stations in Pennsylvania somewhere. At some point once I have the car cleaned up I will have some appropriate photos:

[B C]

I might be drunk on Nesquik, but I thought I remember hearing that newer BMWs had brakes, tires, and oil changes covered during the warranty period (with limitations of course). Hope that applies to you.

[GunMetalGrey]

Man that thing is beautiful. Glad to hear that the drive back went well!

[patsbimmer1]

Damn that's a good looking car!

[KaiserRolls]

That color is very nice

[Jdesign]

A little late but sorry to hear man and I am glad you're both okay. Looks like everything worked out in your favor anyways. New car looks awesome!

[suspenceful]

Car looks great.

I want that front lip.

[YoungCR]

Email Concours service, I dont remember what the maintenance plans entail anymore. All I know id oil top offs aren't free anymore.

[i_love_cars]

So I ordered 2 new VMR 710 wheels in Gunmetal to replace my rear wheels. This was of course because of peeling clearcoat on one rear wheel, and the previous owner had the other one repaired from a bend, and although the wheel is true, there is still a visible crease. 

well anyway, i went to Big Bear today to have them put the new wheels on, and turns out VMR has changed their "Gunmetal". It's no longer the shade it used to be a couple years ago. Same wheel, size, make, offsets, etc. but the Gunmetal is different now than it used to be. F my life.

[patsbimmer1]

That's ridiculous.  Why in the hell would that sound like a good idea on their part?!

[i_love_cars]

Marty over at big bear was not surprised. He joked and said "in all the years i've been doing this, you're probably about the 540th person to have this problem", lol.