Exit one 91, enter another 91...

[alexw]

Well, Illinois seems to be bad for this car.

I was just hit by another driver on 41 South at Buckley Road on the way to the Apple Store.

The cars passenger side rear quarter panel and door are dented... I'm not happy, we'll see what the insurance company says.

[Ryan...]

Are you ******* kidding me??? That seriously blows, how bad are the dents? Repairable?

[alexw]

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It's hard to photograph with the color and light.

It's about a basketball sized dent. The passenger side door handle/key area is dented too.

It's fixable but I'm just afraid of the estimate being too close to the insurance's "value" for the car.

[Ryan...]

The door part will probably be harder to bend back, a new door might be in order. I hope it doesn't get totaled man, terrible luck

[YoungCR]

Too bad I don't have that e30 quarter panel anymore that stinks

[mystere30]

i have a whole parts car....but its a 4door

[alexw]

Shitty shitty. We'll see what Monday brings with their insurance company.

[camarok]

mystere30 said:

oooooooo come autox alex!! i've heard e30s are a blast to race from a couple of people.

...but not quite as fun as the miata... hehe

A couple people.... shitttt you know like 5 me being one. 2 completely different animals. I love the miata for it's go-kart-ness... .e30 has that extra power to help ya steer the rear wheels, also sounds better.

[alexw]

Well, i've been quoted another $2,000 in repairs... Hopefully their insurance will pick up the bill.

Ugh!

I have installed an M-Tech 2 wheel.... And painted the rear spoiler. I should have some more photos in the next day or two.

[B C]

alexw said:

Well, i've been quoted another $2,000 in repairs... Hopefully their insurance will pick up the bill.

Ugh!

I have installed an M-Tech 2 wheel.... And painted the rear spoiler. I should have some more photos in the next day or two.

Are you using the airbag column switches or non-airbag. I could live with the airbag ones but I have bumped the high beams on a few times on accident already

[Ryan...]

$2k???

Damn, cant imagine they wont wanna total it for that!

[alexw]

If they try and total it, we'll have issues. The hail damage was $2,000 and they didn't total it.

I'm using airbag stalks. No issues. My iX has them like that too, it's not bad.

[Ryan...]

Wow, you hear a lot of stories about insurance totaling these cars for much less. What provider to you use?

[alexw]

USAA, military only insurance company.

Its not a total, and if it is, they're retarded. I paid more than $2,000. If they want to go by NADA values, I think the car is still worth like $4,000. I could easily provide a list of recently sold cars and their values.

[Ryan...]

I thought the rule of thumb was 40% of the car's value and it gets totaled? I hope not, but even if they do, couldn't you potentially buy it back and come out ahead on this whole unfortunate event? Granted, you'd have a rebuilt title in the end..

[Earl]

^I believe your have a salvaged title and it if the damages are more than the worth of the vehicle, then its totaled.

[wasnt m3]

They usually don't brand the title of a car of that age. My touring was technically totalled and I bought it back with a clean title.

[B C]

wasnt m3 said:

They usually don't brand the title of a car of that age. My touring was technically totalled and I bought it back with a clean title.

Did it by chance get rearended by a brodozer and come out looking like a normal sedan or something?

[wasnt m3]

Haha...no it wasn't really that bad. A cracked oil pan made them assume it needed an engine because they couldn't start it. Win for me. Got more for the car than we paid for it and bought it back for an agreed $1100.

[Earl]

Any updates?