chit chat thread
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Christopher Nolan is a wizard.
I just finished watching Interstellar again.
Phenomenal movie!
Agreed. I should probably watch it again too.
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Visiting family in Wausau this weekend, made a Menard's run and apparently didn't get the Volvo in gear properly when I parked and it rolled into a Saturn. Awesome, the only downside of a manual transmission... it broke the glass headlight lens and scuffed the bumper cover on mine and scuffed the plastic door on the Vue. I barely had 5 minutes in the store by the time an officer came and did a report. Question for people that have had a situation like this. I have a 500$ deductible, so if the damage is assessed at 2k, do I just get 1500$ and can fix it myself? I do not have a loan.
That's too bad.
I was just in the same boat for an insurance claim with my 3-series. Got two high end quotes for ~$2k in damage from body shop friends and called Allstate to make a claim. They said they'd send someone out to look at it if I didn't want to have it repaired by one of their partnered shops. A week went by, they never came. Got a call that said the check was in the mail for the quoted amount minus my $500 deductible. They mentioned having the shop co-written on the check, but it was fully in my name. I cashed it and fixed it for much cheaper. Just be aware that now my rates have gone up because I have a claim on my record. If I were to do it again, I would've fixed it out of pocket.
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That's too bad.
I was just in the same boat for an insurance claim with my 3-series. Got two high end quotes for ~$2k in damage from body shop friends and called Allstate to make a claim. They said they'd send someone out to look at it if I didn't want to have it repaired by one of their partnered shops. A week went by, they never came. Got a call that said the check was in the mail for the quoted amount minus my $500 deductible. They mentioned having the shop co-written on the check, but it was fully in my name. I cashed it and fixed it for much cheaper. Just be aware that now my rates have gone up because I have a claim on my record. If I were to do it again, I would've fixed it out of pocket.
I'm doing some research on parts right now. A headlight assembly is over 1000$. There is replacement glass lenses available for around 300$ but not OE so it might not exactly match the other side. And the bumper cover is scuffed on the right side. I have seen people get already painted OE covers for 700ish shipped. Not sure what to do. Parts are hard to find for such an odd car. There were less than 3500 R wagons shipped to the US for the whole run, '04-'07.
I'm finding used headlights on Ebay around 400-500$ so maybe I will go that route. Can anything be done to repair scratches in the plastic bumper cover and then just paint it? It isn't cracked or even bent, just scratched. The other car was a Saturn Vue and it hit the Vue's rear door which is also plastic.
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I'm doing some research on parts right now. A headlight assembly is over 1000$. There is replacement glass lenses available for around 300$ but not OE so it might not exactly match the other side. And the bumper cover is scuffed on the right side. I have seen people get already painted OE covers for 700ish shipped. Not sure what to do. Parts are hard to find for such an odd car. There were less than 3500 R wagons shipped to the US for the whole run, '04-'07.
I'm finding used headlights on Ebay around 400-500$ so maybe I will go that route. Can anything be done to repair scratches in the plastic bumper cover and then just paint it? It isn't cracked or even bent, just scratched. The other car was a Saturn Vue and it hit the Vue's rear door which is also plastic.
Man, for those kinds of prices they've gotta be pretty close to totaling the car out. If that happens I know you can buy the car back but won't it have a salvage title going forward? Also, I don't think you'd receive enough cash to cover repairs since they'd only pay out the value of the car less your deductible and the salvage price they would have received.
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Did the insurance company say it's worth close to $8k? KBB has it listed around $4k at the top and NADA lists it a little over $6k. From what I see, Iowa's law on total loss is 50% of fair market price which would be determined by the insurance company. Tread lightly I guess.
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KBB prices are not even close for the R. I don't think they differentiate from the 2.5T and other base models.
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KBB prices are not even close for the R. I don't think they differentiate from the 2.5T and other base models.
KBB is usually way the fuck off based on how they value a car but I threw it out there for a range. I'm sure your insurance company has their own value guide but I can't imagine it'd be far off from NADA. I just thought I'd throw it out there as food for thought.
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My $200 Volvo requires a new head gasket and is leaking oil from somewhere on the engine.
Anybody here ever change a Volvo timing belt?
I've done a belt on a P2 car but I am guessing yours is older if it was 200$. The P2 cars are pretty easy I thought.
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I've done a belt on a P2 car but I am guessing yours is older if it was 200$. The P2 cars are pretty easy I thought.
It's a 1998 Volvo V70r, 224k, not sure when it was done last...
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It's a 1998 Volvo V70r, 224k, not sure when it was done last...
I can't imagine it would be more difficult on a P1 than a P2. I would do it soon if you don't know when the last time was.
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I can't imagine it would be more difficult on a P1 than a P2. I would do it soon if you don't know when the last time was.
I have no idea when it was done... probably not for a long time. I'm calling around trying to get quotes, I intended to sell it but it wouldn't feel right knowing the belt situation could really fuck the new owner.
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Update: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/concept/first-ever-digital-bmw-art-car-ar-m6-gt3#1
Pretty neat, not sure how this will work when its on the track though
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The only reason Steven Baldessari passes as an artist is because he has a fancy last name. If his name was Steven Johnson nobody would care about his doodles. Speaking of Johnson's: the only reason he can get away with holding a red wang is because he has a fancy last name
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So he had the car painted satin black and then made an app that shows shit floating around it?
I mean at least Baldessari painted something on the car...
Y'all don't know bout my art degree
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I think its actually just bare carbon, so they didn't even paint it (looks cool, but not an art car without the app). It's a neat idea but you can really only experience it if you are next to the car in person and from what I can tell you need to have an iphone, as the only link posted by bmw for the app was to the apple app store. As an android user I'll just have to make due with an unpainted M6...
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