Exit one 91, enter another 91...

[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?

[alexw]

I was just called today by the other guy's insurance, they're going to pay to fix my car...

I've been slow on upgrades because I don't want to do anything while it's jacked up.

[Earl]

Yay=) If you ver are looking into an intake, they don't do anything. lol Kamotors just sounds good and I noticed barely any gain. I have a chip that I believe would work for you. It didn't work for me and I don't know why. Car ran great the first time after installing it. After that it wouldn't start unless I primed it.

[Ryan...]

The chip wouldn't work for him, the M42 in the e30 is much different than the motors that came in the e36s from what I've read.

[Earl]

The ecu is the same number. The only difference in m42's I believe is intake manifold.

[Ryan...]

Wow, I would've figured there'd be a difference, seeing as how the manifolds are very different, right? According to a guy on bimmerfest the manifolds are drastically different, as BMW kind of used the m42 in the e36s to "develop" the m44 that eventually replaced it

[alexw]

Already have a chip. Mark D, likely the only thing I'd buy from Canada.

Its noticeably quicker. This is one car/engine that is supposed to really benefit from a chip.

[rampelsauce]

You mentioned Canada? This thread is now about Rush and the Toronto Maple Leafs. And Molson.

Back on topic, do they make chips that are set more toward the eco-driving persuasion?

[Ryan...]

alexw said:

Already have a chip. Mark D, likely the only thing I'd buy from Canada.

Its noticeably quicker. This is one car/engine that is supposed to really benefit from a chip.

Hows the clutch on yours? When it comes time to replace it, go with the single mass M20 setup from the 325i. Best bang-for-buck mod you can do for the 318