This is only supposed to happen to other people, right?

[Hartge_H27]

DAMN that is nuts. sorry for ur loss

[tg318is]

In Australia the elderly have to pass a driving test and (i think) get a medical every year after 80 years old to allow them to be on the roads.

Anywho, dude sucks balls about your car hey :(:( hope insurance isnt too much of a pain for ya buddy!

[TwoJ's]

You will definitely want to buy the car back from the insurance company and take your parts off it, you'll never recoup the money you've invested otherwise.

Sorry to hear man, that really blows.

[chadthestampede]

Thanks guys, I appreciate the condolences. One of the worst things is no one I know really seems to understand what I put into this car. I mean I know it sounds terrible but I've put most of the money I've gotten outside of paying for college and an apartment into it for the better part of 4 years, and I was so excited to get it back on the road in june after the swap.

Everyone just looks at it like it's another old car and keeps saying how nice it is that I'll get a new, different car

Holy shit. That happened in a PARKING lot? It looks like your spare is about to go through the back seat!

Fuck 2 pedal driving, this is just ridiculous.

Sorry for your loss... squeeze her insurance for all it's got and get that motor out.

I plan to try.

where was the old woman?> hope u gave her a good talking to.

Unfortunately by the time I got out there she was already being towed away and picked up by her family.

Can I tap that ?




Ok seriously ...was just kidding.
My condolences.
How about $25 shipped for your US plate filler?

We'll see, I dunno if I'm going to part it just yet.

was this at the target on delaware? can you recoup somehow the cost of the motor? fuck, get a quote from Towne for a new m30

Nah it's the one in Amherst on Niagara Falls. I might, I'm gonna talk to both mine and her insurance, as well as the mechanic tomorrow.

You will definitely want to buy the car back from the insurance company and take your parts off it, you'll never recoup the money you've invested otherwise.

Sorry to hear man, that really blows.

That's kind of what I figured. I'll have to see what the insurance company says, I know they're going to try and screw me.

At least when I called this woman's insurance (she hadn't filed a claim yet btw, I had to do it) the girl I talked to was sympathetic and sounded hot. And she seemed to appreciate my BMW obsession haha.


EDIT: And that fluid you see in a puddle there? According to the policeman it was "water" and I'm thinking "that's not water" so the guy who had the accord (this is weird) tasted it (I know) and was like "whoa, that's battery acid!" My battery was crushed. Brand new battery too. And brand new center rear bumper trim. sigh.

[chadthestampede]

Also, I'm driving cross country for 2 weeks starting saturday (hopefully if I can get some insurance shit sorted out) from Buffalo to Denver, staying with my brother, to Reno to stay with my sister, to Sacramento and LA to stay with both my grandma's, and back probably the southern route.

The reason I'm telling everyone this is because I might be looking for an e30 on my way across the US. I bought this one on a past trip to LA on a whim, and I've been in love ever since. Let me know what you got!

[Philipangoo]

how the hell does he know what battery acid tasted like ? LOL.

[87e30]

:rofl: at the battery acid.

Sorry about the car man.

[ethree]

You're only 90% sure the insurance company is going to total it?

[Alkasquawlik]

r3v is slacking.
only one post asking for parts off the car?
im second in line for the plate filler.

[fiftytakedowns]

sorry man...

[DatUtahGuy]

jeez that sucks man, I can understand totally the pain of that. I feel your pain, but get another one and move forward.

[2002maniac]

:(

[e30maniac]

Damn how fast before the hit was she going....wow man that sucks sorry for the loss...

[TexasTerp]

time to look forward to a new life with a new e30. You definitely are gonna have to buy the car back and pull that motor, at least she'll live on in memory!

[der affe]

i don't know about the laws in NY, but in AZ you are going to have some issues with the insurance company because it was on private property insted of a public roadway.

might want to look at that, it is just a way for the insurance company to get out of paying.

when i was hit in ny E30 in a parking lot, i had to pay for the damages to his car even though he hit me and i was standing still! he had to pay for mine, but he was the one who hit me. they told me i was 50% at fault for being in the parking lot, bullshit!

sorry for what happened, when they tell you they are going to total it, make sure and tell them right away that you want to buy it back!