I'm announcing my temporary retirement.

[permit]

Car is in the shop, hopefully everything but the oil pan checks out okay.

[screamingbmwe30]

did you hit a deer?

[Digitalwave]

Vague threads rule.

Good luck with whatever is going on.

[permit]

did you hit a deer?

Yeah, I managed to find one at our world famous zoo.

[screamingbmwe30]

dang that sucks

[BimmerToad]

Yeah, I managed to find one at our world famous zoo.

Got some drive through action at the SD Zoo? ;) Car probably would have been totaled if you hit one of those lazy pandas....

[DanGillan]

just tell your story.... you're one of the people that wont get flamed for most anything.

[permit]

I was making a right turn in the rain at 10-15mph, and for some reason the back of the car just kept on going, so I let off the gas, and attempted at redirecting the car, but to no luck. Car went up the curb, slashed open the oil pan, hurt the valence more, and tweaked the fender. Looking under the car, the only areas that the curb scraped the car were the exhaust and pan, so I think the suspension and steering should check out alright. I probably overreacted with this thread, but at the time, I wanted to part the car and buy Mtriple's e34 (which I still want, its so pretty). Then Scott PM'd me and said he'd fly out and put my car back together if that's what it would take, so I decided it was worth the money and effort to get the car fixed. So yeah, Heeter, hit me with your best stuff.

[325Projectz]

Yeah, I managed to find one at our world famous zoo.

:rofl: :rofl:

[Digitalwave]

I was making a right turn in the rain at 10-15mph, and for some reason the back of the car just kept on going, so I let off the gas, and attempted at redirecting the car, but to no luck. Car went up the curb, slashed open the oil pan, hurt the valence more, and tweaked the fender. Looking under the car, the only areas that the curb scraped the car were the exhaust and pan, so I think the suspension and steering should check out alright. I probably overreacted with this thread, but at the time, I wanted to part the car and buy Mtriple's e34 (which I still want, its so pretty). Then Scott PM'd me and said he'd fly out and put my car back together if that's what it would take, so I decided it was worth the money and effort to get the car fixed. So yeah, Heeter, hit me with your best stuff.

I really can't tell if you are being serious or kidding.

[Dave]

I really can't tell if you are being serious or kidding.

The story makes no sense. Not necessarily calling bullshit on you, just saying it is hard to visualize it happening as you describe.

Hope you can get it sorted out easily and back on the road.

[permit]

You mean how the back end of the car keeps going and I spin out? I wasn't attempting to do something stupid like fish tail through the turn, I take this turn 10x a day, it's not something I'd need to do.

Or how the fender got tweaked? Thats the story, someone specify why it doesn't make sense, I'll try to explain.

[Dave]

Two things don;t make sense -

1 - how you broke loose at 10-15 mph, even in the wet, and

2 - just how exactly you ran up on the curb - I am trouble understanding which curb you hit. Did you end up turning into the one on your right as the rear wheels regained traction? Or did the whole car slide mad drifto style into the opposite curb.

Again, not saying you are shitting us - I just don't get how exactly this happened.

[permit]

Ah, got it. I hit the curb on the right of me (car slid 90° clockwise), and then it drove straight up the curb. The street I made the turn on is a touch downhill, but no excuse for my backend going loose. I really don't know how it kept going, I wasn't trying anything special, its just a one lane road, so there's no room for error (obviously). I was under the impression that Ziex' were better in the rain than this, motivates me to get something more all-seasonish. Or S0-3s.

[Eurospec]

Srry to hear, hope everything turns out well.

What's the story with the wheels? Please tell me they weren't bent.