[ourlee]

Yinz lol

[JustinHEMI]

Originally Posted by ourlee

Yinz lol

Yinz can take the boy out of Pittsburgh, but yinz can't take the Pittsburgh out of the boy.

[ourlee]

So much of my State crew were yinzful

[clydefrog]

Originally Posted by GregW / Oregon

Dealer inspected it today and the initial estimate is almost $13k! Of course they are being conservative without having disassembled it yet. They are saying wheel, tire, tie rod, strut, wheel bearing, steering rack, etc. As long as it's going to insurance now I want it fixed right.

EDIT: I went back to look at the initial damage and re-read the OP.. I thought you just curbed it parking!!! this makes way more sense hitting a curb at 25 mph but still.. holy M tax batman that's a lot of $$ for seemingly minor damage

[RockCrusher]

Originally Posted by GregW / Oregon

Dealer inspected it today and the initial estimate is almost $13k! Of course they are being conservative without having disassembled it yet. They are saying wheel, tire, tie rod, strut, wheel bearing, steering rack, etc. As long as it's going to insurance now I want it fixed right.

Can't say I knew it would involve all that but hitting a curb at 25mph based on my experience of hitting one at a lower speed (<10mph) is a pretty serious incident.

While one can hope the news isn't dreadful one must know the true extent of the damage and then ensure the car is fixed right.

You did the right thing. The car will be fixed and put square as a bear and you can resume enjoying the car.

I recall how upset I was when I hit a mule deer just 3 weeks after getting my 2003 Porsche 996 Turbo.

This July 3rd. Several months later the car was fixed -- although it took a second trip to the body shop and another 30 days of time -- immediately after I got the car back the 1st time I took it to a body shop owner I knew and he inspected car. I had a list of issues that filled a page of letter size paper. Then I took the car to the local Porsche dealer and both senior techs looked the car over, one took off the front bumper cover and found issues, so I had a second page with issues. The body shop addressed them all.

But that the car was fixed right and manifested no issues arising from the accident/repairs in the 8 years/151K miles I had the car allowed me to put the incident behind me. I can recall the details now without feeling like I have been gut punched.

Turbo pic below. That was a $25K+ repair...

[GregW / Oregon]

Update: Got approved insurance estimate yesterday. $13,702. Steering rack was almost $4,900. Wheel hub, carrier, ball joint, 1 wheel, 2 tires, etc. comes to $9,590 parts + 18.3 hours labor. Hope the parts are available.

[Bumpinjeep]

Can you take some of that money and purchase aftermarket wheels or is that not an option?

[clydefrog]

Originally Posted by Bumpinjeep

Can you take some of that money and purchase aftermarket wheels or is that not an option?

Why would he? Right now he needs to replace 1 wheel which is probably one of the cheaper things to take out of that $13k..

To replace all wheels especially with something nicer would add at least $2k to replace the other 3 wheels as well.

[GregW / Oregon]

Originally Posted by Bumpinjeep

Can you take some of that money and purchase aftermarket wheels or is that not an option?

About $1k for one new wheel and one repair. Not going to complicate things; just want to get it back to original condition. New wheels maybe next year.

[Bumpinjeep]

Originally Posted by GregW / Oregon

About $1k for one new wheel and one repair. Not going to complicate things; just want to get it back to original condition. New wheels maybe next year.

Right, but if they can cut you a check for that $1K, I would take the money and get a set of Apex or other forged aftermarket wheels instead of waiting. Basically a $1K discount on a set of $4K wheels. Then again, insurance will be insurance, so I doubt they will play. Glad your car is getting fixed, hopefully you get to enjoy it sooner than later.

[mynameisnick4]

Originally Posted by GregW / Oregon

Dealer inspected it today and the initial estimate is almost $13k! Of course they are being conservative without having disassembled it yet. They are saying wheel, tire, tie rod, strut, wheel bearing, steering rack, etc. As long as it's going to insurance now I want it fixed right.

Jesus, no wonder cars are totaled left and right these days.

[GregW / Oregon]

Originally Posted by Bumpinjeep

Right, but if they can cut you a check for that $1K, I would take the money and get a set of Apex or other forged aftermarket wheels instead of waiting. Basically a $1K discount on a set of $4K wheels. Then again, insurance will be insurance, so I doubt they will play. Glad your car is getting fixed, hopefully you get to enjoy it sooner than later.

Just found out replacement wheel has to come fro Germany, and is anywhere from 4 days to 3 weeks out.

[RockCrusher]

Originally Posted by GregW / Oregon

About $1k for one new wheel and one repair. Not going to complicate things; just want to get it back to original condition. New wheels maybe next year.

Smart.

Save the mods for later.

My advice involving repairs is to seek to have the car repaired as close to its pre collision condition as humanly possible.

Factory parts to ensure the factory warranty remains in effect.

After the car is repaired and you have spent some time with the car to again feel comfortable with the car then if you want to mod the car, in this case perhaps go with different wheels/tires, you have the factory wheels/tires (that you know "work") you can hang on to if you want to go back to factory. Or you can sell the factory wheels/tires to offset some of the cost of the new wheels/tires.

[Bumpinjeep]

Originally Posted by M2siast

He can sell the 4 stock wheels for more than 1k for the set. Doubt he can sell them for more than 1k if he only has 2 good ones.

Seems like a PITA to sell these wheels. I checked out the for sale section, looks one set sold but didn't have the sale price and another set was listed at $1400 but again, didn't have the final sale price. I don't know if these actually would sell for more than $1K.
Oh well.

OP, sucks about the timeline, I suppose it's expected in this day and age. Here's to hoping the car is fixed sooner than later and you get to enjoy at least some of the summer drives.

[txmav]

Originally Posted by JustinHEMI

Now yinz will understand why mine ballooned to 32K

Are you from the Pittsburgh area? I don't see the use of "yinz" or "yunz" from too many people outside of Pittsburgh.

[txmav]

Originally Posted by GregW / Oregon

Dealer inspected it today and the initial estimate is almost $13k! Of course they are being conservative without having disassembled it yet. They are saying wheel, tire, tie rod, strut, wheel bearing, steering rack, etc. As long as it's going to insurance now I want it fixed right.

Sorry about your bad luck. Based on the limited damage to your wheel, I never would have guessed that there would be $10k+ of damage.

[JustinHEMI]

Originally Posted by txmav

Are you from the Pittsburgh area? I don't see the use of "yinz" or "yunz" from too many people outside of Pittsburgh.

Yes I am.

[KC87ZB]

Lived in Pittsburgh for 7 years. Yinz was easy. Slippy, jumbo and some of the other dialect took some getting used to.

[txmav]

Originally Posted by JustinHEMI

Yinz can take the boy out of Pittsburgh, but yinz can't take the Pittsburgh out of the boy.

Thank God for that. Hopefully, you are still a Steelers fan.

[GregW / Oregon]

Originally Posted by KC87ZB

Lived in Pittsburgh for 7 years. Yinz was easy. Slippy, jumbo and some of the other dialect took some getting used to.

I did live in PA the first 9 years of my life (Erie), but this is a little OT!

[bigl]

What are you observations/thoughts after switching to the M2? Compare contrast with your previous M cars

[GregW / Oregon]

Originally Posted by bigl

What are you observations/thoughts after switching to the M2? Compare contrast with your previous M cars

My previous cars were 2001 E46 M3 Coupe, 2008 E92 M3 Coupe, 2015 F82 M4 Coupe, all manuals. I only had 420 miles on the G87 before it was laid up, but,

• Increase in power from the 425 hp in the F82 to this is noticeable
• I like the clutch action in the F82 better
• Size seems more like my E46, though I know it's 3.5" longer
• The G87 as has been noted is really planted handling-wise, though I didn't have any complaints with the F82. The E46 had an understeer problem until I did coil overs.
• Lack of physical buttons (like to turn the AC on and off) is cumbersome.
• Why doesn't the trunk spring fully open when you release it like on my M4?
• The trunk is noticeably smaller than the F82 and the lack of underfloor storage is noted.
• The torque makes my E92 M3 seem really weak, though I miss the upper revs.
• The inability to get certain options (360 cameras, forged wheels, full Merino leather, etc.) is disappointing.
• The exhaust sound is an improvement over my previous cars stock.
• The fuel tank size is disappointing. My E46 had a 16.6 gal tank, and the G87 is only 13.74 despite being longer.