Very sad day for me.....

So last Saturday, I'm at a friend's house hanging out for his birthday get together. At about 1030 pm we hear an alarm going off. I've never heard my car alarm so didn't think it was mine. Friend gets up and looks out the window and say my alarm is going off. I pull out my fob and shut it off, thinking maybe it was depressed in my pocket somehow. Then he says, there's a lady looking at my car... We go out to see what was going on. She apparently backed out of the neighbor's yard and "didn't see" my 08 550i. Said she thought she hit his mailbox.smh So behind my right rear tire right above the bumper has a nice indentation of the bumper of her Dodge Dakota. Got all her info and filed the claim. Her insurance company called me on Monday and said they will take care of everything apparently....I still almost cried on Saturday night. If I knew how to load pics on here I would. "Great" weekend for me last weekend......

Figured out how to load pics from my phone.

Sorry to hear this. There seems to be something about women driving Dodge pickup trucks, really don't know what's going
on with that combination. My car was hit a few years ago by a woman driving a Dodge Ram.

Sorry, looks like it will be fixed and back to normal soon.

Originally Posted by boramkiv

Sorry to hear this. There seems to be something about women driving Dodge pickup trucks, really don't know what's going
on with that combination. My car was hit a few years ago by a woman driving a Dodge Ram.

Yeah, it sux. I wonder what she does that she needs a truck?lol

Originally Posted by Kushp14

Sorry, looks like it will be fixed and back to normal soon.

Hopefully..... I don't know if it willl be "normal" tho.

that is the bad place you got hit dude
I doubt shop will replace a whole panel and with "local" fix car will never be like before
You should push on them to replace a whole rear panel ( which is a PITA and hell as expensive ) and dont agree for anything else
GL and sorry for your lost

Originally Posted by 6ICEMAN9

Yeah, it sux. I wonder what she does that she needs a truck?lol

Apparently to hit cars. Well it could have been worse but it does suck.

Originally Posted by 6ICEMAN9

So last Saturday, I'm at a friend's house hanging out for his birthday get together. At about 1030 pm we hear an alarm going off. I've never heard my car alarm so didn't think it was mine. Friend gets up and looks out the window and say my alarm is going off. I pull out my fob and shut it off, thinking maybe it was depressed in my pocket somehow. Then he says, there's a lady looking at my car... We go out to see what was going on. She apparently backed out of the neighbor's yard and "didn't see" my 08 550i. Said she thought she hit his mailbox.smh So behind my right rear tire right above the bumper has a nice indentation of the bumper of her Dodge Dakota. Got all her info and filed the claim. Her insurance company called me on Monday and said they will take care of everything apparently....I still almost cried on Saturday night. If I knew how to load pics on here I would. "Great" weekend for me last weekend......

So sad my friend, that a terrible moment i can feel...

Hope you get all fixed soon, make sure to get all OEM

Good Luck

Dude, demand you get the original estimate done at a BMW collision center. I cannot stress this enough!!! They will tell you to get an estimate from their body shop that will low bid the job. The moment you do that you'll be fighting and trying get them to pay the extra cost to have it done correctly from a BMW collision center. They will tell you everything in the world that they'll use both....Bull****!! I just went through this!! You can take your car to anywhere YOU want to, not where the insurance company sends you. GL

Damn! I hope that everything can be fixed! Sorry to hear about this.

Sorry to hear about the accident, but at least no one was hurt and the damage is just cosmetic.

New quater panel is definitely in order. The rear bumper cover can likely just be spot sanded/painted as the damage just barely continues to the top of the bumper cover. As others have said just make sure you have the work performed at a BMW certified collision center and you should be good.

I can't image this taking more than a week to do once the shop has the go ahead to order parts.

Had the same exact thing happen to my 300c back in 09 worse part was I was selling the car later that day luckily it was to my friend and he was cool with the insurance fixing it.

Originally Posted by dlounge

Dude, demand you get the original estimate done at a BMW collision center. I cannot stress this enough!!! They will tell you to get an estimate from their body shop that will low bid the job. The moment you do that you'll be fighting and trying get them to pay the extra cost to have it done correctly from a BMW collision center. They will tell you everything in the world that they'll use both....Bull****!! I just went through this!! You can take your car to anywhere YOU want to, not where the insurance company sends you. GL

a sad day would have been if she did it and left before you got there.

what dlounge said is so much the truth. had my 550 hit, and 'after the fact' i said, i should have brought it to BMW. i've been going back and forth to get this and that fixed. take is advice.

First off, thanx for the info and well wishes. Unfortunately, I had already taken my car to another dealership that her insurance company had suggested for the estimate. Hopefully all turns out well. There's a BMW collision center about 30-40 mins away. I'll take it by thereto see what they think. Thanx again for the info.

Just be sure to take the original estimate with you when you go talk with the BMW collision center to get there opinion and have them draw up an estimate too and see how the prices compare. Good luck bro!

Thanx dlounge.. I will.

So.....update to this post. Took my car to a BMW collision center about two towns over. Turned it in last Monday and got a call that woke me up about 3:30 Thursday telling me the car was ready for pickup. Confused, but happy at the same time!! Got changed and ready to drive the Dodge caravan the rental company gave me back to Enterprise.lol

Got there in about 30 mins or so. Walked in and did all the signing of the paperwork needed. These guys did an AMAZING job!!! Color matched the Carbon Black Metallic color perfectly!! Obtw, got a new bumper cover out of it too.lol

Just want to say thanks to Craftmaster Collision Center in Kinston, NC for doing such an AWESOME job on the car. Thanks again guys!!
Washed her up on Saturday...


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very nice!!!!!! I'm glad everything worked out

Great, looks new bro..

Keep rocking!!

Nice work, congrats on getting your car back - good as new, our cars are twins!!!!

Haha!! Yeah, they are.


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There is something about women in Dakota's!! We only have our new-to-us 530xi wagon because a woman backed out of a parking space into my wife as she was pulling into work, and totalled our old Acura TL-S. We had 215K miles on it, and it only cost me 2 timing belts, water pumps, oil, gas, and a $50 wiring harness the whole time we had it, from 37K miles. It cost Acura two transmissions, though Hoping, but not expecting, the BMW to be as solid...

Sorry Man, that sucks. Just got my new 328i XDrive M Sport back from the local BMW body shop. Replaced Moon Roof and fixed a "ding" in the roof that required re-paint. Looks PERFECT!! They can do wonders; you will never know if done right.
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2013 Estoril Blue II 328i XDriveM Sport

GORGEOUS color!


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