Blame the scary dolls?
22So, been out of town helping fam for the past couple of weeks and after a 4 hour drive was 10 min from the house. The entire trip super-excited to unbox the scary dolls and IRK that were delivered while I was gone.
When some maniac t-boned me doing 50+ in a 35 and then took off. My beloved 335xi that I built the engine for last summer (530hp) is now completely totalled.
sigh
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Aww, I’m sorry. Poor car.
So sorry that your trip ended on a terrible note. Hope that you are okay tomorrow.
@rm9116 def feeling it this morning.
/giphy ouch
That totally sucks and then some!
What the hell? That’s terrifying! So glad you’re (apparently) OK.
@mossygreen thanks…yeah, we’re ok, some damage to the hand from the airbag and that’s it. Other than that I’d say we got lucky! First accident ever so def an interesting experience. Gonna hold off on unpacking the dolls and IRK until tmrw now though, lol!
You lived to tell the tale.
But I understand. I’m a car guy too.
@eVil yeah, def sad over it. I spent months tearing it all apart, cleaning, buffing and polishing everything. It was immaculate under that hood.
@eVil @PHRoG was there pics/a thread on the build? Sounds nice. That pic also looks like only body damage so the engine should be salvageable? Can you find another to drop it in?
I only wrench on rust buckets but I enjoy a good build thread
@eVil @unksol I have pics. But, never did a build thread. Lemme dig em up.
@eVil @unksol
Torn down, about to walnut blast the valves:
Valves before blasting.
After, sooo shiny!!
Tapped and blocked oil ports in the head:
Cleaning all the things:
A other clean shot:
Back together:
@PHRoG @unksol Looks super clean. Nice work. As others have suggested, hope you are able to save the drivetrain to go in a new shell! Sorry for your baby, but glad it gave its life to save yours.
@eVil @unksol thanks, yeah, was a blast so def not too bummed out that I’ll have to do it again, lol! Def glad it kept us safe…never had an airbag deploy so it was a interesting experience for sure.
I’ve decided to buy it back, remove the upgraded stuff and part out the rest. Been doing the math and I stand to make about $5k-$7k more than the cost to buy it back…local scrap yard will come haul it away, even without wheels, and still give me a couple hundred for the stripped chassis.
Now I just gotta find the next one… looks like they’re getting fairly hard to find with the options I want. 2009 to 2010 335i x-drive, manual, in space gray metallic with cold weather, sport and premium packages and around 100k miles.
Actually I think it was @DoctorOW s fault.
@cbilyak Same.
@cbilyak @DoctorOW I can’t even blame the goat for this… it’s not fair. I legit loved that car!! Like Feris Bueller Ferrari loved it!
Sorry to hear that. From the pics, though, it looks like the engine should be unscathed… Maybe your insurance will offer you a buyback that’s cheap enough to make it worth getting your built motor to swap into another chassis. Not that you were asking for another project, but 530 awd hp does sound like it makes for fun times.
@djslack yeah, I’m def considering it…I would make $$$ parting the rest out…just don’t have a great place to store it, ugh!
@djslack @PHRoG
I know how you feel. I totaled my car back in January (worst thing is I was goat that month). I bitched about the car all the time but it actually was a great car. I still haven’t even found a new car yet bc 1. I’m being picky and 2. I realize now how nice my Volvo actually was. I’m also looking for an suv (buying used) and people are only selling the ones I don’t want.
@djslack @Star2236 yeah totally understand. Going to be facing that myself here soon now.
These cars are getting really hard to find with a clean body/paint/interior with the options I want.
Don’t so much care about the drivetrain as I can handle (and enjoy) getting that all top notch. But, I’m gonna have to spend a good amount of time, possibly travel time too, to hunt one down again.
@djslack @PHRoG
Yeah it sucks, I feel for you.
Glad you’re OK!!! But yeah, that seriously sucks.
I hope they catch the turd for running away. (Though I imagine he didn’t get very far).
@mehcuda67 they did catch him about an hour ago. Suspended license, no insurance too.
/giphy facepalm
@mehcuda67 @PHRoG Wow! That sounds like a permanently revoked driver’s license is in their future…and possible jail time. Your Beemer may have been sacrificed to get a dangerous driver off the road, making the world safer.
I’m glad you folks are safe, too.
@Ambiverbal @mehcuda67 @PHRoG this state they get a 10 year suspension. Doesn’t stop them. Nor does jail time although it’s usually suspended.
Driving is not a right especially if you’re a cluster fuck at it. But there isn’t much you can do to stop someone who has access to a vehicle.
They have to get stopped so many times and have so many uninsured accidents before they really put them in jail and they will do it again when they get out.
@Ambiverbal @mehcuda67 @unksol yup, here a lifetime suspension is 10 years. Plus, unless serious injury or death is involved they won’t ever see a jail. Just ticket after ticket. I know someone with over 50 of said tickets over the course of 2 decades and if you have a licensed driver that’ll come get the car they won’t even impound it.
@PHRoG I think it was pretty clear he already had multiple violations considering he took off with what was, I’m quite sure, a rather fucked up car. Sorry about yours, but glad you’re here to tell the tale.
The dolls assure me they played no part… but they told me they will make sure the other driver suffers from night terrors moving forward… and are glad you are ok
@Koolhandjoe def think that’s the case or else my house would’ve probably burned down or become a mass murder site while I was gone… probably both!
Go get 'em dolls!
Will be unboxing them later today after dealing with insurance and attorneys lol!
So excited!!
I know you can’t get blood from a stone so maybe use small claims court. He most likely won’t show so you’ll win on default. Go for the maximum amount allowed and then you just let it hang around his neck like a millstone. It’s pretty brutal but he is likely not going to even help to make you whole again.
@booogerbrain thankfully I won’t have to go that route. My insurance will handle that for me and anything else will be awarded as restitution in the criminal case.
/giphy lawyers
@PHRoG Excellent
Just saw this.
Omg I’m so sorry this happened to you! Destroyed your beloved project. .
I hope you are able to salvage the engine and kinda start over, of you are up for that.