Houlbt

My sister (shown in some of the below) is a lucky bunny, here is her night out last Saturday. Fortunately the two passengers were ok also (one is there in the blue polo shirt)the other is in hospital, getting out today.

This was a low mileage 328i Sport with all the M3 bits on an R-plate.

Now it's a wreck. Not sure what to do with it now, any buyers/advice???? I need to shift the car now it has been released

It's housed in Cheshire at the moment by the way.

Has been a humbling experience, and I wasn't even in the car.... at least the Scooby is ok.

Cheers Houlbt






The culprits.....shown above

In the one above you can see the realisation of how lucky they were just starting to sink in (the morning after by the way)




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The Zohan

Does it still drive ok?

I am glad your sister and passengers are OK.

I take it it's an insurance write off.
You could re-shell it although it looks like most of the mechanicals are scrap
Assuming irt is a wriyte off it will be classed as a 'Q' plate and will have 'write off' on it's log book - this will drastically reduce it's value if it was put back on the road - some insurancee companies will charge extra due to Q plate status.

ed the dead

They were very lucky....

Are the wheels for sale, they look ok

Houlbt

Not sure about the wheels ED, I'll check em today.....be very surprised if at least one isn't bent though.

Cheers for your reply PAUL, was never even considering it being back on the road in any way shape or form....thinking more of selling the bits/ the lot to a willing taker, but I don't even have a clue to the value of these things.

Insurance write off - Yes

JoeyDeacon

And thats why women shouldn't drive!! How the hell did she manage to do that??

Seriously though, glad to see everybody is OK!

Darren Thompson

What the ell happened ???

I am glad everyone got out alive and were did it happen, was it near the Valley Lodge Wilmslow by any chance.

Darren.

Dave T-S

Unless you have agreed to buy it off them, the salvage is always the property of the insurance company - so disposal is their problem (unless not insured comprehensively..... )

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Houlbt

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by JoeyDeacon:
<B>And thats why women shouldn't drive!! How the hell did she manage to do that??
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Down the lanes near my house late Sat night,
your know the type of lanes; narrowish with about a 2-3 foot soil/grass bank on either side and on top of the bank is a big hedge???

Anyway caught the front drivers side on the inside of a gentle right hand bend and the rest is history....back of the car flipped out as you might expect, the car travelled sideways down the hedge on the left of the road for about 20 yds, then rolled twice as it hit 2 or 3 of those smallish concrete fence posts you sometimes see round fields (fence post damage shown in first photo).

By this time the car roughly was facing the direction of travel again (albeit on its roof), and went through a 3ft brick wall before stopping in a farmers yard.

Lucky....yes.

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Houlbt

Dave, without going in to details, suffice it to say that the car is my problem and not the property of the insurance company.....suggestions where to go from here would be appreciated

Cheers Houlbt

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RonaldoH

I hope you hugged her and told her you loved her, looking at that-she should be dead.

Thank God shes not mate

Ron

The Zohan

Ed - the wheels?!? - chances are they have been stressed to buggery during the incident.

Houlbt
might be worth getting your local Autotrader - lots of comanies advertising/looking for damaged cars, seen worse in there. This may be a good place to start, i have absolutley no idea what it is worth the interior and shell/panels look totalled, ther might well be good undamaged mechanicals under there somewhere.

I did a bit o' digging (bit like the car really!)
if this helps -
328 engine £ 2200.00-3000
328 g/box £ 1000/1500 m/a
diff £ 160.00 (not ldt slip)
suspension - you'll be lucky! £ 100.00 per corner
ecu £ 180.00/200
manifold £ 150.00
Wheels M3 in good cond £ 150.00 per corner

pslewis

There ARE some people who would advertise that as in excellent condition - honest!!

The Traders would call that lightly rolled!!

OR

Light frontal!!

How longs the MOT and does it make any funny noises when it goes along??

Pete

Houlbt

Thanks for all your replies guys.

Darren - It was between Tarvin and Oscroft, outside Chester...been in all local the papers.

RonaldoH - I did, just glad she is alive, the fire brigade said people don't normally walk away from those sort of impacts....testament to the solid build of BMW's I think.

Paul, thanks for your time/help there....I'll get the Autotrader ASAP, Should get a few quid back for whats left. Believe it or not the seats (sports leather jobs) are intact so far as I can tell. The dash, steering wheel, door cards, CD changer, spare wheel!!! and every panel are all knackered. I think 3 of the alloys are ok, one is bent.

PSLewis - It'll be a sad day when you vacate scoobynet because you always manage to raise a smile outta me.... thinking about the Autotrader thing, you are so right.

Cheers Lads

Fullonloon

What a total mess. Praise the BMW designers, they just saved her life.

Dave T-S

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Houlbt:
<B> Dave, without going in to details, suffice it to say that the car is my problem and not the property of the insurance company.....suggestions where to go from here would be appreciated

Cheers Houlbt

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Thought you might say that.

Basically two choices then:

1) You sell it to a salvage yard - convenient for you, but less cash as they will take a profit on it.

2) You sell it for salvage yourself (Exchange & Mart etc) - potentially more cash for you, but from experience, be prepared to be dealing with tyrekickers from hell and the dregs of humanity.......

ed the dead

I was joking about the wheels They look like the only part of its that's still roughly the right shape....

fast bloke

Houlbt - Have you tried wax wizard? I'm sure he has something that will polish the marks out.

p.s. Glad to hear everyone got out in one piece

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

Houlbt,
Glad that everyone got out of there in one piece and i would give your sister a big hug and tell her how much you love her (would do that to mine but dont tell her i said that!! )
Just get her back in a car soonest though, if she gets scared of driving then she will not want to get in a car again, just have to get back out there and carry on

Tony

PS, just make sure its not in the scoob though