[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by AllBlackBimmer

Did you have to buy it back from insurance company or deal with a salvage title or anything?

I bought it back. The value was $4,300 and the salvage value was only $450. The repair was $5,700. It all worked out to $1,765 out of my pocket. In Virginia there are no salvage title requirements for cars over 6 model years past the current model year in production and less than $10K in value, so the title is not a salvage title, and it's still fully insurable. The evaluation of the car is really up to the claims adjuster, which was a certified body shop for my insurance company. I told him how good in shape the car was with all the recent maintenance I've done, plus he could tell anyway. I told him it was my 175-mile per-day daily driver, so I need to keep the car reliable; he got the message. I was up front with him about wanting to buy it back and fix it, so he wouldn't jack the numbers in favor of the insurance company, meaning he saw his shop getting a $5,700 repair job. That's how you have to play the game, make the issue worthwhile for everyone to do business. My insurance broker is a Bimmerhead, so that helps. He's got an E90 M3 in his stable, real car guy he is.

I do not know why insurance companies have not just killed off the deer population and given the meat to The Congo.

[Fritzer]

Buy the extended warranty.

[Fritzer]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Paid $2K out of pocket to repair my totaled, 350,000-mile 12 year old E90 after my 4th deer hit.

Damn, something I know nothing about considering this type of road hazard is relatively unheard of in my region.

What was the damage exactly? I've seen some nasty photos online of an E9x that hit a deer at high speed, and it got sucked right through the kidneys into the actual engine bay! :O

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by Fritzer

Damn, something I know nothing about considering this type of road hazard is relatively unheard of in my region.

What was the damage exactly? I've seen some nasty photos online of an E9x that hit a deer at high speed, and it got sucked right through the kidneys into the actual engine bay! :O

Hood, grills, bumper cover, core support (the front plastic frame across the front of the car), left fender, headlight, brake cooling duct, and a small hoof dent on the drivers door just aft of the mirror. She kicked back the mirror and knocked the glass out, but it just snapped back in. Somehow the door dented through all that.

I've seen that picture, it was a fox, not a deer.

[ADEe92]

Not with my e92 (hopefully it doesn't need major work for a while!), but working on a driveline swap for my old e21 I cut my thumb off when the aux fan unexpectedly came on while I was sliding out from under the car while home alone. It was pretty gruesome - when my wife got home she thought someone had been murdered with all the blood everywhere.

I went to hospital and a surgeon thankfully put it back on. Had pins hanging out my knuckle for quite a while.

[Yngvejos]

My first car was an E30 that I spent lot of time and money on. Upgraded suspension and brakes, swapped to a 2.7 Hartge engine, full M-tech 2 conversion and retrofitting things like OBC, electrical sunroof etc.
A jerk crashed into it and I got paid $12k from his insurance company. Since I had lots of feelings for the car I spent $15k to rebuild it and give it a full respray instead of transfering the performance parts over to another E30.

When I look back, that was pretty crazy.

[Schmitz]

I say thank you in German to my car every time I shut it off even when I'm with people. I'm sure they think that's crazy. My wife's cool with it though.

[E7J3F3]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Paid $2K out of pocket to repair my totaled, 350,000-mile 12 year old E90 after my 4th deer hit.

Any special maintenance required to get that kind of mileage? I've got 240k and plan to go the distance lol.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by E7J3F3

Any special maintenance required to get that kind of mileage? I've got 240k and plan to go the distance lol.

Nope. I detailed the maintenance in thread at 300,000 miles.

https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1251458

[Wazup]

I’ll do the same

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by E7J3F3

Any special maintenance required to get that kind of mileage? I've got 240k and plan to go the distance lol.

We've yet to find what the actual "distance" is

Just saying.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by ADEe92

Not with my e92 (hopefully it doesn't need major work for a while!), but working on a driveline swap for my old e21 I cut my thumb off when the aux fan unexpectedly came on while I was sliding out from under the car while home alone. It was pretty gruesome - when my wife got home she thought someone had been murdered with all the blood everywhere.

I went to hospital and a surgeon thankfully put it back on. Had pins hanging out my knuckle for quite a while.

Like right out of a Mad Max movie, Mate

[whyzee125]

Bought it back a year after selling it lol

[nthanos330i]

Originally Posted by whyzee125

Bought it back a year after selling it lol

I did that with my 735i too lol

[whyzee125]

Originally Posted by nthanos330i

I did that with my 735i too lol

How'd it go?

I've heard of a few people doing it and regretting it saying it never was quite the same and they ended up selling it shortly after. I've had it longer this time than last time and don't plan to sell it in the forseeable future. Felt just like the car I remembered when I purchased it the second time

[nthanos330i]

Originally Posted by whyzee125

How'd it go?

I've heard of a few people doing it and regretting it saying it never was quite the same and they ended up selling it shortly after. I've had it longer this time than last time and don't plan to sell it in the forseeable future. Felt just like the car I remembered when I purchased it the second time

Um it went okay. I have a huge sentimental attachment to the car, and have since done a lot of work to it like H&R springs and Bilstein Shocks etc.

[Socket]

did 100+ modifications (no really)