My 850ci just got rear ended - Lateral-g Forums

Payton King · #1 11-17-2005, 01:17 PM

You have to love this. I have been driving a 1996 tahoe with 166,000 miles holding off to get a new car so I can finish my 69. In a weak moment I bought the BMW 850ci. I have had this car for 2 months and someone just rear ended me. I am 41 years old and I have never had a vehicle hit. I am either due or this is some bad Karma from me getting another girlfriend instead of staying true to my 69.

In either case, world wide production of the 8 series from 1989 to 1998 is just under 50,000 units. How hard do you think it is going to be to get a new deck lid, bumper cover and fill panel...plus whatever else? New or used?

I see 3 long months and a slow ship coming from the "father land."

I am just thinking how pissed I would have been had that been my freshly completed 69.

I would have been typing this from the county jail.

**Autokraft** · #2 11-17-2005, 01:50 PM

That really Blows. I guess the biggest thing is the fact that you are alright.
Like you said, could have been worse had it been the 69.

Kurt

www.autokraft.org

**Ummgawa** · #3 11-17-2005, 01:59 PM

Those uber stuppen assenholen dumpkoff talkin on cellphonn. In other words-huge bummer Payton, that stinks out loud.

jannes_z-28 · #4 11-17-2005, 02:15 PM

Sorry to hear that Payton.

I just ran a check on the scarpyards here in Sweden. There are at least ten cars available to pick parts from.

Let me know what you exactly need and I'll try to find it.

Jan

rockdogz · #5 11-17-2005, 03:00 PM

Sorry to hear that Payton - glad you're ok and that it wasn't the '69...

bulldogchevy · #6 11-17-2005, 04:00 PM

Try car-parts.com
GOOD LUCK

hotwheels · #7 11-17-2005, 04:36 PM

wow, that really sucks payton.......hate to hear that man.

**Steve1968LS2** · #8 11-17-2005, 04:39 PM

<-- since we don't have a smilie for crying..

Sorry to hear Payton.. that sucks.. did they have insurance? If so then they are gonna cry when they get the repair bill..

We need a picture..

ProdigyCustoms · #9 11-17-2005, 05:39 PM

If it is a new model, a BMW warehouse that your local dealer will pull from will have those parts, otherwise a insurance company would never write a policy on them.

Mean 69 · #10 11-17-2005, 06:57 PM

Those are great cars, sorry to hear it. I had a similar situation on Labor Day. Went for a little spin in my wife's 62 Corvette, it was a perfect So. Cal day, sunny, chicks everywhere, just right. I watched the whole thing. Four young guys in a ricer sedan, checking out some chick (and I can feel for them, she caught my eyes too), giggling, high-fiving, you name it, right up until they hit me. Right on PCH, in the middle of a traffic jam. Wiped out their car, whole front end. Hurt the 62 pretty bad, but not as nasty in appearance as you might think, it all went into the frame (great...). Four on one isn't good odds, but I am still surprised that I was restrained. No one got hurt, thankfully. I can't tell you how many people just looked at the mess and said "what an absolute shame."

Just be glad that you or anyone else didn't get hurt. Though special, cars are just that, they are just cars. They can be fixed, or replaced. I will say, I have a much bigger tendancy to watch my rear mirror now though.
Mark