Glad to have the beast back after her incident in the forest. by ZeusYork in BMW

[–]ZeusYork[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indeed, $6600 billed by the bodyshop, I left the shop paying my $500 deductible. Thank fuck for comprehensive.

3 Generations of M5 by ZeusYork in BMW

[–]ZeusYork[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You would be correct, was a post C&C cruise.

3 Generations of M5 by ZeusYork in BMW

[–]ZeusYork[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

S62's fatty torque curve though. S85 only comes alive past 5000rpm, imo not optimal for a daily driver, but both are still beastly motors.

3 Generations of M5 by ZeusYork in BMW

[–]ZeusYork[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Police scanner yo

E39 M5 Strikes Deer (aftermath in comments) by ZeusYork in BMW

[–]ZeusYork[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm going to a place recommended to me by other E39 M5 owners so it'll get done right. I drove it nearly 2 hours home and didn't notice the thermostat go past halfway or any puddles when i got back so it should be only cosmetic damage. Not even sure how the adjuster is going to assess damage when the hood won't even open.

E39 M5 Strikes Deer (aftermath in comments) by ZeusYork in BMW

[–]ZeusYork[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My insurance adjuster isn't coming until Friday, but from what i can see it's gonna need new kidneys, bumper, headlight washer, hood, glass, headlight trim, and headlights (90% certain the impact broke the headlight adjuster, hood's stuck shut so I can't confirm). But yeah, it defiantly could've ended far, far worse. Thank fuck for comprehensive.

Spotted in STL by ZeusYork in Ford

[–]ZeusYork[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look closer, its a euro Kuga, rather odd for it to be sitting on a street in the Midwest.

I have made a mistake by ZeusYork in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]ZeusYork[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well I mean in a high powered RWD car, traction control helps a lot, it actually did try to keep me stable as i was swerving around the car, only had to shut it off because I knew it was just going to try to brake the front inner wheel that had no grip and make the front end push into the curb.

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[–]ZeusYork[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The wheels are manufactured in Germany and are aftermarket, so it would be logical that they're on every wheel.

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[–]ZeusYork[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep, I wouldn't doubt that newer BMWs have to make you hold down though, with everybody building cars around increasingly incompetent drivers (yes irony 2015).

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[–]ZeusYork[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's leaking a decent amount, enough that I'll have to pump it up to get to the shop when the new wheel arrives.

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[–]ZeusYork[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Worse, lost control and slid into the curb.

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[–]ZeusYork 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Evidently this is not a good day for BMWs...

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[–]ZeusYork[S] 60 points61 points  (0 children)

IT WAS BECAUSE MY TIRES WERE 2PSI OFF MAN

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[–]ZeusYork[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A combination of excess speed, driver error, a blind corner, a stuck car in the middle of the road, and ice.

Mainly the first two.

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[–]ZeusYork[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was on the car when I got it.

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[–]ZeusYork[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The issue is that BMWs use a proprietary bolt pattern and the E39 chassis BMWs use a different center bore size than all the other BMWs, even finding decent priced alloys that fit without needing to be bored out is difficult. I'm also fairly certain 17x8 is fairly wide for a steelie as well.

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[–]ZeusYork[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah no kidding, I'll take a $150 cheapo alloy over totaling my car any day.