Bilyjimbob

so yah i shipped my car over to cali. decided to visit my uncle who lives up north, which is convenient cuz there r tons of curvy mountain roads up there...







lost traction and hit an embankment. cliff on other side so i got lucky. oh yeah, spun around and hit the back too, pass side muffler is shoved forward and the rear bumper is trashed, will need to be replaced. when i called the body shop guy said "well im not quite done with the estimate but so far its around $10,500."

So I guess it means I'm buyin a new one.

Colin

Ouch! The main thing is that you're OK

jzz30

ouch man! thats much worse than mine!! yea atleast your ok! didnt know you left...you coming back?

Bilyjimbob

i got transferred to san diego so im gone for good

yeah this coulda been much worse. if i went to the right id be dead for sure it's pretty high up

addisonc

just curious. What tires are you running? How much tread was there? Was this driver's error or equipment error? If you were in an AP2, would the situation be better?

I'm sorry for you loss, but you know, you are lucky to be alive...

mackeywatson

Dang that sucks. I hope it gets totalled out so you get a new one and don't drive that one again.

mackeywatson

Too bad you're not down here. There's some bolts and hoses I need!

Bilyjimbob

umm when i bought the car from bmw dealer i got free tires, the front r crap but the back r performance tires z rated. they stick real good believe me, tread was fine and there's only about 6k miles on them or less, i've never done any burnouts either. Comin up on the turn i slowed down to what i thought was fine but the back tires got loose anyways. I was pretty shocked that i spun out cuz i was actually takin it easy, couple days before i was ripping thru the turns up there pushin it real hard, no problems. so it was driver error, as much as id like to i cant really blame the tires cuz i coulda slowed down more. ive never driven an ap2 but i dont see why there would be any difference in this situation.

donger274

sorry to see this, hope all goes well for you

ap2 wise , if you were taking it easy the vsa would have helped

s for shweet-2k

Wow. california is more dangerous and unexpected. Keep it in the track is my safe bet. I just went on a mountain run with a couple friends. If I knew this before-hand, I would've taken more precautions. Ouch for your lost. I'm 10x scarred and paranoid now.

btw ALOHA HAWAII from Pacific Coast