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Car Forum / BMW Cars / April 2009If I may ask for a moment of silence...
I was walking from my office to the kitchen around 8:00pm tonight to replenish my glass of Sailor Jerry's and noticed flashing lights outside my living room window. I opened the door and what did I see: My 2001 BMW 740IL with 68,000 miles on it with the passenger side front end pushed all the way up to the windshield and the rear end pushed up onto the hood of the car that was parked a good five feet behind it. According to witnesses hit by an old model van that fled the scene. She was a good old girl, beautiful, sleek and powerful. She was sweet and the best car I've ever owned... quite possibly the best thing I've ever owned. I'm very much afraid at this point I'm going to be told her only future is the car crusher. I'm keeping my fingers crossed but because I can see engine and suspension through the gaping hole where her headlights used to be that she's gone, beyond any reasonable repair. So if you feel the slightest bit inclined... lift a glass to this fallen sweetheart.  SignatureI told you this was going to happen. One of the reasons why I keep buying 7 series BMW's is that the second one suffered a similar accident to this except that I was in it at the time*. Whilst the accident was most unfortunate, my choice of car meant I am here and able to type this... >I was walking from my office to the kitchen around 8:00pm tonight to > replenish my glass of Sailor Jerry's and noticed flashing lights outside [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > So if you feel the slightest bit inclined... lift a glass to this fallen > sweetheart. > One of the reasons why I keep buying 7 series BMW's is that the second one > suffered a similar accident to this except that I was in it at the time*. > > Whilst the accident was most unfortunate, my choice of car meant I am here > and able to type this... Indeed. A pilot friend was in his old but mint, E23 735 on his way home from Gatwick late at night, doing "a fair speed", when a herd of deer crossed the road in front of him. He hit 2 or more of them at >90mph, left the road and travelled >100yds into a forest, knocking down several trees of up to 3"-4"dia. The car flipped over a couple of times too as he recalled. When all the commotion had stopped and the car had come to a standstill, he was still able to open the passenger door and climb out and was able to walk back to the road although "a little dazed and confused" as he put it. I've seen the photos of the wrecked car (not a single panel unscathed anywhere) and it still amazes me today just how anyone could have got out alive. Needless to say I still drive a BMW. JB >> One of the reasons why I keep buying 7 series BMW's is that the second >> one suffered a similar accident to this except that I was in it at the [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > JB Yes the one that saved me was an E23 in 1989, but only the rear passenger door would open - didn't exactly walk away, but no life threatening injuries. > Yes the one that saved me was an E23 in 1989, but only the rear passenger > door would open - didn't exactly walk away, but no life threatening > injuries. My e24 635CSi T-boned a woman in a Corsa who pulled out in front of me. The 635 was a bit dented and I didn't feel a thing. Corsa was totalled. Same thing in my e36 coupe. I was stationary when a woman in a Clio rear ended me. I needed a new bumper, she totalled the entire front of her car and dislodged the engine! Sorry about your E38. I have one myself, a sleek beauty of a car. Don't accept the insurance companies first offer, haggle upwards. Look for similar cars on autotrader or BMW magazines (they're often over priced there) and show those as proof of value. I know of loads of folk who've increased their payout that way. Myself included. SignatureWho needs a life when you've got Unix? :-) Email: john@unixnerd.demon.co.uk, John G.Burns B.Eng, Bonny Scotland Web : http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk - The Ultimate BMW Homepage! Need Sun or HP Unix kit? http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/unix.html www.Strathspey.co.uk - Quality Binoculars at a Sensible price I shan't copy this to HM Constabulary... Am glad you all survived your accidents. DAS To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling" --- [...] >He hit 2 or more of them at >90mph, left the road and [...] >I shan't copy this to HM Constabulary... > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >>He hit 2 or more of them at >90mph, left the road and >[...] It's not illegal to prove the value of your car is higher than that offered by the insurance company. One way I have called their bluff in the past is to tell them to find me a car with the same colour, specification, same mileage, same service records and I'll accept it as full and final settlement + out of pocket expenses. On the 3 occasions I have got exactly what I have asked for BTW twice it was a claim on a third party and the third was when a punk nicked the (ex) wife's 3 litre Capri and stuffed it into the side of someone's house demolishing the garage and 1/2 the kitchen. Got an almost new car from that one as I sued the guy in a civil court and won hands down. Took 3 months to get the cash and court expenses - the bailiffs took the guy's own car and his wife's and almost cleaned out his bank account. He actually lost about £5k of stuff and the court paid me £2300. Silly bugger should have settled first for £1000. Hugh SignatureSir Hugh of Bognor The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it! Hugh Gundersen hsg@h-gee.co.uk Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK Going at >90 on the Queen's Highway is... BTW, that's a good tip to get a replacement vehicle in the event of a write-off. I hope I never need it... DAS To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling" --- [...] > It's not illegal to prove the value of your car is higher than that > offered by [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Hugh [...] >I shan't copy this to HM Constabulary... > > Am glad you all survived your accidents. > > DAS Jumping to conclusions. He was "driving home from Gatwick", but who said his home wasn't in the Rhur? I remember catching a flight AMS->JFK and KLM tried to bump me and the bloke behind*. He was German and had driven to AMS because it was the only flight available that day. > To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling" > --- > [...] >>He hit 2 or more of them at >90mph, left the road and > [...] * we got upgraded from bus to 1st. My jump wasn't very high. Gatwick is in southern England and hsg / Hugh lives in Bognor Regis, also in southern England (vide his signature). What's more the locations are in the same county. DAS To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling" --- [...] > Jumping to conclusions. He was "driving home from Gatwick", but who said > his home wasn't in the Rhur? [...] >I shan't copy this to HM Constabulary... > > Am glad you all survived your accidents. Not me matey. I only serviced the vehicle for him from time to time. As an aside, who can tell if that was the speed he was actually doing? He may just have been bullshitting, but from the state of the carafterwards it looked pretty believeable. My point was that if you're going to have a prang, make sure you're driving something heavily built. Not some compact made from tinplate. JB >>I was walking from my office to the kitchen around 8:00pm tonight to >> replenish my glass of Sailor Jerry's and noticed flashing lights outside [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> So if you feel the slightest bit inclined... lift a glass to this fallen >> sweetheart. > One of the reasons why I keep buying 7 series BMW's is that the second > one [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > here > and able to type this... And I have to apologize for beating your M5 last week. I feel sorry for that M5 owner, he got scared, he had to park his car and wait for me to pass him like saying "I'm not going to race, go ahead first" He thought my car was a wimpy Mercedes-Benz". Beware, many Mercedes-Benz owners now pay this one company to improve their car's power and fuel efficiency. Don't cross these vehicles if you can do 0-70mph in 2sc because they can do 0-70mph in 3sc. I won't tell you who they are because I know you won't believe me any way. Richard |
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