so, she's gone

[HuGo]

Originally Posted by 1996 328ti

Everyone please stop stomping on Avus' thread.

I agree, all i did was ask for pics and then Porches's, M3's, Dasc's, laundry, school, work, and lambo comes outta no where.

[1996 328ti]

Originally Posted by myavus318ti

I'll be retrieving my property from the car tomorrow.

I pulled my CD changer and bracket. The spare tools kit. My spiral antenna and cig lighter. I don't know why I kept the cig lighter. I don't even smoke. I was just distraught.
Good luck, it can be an emotional experience.

[myavus318ti]

Originally Posted by 1996 328ti

I pulled my CD changer and bracket. The spare tools kit. My spiral antenna and cig lighter. I don't know why I kept the cig lighter. I don't even smoke. I was just distraught.
Good luck, it can be an emotional experience.

I'll be going at 1 today. Any other items you think I should take? I'll be pulling the lisence plates and frames also.

[1996 328ti]

Originally Posted by myavus318ti

I'll be going at 1 today. Any other items you think I should take? I'll be pulling the lisence plates and frames also.

Take something that you can use in your M3. That way you still have a connection to the ti. That's why I kept my antenna.

[myavus318ti]

Originally Posted by 1996 328ti

Take something that you can use in your M3. That way you still have a connection to the ti. That's why I kept my antenna.

thanks. I'm about to leave now.

[myavus318ti]

I took the tool kit, floor mats, the set of keys I normally used, and the owner's manual (in addition to the personal belongings that I had). The insurance company will be cutting me a check as soon as I can get the title to them.

[HuGo]

Originally Posted by myavus318ti

I took the tool kit, floor mats, the set of keys I normally used, and the owner's manual (in addition to the personal belongings that I had). The insurance company will be cutting me a check as soon as I can get the title to them.

you should have token the brake caliper while you were there.

[bmwracerchick]

Originally Posted by marleymon

for the record...Are you a female? I don't know any females that could handle a car like that.....well besides racerchick of course ...No m3's around here let alone females rippin one......ok i'm done....

lol if I got an m3 it would unfortunetly be an automatic, traffic here is too crazy. But I have been getting the awesome experience of driving my boyfriends manual GLI

Avus- I am sure you could get the hills down in san fran if you worked on it a little, do you have any friends with a manual car that they can let you practice on those steep hills? I know unless its another m3 it would be a little different clutch wise and all....you know all that stuff but I mean it couldnt hurt, become a pro at the manual and personally I dont think anyone can say they know how to drive a manual till they have to drive one in conditions like that everyday lol. just my 2 cents on that matter, that way if its something you really think you can do you can get the m3 there. Or perhaps use the money from the ti check, wait a little while and get the 1-series when it comes to the US. Or maybe a GTI? And use that money as a down payment on a new car. That way you can stick with the small cars since you said it was easier driving the compact car.

[myavus318ti]

Originally Posted by 1996Bmw318TI

you should have token the brake caliper while you were there.

I took the roundels, the broken kidney grills and the foglight covers. Taking the brake calipers would have been too much of an ordeal.

I have driven my M3 in traffic in New York City before, so driving in traffic is just a pain, but it doesn't make me really nervous. Most of the places in San Francisco that have a significant amount of traffic is mostly flat (downtown area), with the exception of California street. There's a parking garage that I park in for one of my jobs that has a spiral ramp that's pretty narrow and at a pretty steep grade that concerns me.

Every person that I know from bfc (around 4 people) that lives in San Francisco has an automatic car (go figure), so I defintely can't borrow someone's car and just practice. I've got an automatic chevy malibu as a rental; I've been getting used to the size of it and have been practicing how to parallel park with a larger car.

I'll only have a rental car for the next 2 weeks as per my insurance policy. A friend of mine suggested that I buy a beater car that lasts me just 5 months. I realized that it's no longer practical for me to have two cars, and that I should put the $ in from the insurance check to the loan that's on the m3.

My ex boyfriend got a manual car right before college (we went to the same university) and it was also extremely hilly. He was forced to learn how to drive a manual transmission on a lot of hills. The same thing will happen to me; I'll probably avoid California Street, and other places that I know have steep upgrades with traffic for the time being.

[L84THSKY]

Hey Avus, wanna see what your seats look like in a Ti?

I'd be more than happy to deliver your car to S.F. I'm in NY, where is the car?

Originally Posted by myavus318ti

Here's the M3: (it's avus as well)

[Steve in No Va]

I don't want to push the point, but generally, insurance companies will sell you the car back for 10% of the value. If you were to buy it back, have it immediately towed to a reputable shop and get it fixed, it should cost in the neighborhood of $3,700-$4,000 to get fixed. I know this because my ti was hit in October in the front by a run away SUV and had similar damage, only difference being I didn't need a new radiator and AC. The quote for my car ended up being $3,200. I had the ability to fix it myself because all the parts in front of the engine bolt together and the front frame rails weren't damaged. It cost me about $1,100 in parts.

If you did this, you would be getting the car and a check for $6,300-$6,800 from the insurance co. This would give you more than enough money to rent a car during the repair period if it goes beyond the 2 weeks you already have. You will probably have a good bit of money left over if your frame is not bent as you stated near the start of this thread.

Other than getting your car to the repair shop, I don't see how this is more of a burden to you than having to find a new car and you get to have your car back.

[pdxmotorhead]

+1!

Hope you find a replacement!

AN M3 in the garage is worse than totaled... Road Trip!

Dave

[myavus318ti]

The m3 is located in St. James, NY. It will be shipped via covered rail car to San Francisco.

The quotes that I got from the body shop (that specializes in bmws) to fix the car were close to 8k (about how much I'm actually getting from the insurance company). The paint job alone is probably going to run at least 2k itself.

[1996 328ti]

ti in SF with your name on it.
http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthread.php?p=105732

[myavus318ti]

thanks for the link. He's in Ohio and ready to move to SF, so the car isn't in cali .