BMW Takes Heat for Advancing Structural Design and Not Providing a Free Lunch"
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Originally Posted by Och
I have to give major props to BMW for doing that, if my car was involved in an accident I'd rather have it totalled and get new car all together. There's not a single honest body shop that will go the distance of restoring a car to original condition, and any reparired car is bound to have major problems.
kudos to BMW for making their cars unrepairable! lol.
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Originally Posted by spwolf
huh? lol. You really dont want to get your car totalled, because insurance company will not simply give you an new car dude.
kudos to BMW for making their cars unrepairable! lol.
kudos to BMW for making their cars unrepairable! lol.
Yeah, but they'll give me the amount of $$$ that is close to what the car is worth - i'd rather take that and add some and buy a new one, instead of driving a flimsy wreck.
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Isn't the car in the picture a Land Rover? ![Confused](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/confused.gif)
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Originally Posted by spwolf
h....
kudos to BMW for making their cars unrepairable! lol.
kudos to BMW for making their cars unrepairable! lol.
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Originally Posted by Och
Yeah, but they'll give me the amount of $$$ that is close to what the car is worth - i'd rather take that and add some and buy a new one, instead of driving a flimsy wreck.
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Originally Posted by doug_999
BMW didn't make it unreparable - they just made the entire front clip removable - if anything it is easier to repair now. But the cost for that clip is obviously more than a day or two on a frame straightening machine. Still you get a car back that drives the way it should.
You know guys, we often forget that a lot of people drive these cars for longer than 2-3 years, and at that point, most people dont opt for full insurance.
new Prius is our first car in Europe that uses significant amount of Aluminium parts in suspension, hood and other areas. We got instructions from Toyota on what aluminium parts can be repaired easily and what can not.
For example hood - anything but really small damage will be cheaper to replace completly than fix.
So now we have something that have costed 15$ before in materials to fix, and that now requires 200$-300$.
Lets not talk about firewalls and entire front frame made of aluminium.
In my experience, after 3 years, most people dont pay for full insurance coverage anymore. In an minor accident, they will require whole new front section of the car so where before it would be $2k-$3k accident, now it ends up being $6k-$10k accident.
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Originally Posted by spwolf
by using so much aluminium parts, they did make it more costly to repair. What will happen if you dont have full insurance and it is your fault? Who pays for it then?
Originally Posted by spwolf
You know guys, we often forget that a lot of people drive these cars for longer than 2-3 years, and at that point, most people dont opt for full insurance.
Originally Posted by spwolf
In my experience, after 3 years, most people dont pay for full insurance coverage anymore. In an minor accident, they will require whole new front section of the car so where before it would be $2k-$3k accident, now it ends up being $6k-$10k accident.
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Have to agree with CK6Speed - rarely does someone take full insurance coverage off of their BMWs in the first 5 years - even then it would be rare as a 10 year old one can easily go for $15K plus.
I think that BMW wants the best handling car that is easiest to repair back to OEM format. I don't think that the guy who owns the car after 10 years and might have to total it because of the cost of fixing it right is paramount to their engineering efforts.
I think that BMW wants the best handling car that is easiest to repair back to OEM format. I don't think that the guy who owns the car after 10 years and might have to total it because of the cost of fixing it right is paramount to their engineering efforts.
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