BMW F11 - Write Off?

[dude1882]

Hi all,

Last night in the cold I had a bit of a bump with a Telegraph Pole, any idea's if they will write this off or not, both front Airbags went off, as did the passenger side curtain?
They are going to send it to Nationwide for repair, but I am wondering if its worth asking to go back to BMW for a proper job?

Thanks
Dude1882

[Swampy1982]

Almost certainly written off. I'd wager there is structural damage given the angle and positioning.

Saying that, I'm not a mechanic, so would happily be wrong.

Hope you and your passenger are both ok.

[PDP76]

Yup that looks pretty fked.
Good effort.

[dude1882]

Swampy1982 said:

Almost certainly written off. I'd wager there is structural damage given the angle and positioning.

Saying that, I'm not a mechanic, so would happily be wrong.

Hope you and your passenger are both ok.

Thanks, I was on my own fortunately with only a cut to my hand from the airbag, so more shock than anything else!

[funkyrobot]

Bit of t cut and that will polish out fine.

Ho ho ho.

[Ninja59]

Write off definitely as the air bags have gone off.

[jamei303]

Who put a telegraph pole in the middle of the road

[mwstewart]

Touch and go. I'd need a closer inspection behind the wheel.

Note: airbag deployment doesn't mean write off, and conversely non-deployment doesn't guarantee it won't be written off

[dude1882]

mwstewart said:

Touch and go. I'd need a closer inspection behind the wheel.

Note: airbag deployment doesn't mean write off, and conversely non-deployment doesn't guarantee it won't be written off

Yea, I thought as much, the other 3 corners of the car are immaculate. Would you recommend taking to a BMW Dealership for assessment or repair or to Nationwide?

[Fleckers]

It looks a newish car to me

I would insist on a BMW garage assess and repair

May mean you loose a loan car though if that’s important to you

[Ilovejapcrap]

May I ask why a bmw garage, any GOOD repair shop would be just as effective

[dude1882]

Well this morning I arranged for the car to be taken to my local BMW Dealership for assessment.

A few hours later I had a phone call from my insurance company to advise that the recovery company (who were useless and had to use two trucks to do it) were saying that they would end up damaging it further by moving it and taking it to BMW. Based on that they asked for some photos from the recovery agent and advised me they were just going to call it a write off from that, so to save the need to go for an estimation.

Personally I think the recovery agent may have made damaged it more loading and unloading, its a real shame as it took me three months to find that car and now I'm going to have to hurry into a new one.

[dude1882]

Ilovejapcrap said:

May I ask why a bmw garage, any GOOD repair shop would be just as effective

I would have been happy with anybody other than Nationwide, based on their 1.5/10 rating on TrustPilot

[HustleRussell]

I think it was probably the 20mph+ collision with the telegraph pole which killed the car rather than any little scratches caused by the recovery people.

[Winky151]

dude1882 said:

its a real shame as it took me three months to find that car and now I'm going to have to hurry into a new one.

Just buy an old barge to tide you over until you find what you want.