New M3 on the way due to some bad circumstances - M3 Forum 2011 2010 BMW M3 2009 BMW M3 BMW E90 M3 E92

BMRLVR · 10-09-2009, 01:48 PM

Hey Guys,

I haven't posted very much lately because on June 7th I was involved in an accident in my M3 and it was written off.

I was driving up a city street here in Fort McMurray travelling approx 100km/h (which is about the speed of traffic flow on that particular road at any given time) when a guy in a White 96-99' Mustang cut me off almost clipping me in the process. I braked and swerved to avoid hitting him but ended up loosing control of the car (DSC was disabled..... I was in M mode) going over the curb, hitting a retaining wall rolling over once and comming to a rest on the wheels. I literally took off my seatbelt, opened the door and got out of the car without a scratch, a testament to the sound engineering and amazing saftey of our vehicles. The guy in the Mustang never stopped..... fortunately lots of witnesses stopped and gave statements confirming the events that took place.

My insurance company really tried everything they could to deny my claim and alleged that I was racing the Mustang so they would not have to pay. I was able to get one of the main witnesses to give a written statement to my insurance company to help settle my claim. Anyhow it took 13 weeks from the date of the accident to get paid but on the 16th of September I picked up my check in the full purchase price of my car. WHAT A RELIEF!!!

So yesterday I just ordered a 2010 E90 M3 in the following spec:

Paint and trim:
*Individual Moonstone Metallic
*Individual Rust Brown Extended *EDIT: As of Dec 23 I have changed the interior to Individual Amarone Extended (Pending approval from BMW AG)
*Individual piano black trim with inlay

Options:
*Individual composition (Individual paint, Individual trim, high-gloss shadow line)
*Individual Extended Leather
*Executive Package (Power fold mirrors, universal garage door opener, electric rear sunshade and manual side sunshades, adjustable seat width w/lumbar support, compass mirror, PDC (rear), Sirius satellite radio, USB audio integration, BMW individual sound system)
*MDrive Package (MDrive, BMW on-board navagation, voice control, HD radio, iDrive, MDrive button, programmable memory keys and hard drive)
*EDC
*19" wheels
*Manual Transmission
(Please keep in mind that the Canadian Options and Option Packages are much different than the US)

I requested delivery around April 15th or so.....after the snow is all gone and the roads are clean. The dealer is going to put the car in the system for a February Build. Now I have to go through this waiting game all over again.

If one good thing came out of this it is that Individual Leather colors came available for the M3 for 2010 so I am able to get my preferred choice in interior color which was unavailable to me in my 09 M3.

So guys, wish me luck..... I want to keep this one for more than 2.5 Months!

EDIT: After seeing the Leather Samples at the dealer I have decided to go with Individual Amarone instead of the Rust Brown Individual. The Rust brown is less Orange than it looks in pictures and more of a darker brown than I wanted. I was looking for a color very similar to the Cinnamon in the E46 but the Rust Brown is not that color.

Brosef · 10-09-2009, 01:52 PM

good luck with the wait. I don't know how one could subject his/herself to such torture.

330CIZHP · 10-09-2009, 01:54 PM

Sorry to hear about your loss.

Insurance companies s*ck! They would go to any extent to raise the premiums on the driver. Glad everything worked out for you.

Glad to hear you liked your M3 so much that you are going for a second one after totalling the first one.

Green///Hell · 10-09-2009, 01:55 PM

Wow, thats a terrible situation, but luckily your insurance did what you paid them for in the end

Good choice on the individual options, may make the reward a little better after the wait

Nawaaz · 10-09-2009, 01:56 PM

Happy to hear that things are finally turning up for you.

Kev · 10-09-2009, 02:00 PM

Good to know that everything is working in your favor at the end. Now the waiting game begins (again)

Great choice of color combo by the way. Moonstone is a great color!

JohnnyRoaster · 10-09-2009, 03:15 PM

Sorry to hear about the accident but I am glad you are ok. I love the Moonstone and wish I had ordered that color. How was the color to keep clean on the first one? I love my JzB but it is a PIA to keep clean.

I would guess you are the first one to order two Moonstone M3s.

BMRLVR · 10-09-2009, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnnyRoaster

Sorry to hear about the accident but I am glad you are ok. I love the Moonstone and wish I had ordered that color. How was the color to keep clean on the first one? I love my JzB but it is a PIA to keep clean.

I would guess you are the first one to order two Moonstone M3s.

Color was very easy to keep clean...... I absoutely loved the color. I was a little nervous ordering a car in a color sight unseen but once I got the first look at it in the service bay getting PDI'ed I knew I had made the right choice. It was so nice that I never even considered ordering the 2010 car in any other color. I was going to order a carbon copy of my 2009 until I found out I could do Individual Rust Brown, I think it will be amazing!

As for being the first to order two Moonstone M3's you are probably right. I don't want to have to order a third..... at least not for a few years anyway.

Jamie

Jaypod · 10-09-2009, 03:34 PM

Sorry to hear about the accident - glad to hear your okay and in the end everything worked out. I wondered what happened as I know you were going to be in the T.O area in august sometime and was looking forward to seeing your ride and moonstone in person. You will have to make it out next year

BMRLVR · 10-09-2009, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaypod

Sorry to hear about the accident - glad to hear your okay and in the end everything worked out. I wondered what happened as I know you were going to be in the T.O area in august sometime and was looking forward to seeing your ride and moonstone in person. You will have to make it out next year

That is the Plan as of now...... I intend to drive across the country in 2010..... I will make it a point to meet up with you guys when I am in T.O,

JohnnyRoaster · 10-09-2009, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BMRLVR

That is the Plan as of now...... I intend to drive across the country in 2010..... I will make it a point to meet up with you guys when I am in T.O,

Let me know if you make it down anywhere near Massachusetts. I would love to see the car in person. Good luck with the wait.

BMRLVR · 10-09-2009, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnnyRoaster

Let me know if you make it down anywhere near Massachusetts. I would love to see the car in person. Good luck with the wait.

It is possible I will make it near Massachusetts..... I plan to do a drive across Canada and Back next Summer and I intend to drive in at least one direction through the US. I am just not sure if it will be heading east or heading west.

10M3MAN · 10-09-2009, 04:09 PM

Good luck on your wait and congrads, and glad to hear that you came out of the accident unscratched....

Boosted Josh · 10-09-2009, 04:12 PM

Glad you are OK and glad there were witnesses willing to help. Somewhere on a mustang forum there is a guy talking about how he smoked a M3 LOL.

tuco44 · 10-09-2009, 05:14 PM

Sorry about your accident with the first M3, and the new order sounds like it will be a very sharp car indeed.

Just my opinion, as someone who has been to Fort Mc, if I lived there, I would drive the biggest, ugliest piece of junk I could find to protect myself from the other "drivers". The wild west lives again......

SpencerM3 · 10-09-2009, 05:22 PM

Wow man that's some crazy shit! Just shows you how fucked up insurance comapnies are. they are not in business for paying off pewoiples claims, but rather denying them.

Great order on paint/interior by the way, should be an awesome car!

biglare · 10-09-2009, 05:49 PM

Glad you are OK and that you were not hurt at all. Also, glad you got the insurance to cover the replacement. Do you have any pics? Just curious to see what the car looked like after that.

Here was my post from my accident.
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=232462

We are now the second to order E90 M3's after they got totaled in crashes.

I love the Moonstone and thanks for sending me the pics when you took delivery. I almost ordered Moonstone until I found Brilliant White. The specs for your new M3 sounds awesome!

This is another reminder to us all, "Lets be careful out there!"

BMRLVR · 10-09-2009, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by biglare

Glad you are OK and that you were not hurt at all. Also, glad you got the insurance to cover the replacement. Do you have any pics? Just curious to see what the car looked like after that.

Here was my post from my accident.
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=232462

We are now the second to order E90 M3's after they got totaled in crashes.

I love the Moonstone and thanks for sending me the pics when you took delivery. I almost ordered Moonstone until I found Brilliant White. The specs for your new M3 sounds awesome!

This is another reminder to us all, "Lets be careful out there!"

I do have some pictures of the accident that the police took, I'll post some tomorrow when I get home from work. Suprisingly all four doors still opened and closed and the passenger compartment remained totally intact. It was amazing how well the car took the collision.

I agree with you, Drive safe guys, things can happen in the blink of an eye. I went for a quick drive after work to grab a coffee, only thing is my car never made it home ever again. It could have been me or some other innocent individuals that never made it home again.

enfield · 10-09-2009, 11:24 PM

Why was your DSC off by the way?

Sorry to her about the collision.

montreal red · 10-09-2009, 11:42 PM

wow...2.5 months and it was totalled...how much mileage did it have?

jibaholic101 · 10-10-2009, 01:09 AM

damn that sucks! but it is going to be a gorgeous car! post pics when you get it

BMRLVR · 10-10-2009, 01:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by enfield

Why was your DSC off by the way?

Sorry to her about the collision.

I used to drive around in M mode quite often.... My settings were Sport Plus throttle, Sport servotronic, Normal EDC and DSC off.

Quote:

Originally Posted by montreal red

wow...2.5 months and it was totalled...how much mileage did it have?

~5000KM

10-09-2009, 01:48 PM	#1
BMRLVR Lieutenant Drives: 2011 E90 M3 Individual Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada Posts: 555 iTrader: (2) View BMRLVR's Garage	New M3 on the way due to some bad circumstances Hey Guys, I haven't posted very much lately because on June 7th I was involved in an accident in my M3 and it was written off. I was driving up a city street here in Fort McMurray travelling approx 100km/h (which is about the speed of traffic flow on that particular road at any given time) when a guy in a White 96-99' Mustang cut me off almost clipping me in the process. I braked and swerved to avoid hitting him but ended up loosing control of the car (DSC was disabled..... I was in M mode) going over the curb, hitting a retaining wall rolling over once and comming to a rest on the wheels. I literally took off my seatbelt, opened the door and got out of the car without a scratch, a testament to the sound engineering and amazing saftey of our vehicles. The guy in the Mustang never stopped..... fortunately lots of witnesses stopped and gave statements confirming the events that took place. My insurance company really tried everything they could to deny my claim and alleged that I was racing the Mustang so they would not have to pay. I was able to get one of the main witnesses to give a written statement to my insurance company to help settle my claim. Anyhow it took 13 weeks from the date of the accident to get paid but on the 16th of September I picked up my check in the full purchase price of my car. WHAT A RELIEF!!! So yesterday I just ordered a 2010 E90 M3 in the following spec: Paint and trim: Individual Moonstone Metallic Individual Rust Brown Extended EDIT: As of Dec 23 I have changed the interior to Individual Amarone Extended (Pending approval from BMW AG) Individual piano black trim with inlay Options: Individual composition (Individual paint, Individual trim, high-gloss shadow line) Individual Extended Leather Executive Package (Power fold mirrors, universal garage door opener, electric rear sunshade and manual side sunshades, adjustable seat width w/lumbar support, compass mirror, PDC (rear), Sirius satellite radio, USB audio integration, BMW individual sound system) MDrive Package (MDrive, BMW on-board navagation, voice control, HD radio, iDrive, MDrive button, programmable memory keys and hard drive) EDC 19" wheels Manual Transmission (Please keep in mind that the Canadian Options and Option Packages are much different than the US) I requested delivery around April 15th or so.....after the snow is all gone and the roads are clean. The dealer is going to put the car in the system for a February Build. Now I have to go through this waiting game all over again. If one good thing came out of this it is that Individual Leather colors came available for the M3 for 2010 so I am able to get my preferred choice in interior color which was unavailable to me in my 09 M3. So guys, wish me luck..... I want to keep this one for more than 2.5 Months! EDIT: After seeing the Leather Samples at the dealer I have decided to go with Individual Amarone instead of the Rust Brown Individual. The Rust brown is less Orange than it looks in pictures and more of a darker brown than I wanted. I was looking for a color very similar to the Cinnamon in the E46 but the Rust Brown is not that color. __________________ 2011 E90 M3 Individual Moonstone/Individual Amarone Extended/Individual Piano Black With Inlay* Last edited by BMRLVR; 12-28-2009 at 01:08 AM.

10-09-2009, 01:54 PM	#3
330CIZHP Captain Drives: BMW 330 CI ZHP Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 877 iTrader: (0)	Sorry to hear about your loss. Insurance companies s*ck! They would go to any extent to raise the premiums on the driver. Glad everything worked out for you. Glad to hear you liked your M3 so much that you are going for a second one after totalling the first one. __________________ "If you put the same engine and transmission in every (performance) car, you can't have the perfect car." - BMW on Benz

10-09-2009, 01:55 PM	#4
Green///Hell Colonel Drives: E92 M3 6MT AW Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: "Da Chi" Gold Coast Posts: 2,345 iTrader: (5)	Wow, thats a terrible situation, but luckily your insurance did what you paid them for in the end Good choice on the individual options, may make the reward a little better after the wait __________________ Green Hell http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=354258 Redline Time Attack Threadhttp://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=397960

10-09-2009, 02:00 PM	#6
Kev UW Anesthesiology Trainee Drives: Interlagos Blue E92 M3 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 8,552 iTrader: (23)	Good to know that everything is working in your favor at the end. Now the waiting game begins (again) Great choice of color combo by the way. Moonstone is a great color! __________________ kev < 09 E92 Interlagos Blue M3 > \| < 06 W211 Black E55 AMG >

10-09-2009, 03:15 PM	#7
JohnnyRoaster Lieutenant Drives: 09 Jerez Black M3 Sedan Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: outside Boston Posts: 516 iTrader: (0)	Sorry to hear about the accident but I am glad you are ok. I love the Moonstone and wish I had ordered that color. How was the color to keep clean on the first one? I love my JzB but it is a PIA to keep clean. I would guess you are the first one to order two Moonstone M3s. __________________

10-09-2009, 01:52 PM	#2
Brosef Private First Class Drives: 997 C2S Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 127 iTrader: (0)	good luck with the wait. I don't know how one could subject his/herself to such torture.

10-09-2009, 01:56 PM	#5
Nawaaz Brigadier General Drives: . Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: . Posts: 4,672 iTrader: (0)	Happy to hear that things are finally turning up for you.

10-09-2009, 03:34 PM	#9
Jaypod Colonel Drives: 08 E90 M3 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,350 iTrader: (3)	Sorry to hear about the accident - glad to hear your okay and in the end everything worked out. I wondered what happened as I know you were going to be in the T.O area in august sometime and was looking forward to seeing your ride and moonstone in person. You will have to make it out next year

10-09-2009, 04:09 PM	#13
10M3MAN Major Drives: 2006 Nissan Altima SER Join Date: May 2009 Location: Wharton, TX Posts: 1,169 iTrader: (0)	Good luck on your wait and congrads, and glad to hear that you came out of the accident unscratched....

10-09-2009, 04:12 PM	#14
Boosted Josh Private Drives: 08 E92 M3 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 69 iTrader: (1)	Glad you are OK and glad there were witnesses willing to help. Somewhere on a mustang forum there is a guy talking about how he smoked a M3 LOL.

10-09-2009, 05:14 PM	#15
tuco44 Private First Class Drives: 2009 M3 Sedan Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Western Canada Posts: 197 iTrader: (0)	Sorry about your accident with the first M3, and the new order sounds like it will be a very sharp car indeed. Just my opinion, as someone who has been to Fort Mc, if I lived there, I would drive the biggest, ugliest piece of junk I could find to protect myself from the other "drivers". The wild west lives again...... __________________ 2009 E90 M3 AW w Black Novillo, M-DCT, ZPO, ZAD, 19" 220M, Sycamore, HG Shadow. Previous BMWs - 2008 535xi MSport AW (sold) plus 11 others in the 70s & 80s.

10-09-2009, 05:22 PM	#16
SpencerM3 Sauce Drives: 2009 SSII E90 M3 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,795 iTrader: (1)	Wow man that's some crazy shit! Just shows you how fucked up insurance comapnies are. they are not in business for paying off pewoiples claims, but rather denying them. Great order on paint/interior by the way, should be an awesome car! __________________ 2009 E90 M3 \| Silverstone II \| Black Novillo \| HRE P40's \| Akrapovic Exhaust \| Eibach Pro Kit \| Jet Black Kidney Grilles \| SSII Side Reflectors \| SSII Side Gills \| LUX H8 Angel Eyes \| Macht Schnell Filter \| Tecnocraft Envy Charge Pipe "M3 drivers have no friends." - Jeremy Clarkson

10-09-2009, 05:49 PM	#17
biglare Bulldog Drives: 2009 E90 M3 Brilliant White Join Date: May 2008 Location: AZ Posts: 977 iTrader: (0)	Glad you are OK and that you were not hurt at all. Also, glad you got the insurance to cover the replacement. Do you have any pics? Just curious to see what the car looked like after that. Here was my post from my accident. http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=232462 We are now the second to order E90 M3's after they got totaled in crashes. I love the Moonstone and thanks for sending me the pics when you took delivery. I almost ordered Moonstone until I found Brilliant White. The specs for your new M3 sounds awesome! This is another reminder to us all, "Lets be careful out there!" __________________ Biglare ESS SC 600hp \| DCT \| Vorsteiner Bumper – BootLid – Diffuser – Wheels 305/306 \| Brembo BBK CustomColors \| BMW Perf. Steering Wheel – CF Interior \| IND BW Grills – Gills \| DINAN Exhaust – Midpipe – 3.62Diff \| KW V3 \| LeatherZ Alcantara Boots \| AiB’s \| Premier ClearFilm

10-09-2009, 11:24 PM	#19
enfield Civilian Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ontario Posts: 860 iTrader: (0)	Why was your DSC off by the way? Sorry to her about the collision.

10-09-2009, 11:42 PM	#20
montreal red chris Drives: Mel Red e92 M3 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: montreal Posts: 9,316 iTrader: (14)	wow...2.5 months and it was totalled...how much mileage did it have? __________________ 08 e92 M3: MelRed, MDrive, Exec Pack, EDC, 6MT. Mods: OEM Alu Pedals, UUC RK Knob, Alcantara Shift Boot, Custom Steering Wheel, Hawk HP+ pads, SS lines, Bastuck exhaust, Matte Black Stuff, VRS Front Lip, HID Angels, KW V3, Custom Black 19" Advan RS, MS Air Filter. Custom Steering Wheels

10-10-2009, 01:09 AM	#21
jibaholic101 The One And Only Drives: see signature Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 3,320 iTrader: (0)	damn that sucks! but it is going to be a gorgeous car! post pics when you get it __________________ o 09 e82 135i-AW/Coral/Grey Poplar, MSport, iDrive, iPod, 6MT o 07 e92 335i o 04 Toyota Highlander o 02 MB c320