Crashed Z4 Coupe
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Above all, I hope your well mate. Accidents happen unfortunately. Looks like the bumper has taken the majority of the impact, with damage to the headlight. With all impacts, there's always damage you might not realise at first until further investigations are taken. Hopefully, the radiators are still ok, and the insurance company sorts it quickly for you. 
thats really annoying.... get your insurance claim in, give them your version of events, dont accept full liability. likelihood it'll go 50/50 as what tends to happen on roundabouts.
dont suppose there were any witnesses who can back up your side of events?
either way, hope you get it sorted. unfortunately it doesnt take much to write off a z4 these days, so might be buying it back and repairing it yourself.
dont suppose there were any witnesses who can back up your side of events?
either way, hope you get it sorted. unfortunately it doesnt take much to write off a z4 these days, so might be buying it back and repairing it yourself.
Well my insureance said claim through his if hes at fault.
BUt then when i finally got his details, hes said all mine, tried for 2 hours to get through to mine but couldnt
No everyone around just drove off no one else stopped
well quote for fixings just come back at nearly 5k
Repeairing my self wouldnt bother me, but its the headlight thats hard to source unless BMW have them in at silly price, also the annoying part of it costing money when theyve pulled out into my path of travel, but like others have said maybe if i hadnt have braked and gone straight into side it would be seen more there fault
BUt then when i finally got his details, hes said all mine, tried for 2 hours to get through to mine but couldnt
No everyone around just drove off no one else stopped
well quote for fixings just come back at nearly 5k
Repeairing my self wouldnt bother me, but its the headlight thats hard to source unless BMW have them in at silly price, also the annoying part of it costing money when theyve pulled out into my path of travel, but like others have said maybe if i hadnt have braked and gone straight into side it would be seen more there fault
Sorry to hear about the accident! I always worry about getting the insurance involved in these situations as they will write off the car just because it's 'old'.
I wouldn't buy a new headlight from bmw as they would be extortionate, there's a few knocking about on ebay
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225275062263?hash=item347370a7f7:g:BUUAAOSweStjZnIh&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoLzKqGE6g9g5z%2BBt03MbusgGY8T3VBQXv7UWFi8YVTjQAXJHRteLjGca7v%2BHT3XLYZntTZqXqFPZ9gZdiCJl%2Fr4nFOe4tSbiArPe9xTbLekc10iyr7tQ921Hy%2FJyVB4hjNA0hlxFRSzHKmWbTiB0fjzjCLlVdsv46t0JpQi5pNJ%2B%2B6myfu0NN8aHSKjtEqktNls8XKOj7mYEZgRopniz5Yo%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5KkxIbBYQ
I wouldn't buy a new headlight from bmw as they would be extortionate, there's a few knocking about on ebay
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225275062263?hash=item347370a7f7:g:BUUAAOSweStjZnIh&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoLzKqGE6g9g5z%2BBt03MbusgGY8T3VBQXv7UWFi8YVTjQAXJHRteLjGca7v%2BHT3XLYZntTZqXqFPZ9gZdiCJl%2Fr4nFOe4tSbiArPe9xTbLekc10iyr7tQ921Hy%2FJyVB4hjNA0hlxFRSzHKmWbTiB0fjzjCLlVdsv46t0JpQi5pNJ%2B%2B6myfu0NN8aHSKjtEqktNls8XKOj7mYEZgRopniz5Yo%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5KkxIbBYQ
yeah looking online around 900 as mines bi-XENON
If it was me that crashed into something static, I would look at fixing it myself. but its as hes pulled infront of me then hes trying "he`s hit me from behind" when its the side of his bumper Ive gone into im fuming about it.
If it was me that crashed into something static, I would look at fixing it myself. but its as hes pulled infront of me then hes trying "he`s hit me from behind" when its the side of his bumper Ive gone into im fuming about it.
Its insurance aproved repairer, theyve quoted on
FRONT BUMPER COVER
GRILLE BADGE
L.F GRILLE
R.F GRILLE
FRT BUMPER AIR GRILL
FRT NO PLATE REINF
FRONT NUMBER PLATE
LEFT HEADLAMP ASSY
FRT TOWING EYE COVER
FRT BUMPER MNTG RAIL
FRONT IMPACT DAMPER
FRT BUMPER SUPPORT
FRONT PANEL SUPPORT
CONDENSER
L.F AIR DUCT
R.F AIR DUCT
FRONT PANEL
L.F BUMPER BRACKET
R.F BUMPER BRACKET
L.R BUMPER ELEMENT
FRONT PANEL SURFACE PAINT
FRONT BUMPER NEW PART PAINT K1R
FRT TOWING EYE COVERNEW PART PAINT K1R
E.P.A. CHARGE
CAR CARE KIT
SYSTEM RESET
AIR CON REGAS
Labour: £466.50 Paint Materials: £517.76
Parts: £2,986.86 Additional Items: £151.00
Total Excl VAT £4,122.12
Total Incl VAT £4,946.54
Yeah when his insurance said oh weve it down as your fault, thats part thats pissed me off the most
FRONT BUMPER COVER
GRILLE BADGE
L.F GRILLE
R.F GRILLE
FRT BUMPER AIR GRILL
FRT NO PLATE REINF
FRONT NUMBER PLATE
LEFT HEADLAMP ASSY
FRT TOWING EYE COVER
FRT BUMPER MNTG RAIL
FRONT IMPACT DAMPER
FRT BUMPER SUPPORT
FRONT PANEL SUPPORT
CONDENSER
L.F AIR DUCT
R.F AIR DUCT
FRONT PANEL
L.F BUMPER BRACKET
R.F BUMPER BRACKET
L.R BUMPER ELEMENT
FRONT PANEL SURFACE PAINT
FRONT BUMPER NEW PART PAINT K1R
FRT TOWING EYE COVERNEW PART PAINT K1R
E.P.A. CHARGE
CAR CARE KIT
SYSTEM RESET
AIR CON REGAS
Labour: £466.50 Paint Materials: £517.76
Parts: £2,986.86 Additional Items: £151.00
Total Excl VAT £4,122.12
Total Incl VAT £4,946.54
Yeah when his insurance said oh weve it down as your fault, thats part thats pissed me off the most
biojo said:
I'm no expert but all this sounds ridiculous. I've had my bumper and headlight damaged before. Bumper was £80 off someone on the forum and headlight was £200 (or around £800 for xenon)
Both simple diy jobs that even I managed by myself. To total that up to £5k is ridiculous. The thing is they are breaking down every little part of the bumper and sourcing that new from BMW, so it's completely extortionate
OP. Looking at the google street view and what you have said, I can see you may have several problems here.
You did run into the back of him, no matter what the circumstances.
The exit from the A656 onto the roundabout looks like the majority of the hatched lines are missing (worn out). The Audi driver can use this.
I couldn't see any signs warning of a roundabout on the A656. It does look like it is a 'feeder lane' from the roundabout to the A642 from google TBH, even though it isn't. The Audi driver can use this too.
I would think the best you are going to get is a 50-50 insurance claim, worst is 100% your fault.
IMHO of course! :|
You did run into the back of him, no matter what the circumstances.
The exit from the A656 onto the roundabout looks like the majority of the hatched lines are missing (worn out). The Audi driver can use this.
I couldn't see any signs warning of a roundabout on the A656. It does look like it is a 'feeder lane' from the roundabout to the A642 from google TBH, even though it isn't. The Audi driver can use this too.
I would think the best you are going to get is a 50-50 insurance claim, worst is 100% your fault.
IMHO of course! :|
yeah the road markings are bit poor around there, but surely he cant use that against me?
as for hitting him in back, yeah side rear of car (basically his corner bumper was grills on z4) as hes about 1-1.5 max car lengths from where the white lines used to be
The audi was going onto the m1, so was going straight on at the roundabout, so not turning left there
as for hitting him in back, yeah side rear of car (basically his corner bumper was grills on z4) as hes about 1-1.5 max car lengths from where the white lines used to be
The audi was going onto the m1, so was going straight on at the roundabout, so not turning left there
I might invest in a dash cam.
Hard to imagine from the photo’s, but sounds like he didn’t give way at the give way line, entered from the side road and then stopped straight into your path.
If that’s true, and he’s hasn’t given you any reaction time, surely his failure to ‘give way’ is at minimum 50% the cause of the accident?
Hard to imagine from the photo’s, but sounds like he didn’t give way at the give way line, entered from the side road and then stopped straight into your path.
If that’s true, and he’s hasn’t given you any reaction time, surely his failure to ‘give way’ is at minimum 50% the cause of the accident?
insurance will always try and get away with it being the other persons fault especially when you hit them from behind (hopefully they're also not trying to claim whiplash too). without any witnesses or dashcam footage i think best case is 50:50 unfortunately. Your quote does look massive..im surprised its not a write off at that price. Fingers crossed for you to get it sorted.
