[city1991]

Originally Posted by micvite

Sad to say this will be the last bmw I'll ever own, was fun while it lasted but my curse runs deep... every BMW I've had got totalled during 3rd month of ownership and this hasn't been the exception... Sadly my car is gone. Let's reiterate what totalled means: it means the car cost more to fix than it was worth. Doesn't mean I crashed the cars, doesn't mean a tree didn't fall on them just means they weren't worth fixing. Since everyone wants the story's or at least wants to keep accusing me without knowing the stories: f10 m5 bought back in may 2020 with 100k miles: hit by speeding drunk audi driver in august same year , car totalled due to trunk floor being pushed in (20k repair estimate vs 23k car value), e93 335i purchased July 2021 155k mikes rear ended September same year while sitting at a traffic light by a kid on his phone, car totalled due to trunk being pushed in and convertible roof not working (car value 10k initial repair estimate 8k) 2011 328xi purchased October 2021 149k miles, parked on the street, rear ended by someone who lost control in the snow Jan 2022 car value 7k damage 8k. F90 m5 purchased August 2021, set to be delivered December 2021: damaged at port by bmw November 2021, damaged unknown, but enough that they couldn't sell it due to 3% rule. Now let's talk about how those cars and accidents have anything to do with my driving skill, please I'd love to hear how you'd avoid your car from being hit while parked, I really would.

Edit: Apparently my wife is more upset about the car than I am and wants to order another lol...

Broken clavicle sprained ankle and hip.

Edit 2: since people can't seem to fathom that you go to the ER after a crash and don't take pictures of the car immediately. Nor can they fathom that police will tow the car from the scene of the accident to a TOW YARD and not just leave the car on the side of a highway, I'm going to explain this: THE FREAKING PICTURES ARE AT A TOW YARD, ACCIDENT DID NOT HAPPEN ON THAT ROAD AND ARE TAKEN 2 DAYS AFTER THE FACT. Accident DID happen on the garden state parkway which is THREE LANES in either direction divided by barrier or more commonly trees.

Added picture of where the cars battery was disconnected aka location and time of crash as well as pictures from the crash scene since somehow no one understands cars get towed from the accident scene...

Damn so sorry for you. Glad you are doing ok.

[WraithM5]

Originally Posted by micvite

Glad to hear your expert analysis on what really happened! Please enlighten me and everyone else.

I'm curious as to what really happened . Anyone can make claims. You're telling me a raccoon caused the F90 M5 with an excellent AWD system that has minimal traction issues in a complete downpour with all assists on went sideways while you were braking? Really? Unless you were on bald cup 2's or on ice I don't believe you. Glad you're okay but really?

[Alpine_F82]

BMWs is the only thing that has kept you alive when you go to another brand you might die

[micvite]

Originally Posted by WraithM5

I'm curious as to what really happened . Anyone can make claims. You're telling me a raccoon caused the F90 M5 with an excellent AWD system that has minimal traction issues in a complete downpour with all assists on went sideways while you were braking? Really? Unless you were on bald cup 2's or on ice I don't believe you. Glad you're okay but really?

5k miles on pirelli p zero (not the corsa) rears were maybe half tread from doing a few skids, definitely nowhere near bald. I agree with the awd system I could floor it from a stop in the wet and barely had any issues. The fact that there was fluid trail on the road means the racoon busted something, what that was? Who knows. Racoon went left to right (driver side to passenger side) and I'm pretty sure I hit it right in the middle of the car. Could've been a radiator that burst, trans cooler, possibly oil cooler (assuming it went through the center grille with the radar sensor and messed with stuff in there). Heck I've hit a tiny dog before at 55 mph and broke an oil cooler on the rx8, thankfully wasn't a big spontaneous leak but it did break and bend the bracket and everything, so whose to say the aux coolant reservoir didn't bust open at 85? It's in the same spot.
Believe what you will, I never expected the car to go sideways either, caught me completely off guard. Now that I'm looking throught the manual to see what it could've been, power steering is a candidate based on position, maybe a brake line if it went through say the aux cooler and smacked something (which would explain lack of abs the second time around).

[micvite]

Originally Posted by Alpine_F82

BMWs is the only thing that has kept you alive when you go to another brand you might die

I have/had plenty of other cars lol, but indeed big German cars are safe

[Capt Canuck]

Originally Posted by stewie177

Sorry posting from the UK here - how big are racoons? 100/200kgs? I hit a 150kg deer in my F90 and didn't right off the car; but like the OP walked away.
They are a safe marque, don't let a bit of bad luck turn you off

Think a large badger. Similarish form, just generally a bit bigger.
On there own they aren't writing off anything, but if they are adjacent to woods look out and badger innards are noitoriously slippery ;-)

[Adris]

I am from Europe, sorry, but I don't understand that part where you complain about repair cost? Are people allowed to own cars in the US without insuring them?

[Bimmer5]

Glad you're doing ok, very unfortunate this has happened to you. I agree with some of the other posts be thankful you were driving a BMW it certainly held up well in a horrific accident.

[micvite]

Originally Posted by Adris

I am from Europe, sorry, but I don't understand that part where you complain about repair cost? Are people allowed to own cars in the US without insuring them?

First of all yes, in the usa if you own the car and don't have a loan, you can just get liability insurance which basically means your car is NOT covered in an accident unless it's someone else's fault(and this usually has a minimum of 5k in coverage which is laughable), otherwise anything you do including hit an animal is out of pocket expense. Secondly notcomplaining, I'm explaining why the vehicles were totalled, with insurance if the repair cost estimate is more than 50-90% of the cars value depending on what state you live in, they will refuse to repair the car and just write you a check for what the car is worth.

[m4lex]

These cars save lives…. In any other you'd likely be dead. I'll never leave the brand. Call it luck but I attribute my survival to the brand after my last one was totaled. Thank gosh you are alive.

[ufgtrs2007]

Thank God you're ok and you were in a BMW; any other car, the outcome may have been different. God Bless.

[TEGRITY]

Sorry mate. Hope you get well soon and this is last of unfortunate events for you.

I had a crash in my F82 and walked out unscathed. Wife and I felt like we went over a speed bump a bit too fast. When we got out, the front end was destroyed but we escaped with not even a scratch. So BMW is def doing a good job there.

Hope your next car is lucky as for you mate!

[CoffeeLife]

Im sorry to hear that man. I totaled my 18' M2 in 2019 and feel your pain. I specifically went back to the brand as others just couldnt match the BMW feel + it kept me safe during a high speed impact 110kph / 70mph. Bought a mustang GTcs right after but quickly found myself ordering the M2c within 6 months of owning the mustang.

Hope you have a quick recovery and can get back in a car you love.

[HerkHealer]

Originally Posted by WraithM5

Is the " hit a raccoon" thing going to become a new meme now? The F90 breaking loose like that does not at all make sense, I'm sorry but this is BS.

It could definitely happen. If he was on a run at say 120mph and hit a raccoon, the impact could literally shear a Tie Rod or End Link off causing the wheel to completely fail and you would lose all control of the vehicle.

That's just One example of how he may have lost control.

[G82Anxious]

Cars are replaceable. Your life is not. I am glad you're ok. I have taken care of tons of people after various trauma that comes from all walk of life and the one thing they have all in common is they are happy to be alive. Stay safe and whatever car you order next…enjoy!

[CamasM3e93]

Recommend used Suburban or perhaps an h1 Hummer and some term life insurance.

[jnotrom711]

Originally Posted by micvite

Yeah these cars are resilient haha, this is my f10 after a drunk audi s4 driver rear ended me doing 150+ in a 55... claimed his dog jumped on his lap so he couldn't hit the brakes and I'm like wtf were you even doing going so fast... Saturday night, plenty of traffic etc... but I barely even felt anything, just the headrest airbag deployed (the ejecting headrest) and that was it. Walked away with nothing albeit I was moving so I guess impact wasn't so bad.

I already chimed in once earlier in the thread... and to everyone else, wether the OP is full of it or not, who cares?

If he isn't full of **it, the car is wrecked due to a raccoon.

If he IS full of **it, the car is wrecked due to driver error, and poor judgment.

In the case is full of **it, the chances of OP owning up and coming clean are next to zero. So who cares? A large majority think OP is full of **it, and the rest are happy he's alive wether or not he's full of **it. Regardless, is not really relevant.

I will say one thing however, which is why I quoted the above post...

This one I feel like needs MORE explanation....

Unless you were going 125-130 MPH also , and he rear ended you at 150, there is NO chance this was a wreck from someone going 150 mph. Unless like I said you were going 115-125MPH....Both his car, your car, and both of you would be obliterated, including the dog. No matter what car you were in, BMW or not. 150mph both cars would scattered all over the road, accompanied by arms, legs, hands, intestines,... you get the point... Thats an impact of at most 30-35MPH. Even if you were going 100, and he was going 150, the damage would be MUCH more.

Only other way this is true is if he barely grazed you as he flew by out of control, followed closely by his car and body scattered all over the highway in a ball of flames.

No chance you wouldn't "feel it" even if you were going 60mph, someone traveling 150 would cause you to completely lose control and the other driver blown to pieces, who knows where he would end up.

I recently witnessed someone in an F150 blow a stop light and blast a car turning left, she was going maybe 40-45MPH at most. The truck flipped, she had to be cut out of the truck, the other car blown to pieces, also had to be cut out. that was 45mph impact.

This is Henry Ruggs who was assumed going 127MPH, both cars obliterated and fatality.

So.... with that said....

Bro, listen..... part of the reason you get so much backlash is comments like this above where is CLEAR hyperbole, or trying to convince people you did nothing wrong. And other comments in the squealing brake threads, how you slam on your brakes coming to stop every time, and then blast others for not knowing how to drive, and why our brakes squeal and yours don't. And others where you claim you drive (don't remember the number, but I could find it, I think you said like 30K miles a month).... its not mathematically possible to drive that much, unless you smoke a TON of meth. even 20k a month is 6-700 miles a day, every single day, still would require a lot of Meth

at any rate, i'm still glad you're ok, sucks the car is wrecked so quickly after getting it.

I couldn't care less why and how this particular accident in question happened, the point is it did happen, and luckily you're safe and alive.... i'm simply letting you know on the forum, you rub a lot of people the wrong way, and its the comments that are clear as day, obviously not true, people call it out. It seems you think people deny logic, and then when someone questions you, instead hearing them out and acknowledging it, or giving a valid explanation, you become extremely defensive and try to push the BS even more. Not a good look. (not saying the raccoon is not a valid explantation, simply saying some dont think it is, and some other things you say are not valid at all)

Rear ended by someone doing 150? not a chance. Drive 30k miles month, highly highly unlikely, not with out some very drastic information you're leaving out, like meth, or other people driving the car while you're asleep. Raccoon & Totaled brand new M5? plausible I suppose.....

But whatever, you're ok, the car is gone, some people believe you, some don't, and some could care less.

[RJV3]

Very sorry for your loss. But I must stress to you to look at this in 2 ways. Yes every beamer you owned got totaled, but every beamer that was totaled you are alive to tell the story.

Aside from the injuries, I can assure you that those cars are built tough and from what I can tell, the structural integrity of the cabin was maintained.

Had you had a Honda, you most likely would not be here.

I can understand the trauma caused by such a loss. But try your best not to let that ruin your love for these cars. They are super fun, exciting to drive, exciting to mod and most importantly, they are safe!

[micvite]

Originally Posted by jnotrom711

I already chimed in once earlier in the thread... and to everyone else, wether the OP is full of it or not, who cares?

If he isn't full of **it, the car is wrecked due to a raccoon.

If he IS full of **it, the car is wrecked due to driver error, and poor judgment.

In the case is full of **it, the chances of OP owning up and coming clean are next to zero. So who cares? A large majority think OP is full of **it, and the rest are happy he's alive wether or not he's full of **it. Regardless, is not really relevant.

I will say one thing however, which is why I quoted the above post...

This one I feel like needs MORE explanation....

Unless you were going 125-130 MPH also , and he rear ended you at 150, there is NO chance this was a wreck from someone going 150 mph. Unless like I said you were going 115-125MPH....Both his car, your car, and both of you would be obliterated, including the dog. No matter what car you were in, BMW or not. 150mph both cars would scattered all over the road, accompanied by arms, legs, hands, intestines,... you get the point... Thats an impact of at most 30-35MPH. Even if you were going 100, and he was going 150, the damage would be MUCH more.

Only other way this is true is if he barely grazed you as he flew by out of control, followed closely by his car and body scattered all over the highway in a ball of flames.

No chance you wouldn't "feel it" even if you were going 60mph, someone traveling 150 would cause you to completely lose control and the other driver blown to pieces, who knows where he would end up.

I [...]

Perhaps he wasn't going 150, I'm going by what he said to me, not really good at judging the speed of a car in an accident. But here are some pics with bumper removed, also left quarter was pushed so far in couldn't open the door anymore and the whole trunk floor was mangled up to the seats more or less (will post pics when I find them) but basically he hit me and pushed me along and eventually he slowed down and we both moved over and exchanged info.

Looking at some crash tests from the active hybrid 5, my car had worse damage than their 50 mph rear end test, also keep in mind we were both already moving so less resistance to speed me up vs a parked car so it's safe to say he was doing at least 50-60 more than me. Man I love keyboard experts.

30k miles a month? 1k a day that's 14-16 hours driving a day, adding in some food and stop and stuff for another 2-3 hours gives me anywhere between 5-8 hours of sleep a night which is absolutely doable but im sure you did the math on that too, now you're gonna say when did I have time to part out the cars and such, that's where my business partner comes in, that's what he did. I'm sure I could dig up some rental receipts if I cared enough.
But I must say the whole rubbing people the wrong way? Love it, it's amusing honestly. Especially when I have hard evidence supporting some of my claims (such as the fact the accident didn't happen at the scene of the pics lol) you either like me or you don't, and I personally don't need or care if you do. Helps get rid of so called fake friends as well, so if I do really need something I know I can count on the people around me.
Brakes? Here's the owners manual, go argue with bmw im over it, they literally call it CORRECT BRAKING lol

[Vivalamatt]

What time did the crash occur at?

[micvite]

Originally Posted by Vivalamatt

What time did the crash occur at?

1:30am

[jnotrom711]

Originally Posted by micvite

Perhaps he wasn't going 150, I'm going by what he said to me, not really good at judging the speed of a car in an accident. But here are some pics with bumper removed, also left quarter was pushed so far in couldn't open the door anymore and the whole trunk floor was mangled up to the seats more or less (will post pics when I find them) but basically he hit me and pushed me along and eventually he slowed down and we both moved over and exchanged info.

Looking at some crash tests from the active hybrid 5, my car had worse damage than their 50 mph rear end test, also keep in mind we were both already moving so less resistance to speed me up vs a parked car so it's safe to say he was doing at least 50-60 more than me. Man I love keyboard experts.

30k miles a month? 1k a day that's 14-16 hours driving a day, adding in some food and stop and stuff for another 2-3 hours gives me anywhere between 5-8 hours of sleep a night which is absolutely doable but im sure you did the math on that too, now you're gonna say when did I have time to part out the cars and such, that's where my business partner comes in, that's what he did. I'm sure I could dig up some rental receipts if I cared enough.
But I must say the whole rubbing people the wrong way? Love it, it's amusing honestly. Especially when I have hard evidence supporting some of my claims (such as the fact the accident didn't happen at the scene of the pics lol) you either like me or you don't, and I personally don't need or care if you do. Helps get rid of so called fake friends as well, so if I do really need something I know I can count on the people around me.
Brakes? Here's the owners manual, go argue with bmw im over it, they literally call it CORRECT BRAKING lol

Here we go again.

Whatever you say man... everyone including myself, knows your completely full of **it, most just don't call you out.

I didn't say you were full of it about the raccoon incident.

I said you were full of it about 150mph rear end accident. Even if you were moving with that minimal damage. (glad you did admit maybe an exaggeration about the 150mph)... but there is my point... you exaggerate a lot, which leads people to not believe your raccoon story. A lot of it is utter nonsense.

Driving consistently 1,000 miles a day? again, I call BS. I didn't say is isn't doable, once or twice. I said math mathematically impossible with out other factors in play. Like someone else driving with you, or a lot of meth.... But, you didn't say in the other thread it was doable, you made the claim you consistently drive or used to drive @30k miles a month. Its BS.

Do I believe you have driven 1,000 miles in a day before, once? Maybe.. Even more than once? Sure. I'll even give you that its plausible you drove that much for a week or 2. (doubtful though). I've driven 1200 miles in one day before, so I know its possible, from Phoenix to Seattle straight through. It was stupid, I was exhausted and was delirious at times. I left phoenix at 4-5AM, and arrived in Seattle around 1-2am, so it took me @20 hours with no sleep. Was a terrible idea. Doing it every day for 31 days straight ??? Hahahah, no F'in way... Not with out some serious drugs could ANYONE do that. including you. Not to mention driving that much in 1 month you'd need your car serviced multiple times, likely tires, lol. No way. Not a chance. So stop trying to act like anyone believes you.

You're going to maintain you basically drove from New York to Los Angeles, and back, 5-6 times in a month? 3000 miles one way, 10x a month? Every month? Just Stop. You sound silly bro!

But consistently? everyday? driving 1,000 miles? Not a chance. its nearly 17 hours of driving at an average of 60mph, not accounting for stopping for gas, food, stop lights, residential roads, side streets etc. So unless you're cruising at 120mph the entire time, not a chance, even if you are, I call BS... But, If thats your answer, and you are cruising 120 all day, everyday, 1000 miles a day... then that kinda debunks the raccoon story there doesn't it? Thats everyones point right there... Slow the F down before you do kill someone or yourself.... But again, you didn't average 120mph for 1000 miles either... Allegedly, You drove 2x Daytona 500s everyday of the month, for multiple months? No days off? Thats A LOT of meth! So in that case, less meth, less driving, would serve you well.

Anyway, Ain't no one buying what you're selling bro.

So no, I don't believe you. No one else does either.

Do I like you? I have no idea i've never met you, a good chance I probably would like you? Am I your friend? I wouldn't say we are, no. But not because I don't like you. its because Ive never met you, and I don't really consider forum folks friends, unless ive met them and hung out.

Do I dislike you? Again, I have no idea, i've never met you, theres equally good chance I wouldn't like you, and we for sure wouldn't be friends.

In either scenario its irrelevant.

What I don't like is a 24 year old with 3 totaled BMWs and a series of lies, exaggerations, hyperbole not owning up to anything, and continuing to battle multiple fake stories. (the raccoon story not included in that, its plausible, again, doubtful it went that way, but its entirely possible) the others tho? getting rear ended at by someone going 150mph, moving or not, not even feeling it? BS. driving 1000 miles a day for months at a time? BS. Stomping on your brakes getting ABS to activate at every single stop light, intersection, drive through? Just so your brakes wont squeak? BS.

Thats what I don't like.... Take it as a learning moment, own up to your BS, and quit acting like we don't all know better.

But I maintain, glad youre ok, and walked away from ALL your crashes, including Raccoon-Gate.