Looking for ex-owner white M3F80 from California

[Jim45678]

Hello Everyone,

I'm looking for exOwner of mineral white M3 F80 model 2018. I just bought it yesterday and i'm wondering if the ex owner is here and could give me few information about the car. It would be great to connect.

Anyways, you can expect a lot of questions regarding the car from me I will use search button heavily - promise!


About the car: 2017/09 (model 2018) mineral white, 30K miles, bought from IAAI auction yesterday in Fontana CA. The car had accident on 30/Apr/2021 but cannot see any damage at all


Pics of the car below.

[damageprone]

Crankhub

[Ervin87]

What did the auction house disclose? Those are generally very high risk, as you cannot see damage in pictures, but a whole different story in person.

[Jim45678]

In auction it stated:

Loss: Collision
Primary Damage: Mechanical
Secondary Damage: Suspension

[Jim45678]

Originally Posted by damageprone

Crankhub

If that's the reason of the sale, then what cost i'm looking at?

[Tecnniqe]

Originally Posted by Jim45678

In auction it stated:

Loss: Collision
Primary Damage: Mechanical
Secondary Damage: Suspension

Do you know what kind of collision and did they disclose what type of mechanical and suspension damage?

[damageprone]

Originally Posted by Jim45678

If that's the reason of the sale, then what cost i'm looking at?

Worst case would be a new engine, but this issue seems blown out of proportion. With it being an insurance auction and you see no damage, it very well could be, but you won't know until you check it out. That could explain the mechanical part, but with secondary damage being suspension, most likely not.

Another possible scenario could be they ran over something, cracked the oil cooler starving the engine of oil, messing up suspension while at it. Like in this thread https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1550991

[Jim45678]

Originally Posted by Tecnniqe

Do you know what kind of collision and did they disclose what type of mechanical and suspension damage?

nothing more was stated there in the auction.
Now i'm getting worried

Carfax states as below:

[Tecnniqe]

Originally Posted by Jim45678

nothing more was stated there in the auction.
Now i'm getting worried

Carfax states as below:

Have you tried contacting the DMV? Seems like they would know.

It's reported as a total loss too but that depends on the insurer and what they do.
Is it too expensive to fix?
Cheaper to get a new one?
Yadayada

[Jim45678]

PS: my only thoughts are the rear left wheel might be hit and damaged rear diff?
the rear wheel seems to be crooked and they especially attached photo. take a look

[2011ninja]

How much did you pay for the car?

I can't tell from pictures if the hood it just open or damaged.

Take it to a body shop have it checked take it to dealer have it checked

We're all speculating at this point

[icebiker]

Yes the left rear wheel looks off. The front surface of the tire/wheel doesn't look in line with the plane of the wheel arch. I agree the hood looks off too but likely because it wasn't fully closed.

[11LMBiSTT]

Vin? More Pics? Is the interior Sahkir Orange / Red?

[petar7408]

Yea if you got a GREAT deal you might just start parting it out

If its sak orange interior, I'll swap drivers side doors with you + $$

[Jim45678]

Originally Posted by 11LMBiSTT

Vin? More Pics? Is the interior Sahkir Orange / Red?

yes, its Shakir Orange interior. Do you know the car? VIN starts with: WBS8M9C51J.....
Under the hood nothing suspicious pls see the pics.

I'm not planning to part it out, it was too expensive :P

[11LMBiSTT]

Originally Posted by Jim45678

yes, its Shakir Orange interior. Do you know the car? VIN starts with: WBS8M9C51J.....
Under the hood nothing suspicious pls see the pics.

I'm not planning to part it out, it was too expensive :P

PM me the last 7 of the Vin. Might just be my buddy's old car.

Pic of rear bumper where I can see the diffuser area will help as well.

[Jim45678]

Originally Posted by 11LMBiSTT

PM me the last 7 of the Vin. Might just be my buddy's old car.

Pic of rear bumper where I can see the diffuser area will help as well.

VIN sent in PM.

Couldn't attach pic in PM so here you go. These are the only pics i've got now from the end. I shall have more pics in two days once they release the car.

[Gxmmtme]

Originally Posted by Jim45678

yes, its Shakir Orange interior. Do you know the car? VIN starts with: WBS8M9C51J.....
Under the hood nothing suspicious pls see the pics.

I'm not planning to part it out, it was too expensive :P

Too expensive and a total loss in the same sentence is a yikes from me.

[11LMBiSTT]

Originally Posted by Jim45678

VIN sent in PM.

Couldn't attach pic in PM so here you go. These are the only pics i've got now from the end. I shall have more pics in two days once they release the car.

It's not my buddy's car. Good luck figuring it out tho.

[Tecnniqe]

Originally Posted by Jim45678

VIN sent in PM.

Couldn't attach pic in PM so here you go. These are the only pics i've got now from the end. I shall have more pics in two days once they release the car.

Maybe the mechanical is the differential and the suspension speaks for itself because it looks like it slid into a curb on the rear left side.

Hard to tell.

[horsepower_and_hounds]

If it really damaged the rear suspension, and tore the diff carrier loose in any spots and or bent that area at all and damaged the drive shaft they would have total loss'd it. My accident caved the rear fender in and pushed the diff over 3/8 inch...the area it mounts too is too complex and most places dont want to try and fix

[Nativetexan]