[SteveinArizona]

Someone apparently hit me on the passenger side and put dents in both passenger side doors and drove away.

so my car has been at the body shop. In the meantime, I asked Enterprise for a "luxury" car and got a Mustang convertible. Wow...what a dog compared to my BMW 530e. I didn't appreciate how smoothly my car runs until I had to drive the Mustang.

Yesterday afternoon I got my car back. Now I truly appreciate it.

[LogicalApex]

Awesome! Glad it is back and in good condition.

Did you use a BMW Certified Body Shop and how do you feel about the repair quality?

[hlothery]

Originally Posted by SteveinArizona

Someone apparently hit me on the passenger side and put dents in both passenger side doors and drove away.

so my car has been at the body shop. In the meantime, I asked Enterprise for a "luxury" car and got a Mustang convertible. Wow...what a dog compared to my BMW 530e. I didn't appreciate how smoothly my car runs until I had to drive the Mustang.

Yesterday afternoon I got my car back. Now I truly appreciate it.

I'm always amazed, when I'm forced to drive a rental for a few days, how wonderful the BMW platform is. We hear a lot of bitching on this forum, and others. But these are fantastic cars we drive, and I am very thankful every day that I drive one. Glad you got your car back. Love my M550!

[mffarrell]

Great! Please post pictures before and after.

[crypto]

Originally Posted by SteveinArizona

Someone apparently hit me on the passenger side and put dents in both passenger side doors and drove away.

so my car has been at the body shop. In the meantime, I asked Enterprise for a "luxury" car and got a Mustang convertible. Wow...what a dog compared to my BMW 530e. I didn't appreciate how smoothly my car runs until I had to drive the Mustang.

Yesterday afternoon I got my car back. Now I truly appreciate it.

Sucks @ the hit and run but glad you got it back.

It's funny -- I had been tracking the progress of the current GT500 for quite some time. I was convinced that's what I wanted to get as my next vehicle. I went from a 2010 535xi to a 2014 F150 Limited which I still have. My wife's brother came to visit last summer (2019) and his rental was Mustang GT. I drove it and while I know there's a massive difference between the GT and the GT500... it was at the moment I made up my mind I was going back to BMW.

[f30modern]

Once you go BMW it's difficult to go back to anything else unless you're Porsche. I don't want to test drive a 911. I'm only in my 20s the 5 series is good enough for me!

[SteveinArizona]

Originally Posted by LogicalApex

Awesome! Glad it is back and in good condition.

Did you use a BMW Certified Body Shop and how do you feel about the repair quality?

My insurer is GEICO. The collision center that is part of the dealership group from which I bought my BMW was not one of their approved contractors. BUT...the collision center associated with the other major seller of BMWs was on the list.

So I used that collision center.

From what I can tell, they did a great job. I went first to the center associated with my seller to see if I should just get it repaired by myself (I have a $1,000 deductible). They told me that they didn't think the doors would repair well being aluminum and would likely need to be replaced which would be relatively pricy.

The center I did go to tried to repair the dents. But they told me they were unhappy with the repairs and they replaced the doors (the skin of course...all the internals were moved including the soft close motors).

Then, of course, they painted the doors (Bluestone metallic). It also looks like they detailed the whole car. The car looks great.

But I was fortunate that a BMW dealership collision center was on the GEICO list.

[LogicalApex]

Originally Posted by SteveinArizona

My insurer is GEICO. The collision center that is part of the dealership group from which I bought my BMW was not one of their approved contractors. BUT...the collision center associated with the other major seller of BMWs was on the list.

So I used that collision center.

From what I can tell, they did a great job. I went first to the center associated with my seller to see if I should just get it repaired by myself (I have a $1,000 deductible). They told me that they didn't think the doors would repair well being aluminum and would likely need to be replaced which would be relatively pricy.

The center I did go to tried to repair the dents. But they told me they were unhappy with the repairs and they replaced the doors (the skin of course...all the internals were moved including the soft close motors).

Then, of course, they painted the doors (Bluestone metallic). It also looks like they detailed the whole car. The car looks great.

But I was fortunate that a BMW dealership collision center was on the GEICO list.

Glad to hear that the BMW Dealership Collision Center was on the list as well!

I'd love to see some pictures.

[SteveinArizona]

Originally Posted by LogicalApex

Glad to hear that the BMW Dealership Collision Center was on the list as well!

I'd love to see some pictures.

I don't have any good pictures of the damage and after the repair, it just looks like it came out of the plant.

After two and a half years of ownership of the vehicle, I am not into taking pictures like I did when it was new.

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