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Well, the 2012 X5 35d BMW SUV is at 175,000 miles, and while still going strong, the wife-mate has been jonesing for a pick up for years, and is deeply concerned that just maybe it's time to retire i...
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Well, actually, when I posted that last one, I had only put 4,000 miles on it, but I digress.
At 4,260 miles, I got rear ended. The video from my rear facing dash cam shows the little white car Waaaaaaaaay back there as I slowed to a stop on the highway to make a left turn. Speed limit in that area is 55, and driver had at least 10 seconds warning before impact, and did slow down some. The story was saw a stop was needed, put arm out to keep dog in passenger seat from hitting the dash. But then evidently forgot about the stopping part.
Anyway, damage to truck is about $14,000. No one was injured, although dog did still hit the dashboard, no doubt with less force than it might have. For a number of reasons, including fighting with insurance, parts availability, and getting scheduled into body shop for repairs, we may not have use of the truck until mid-August.
I guess this proves we just can't have nice things, eh?
Bummer dude. But that look like the truck is still totally driveable.
go get a trailer place to slap a new hitch on it and hit the road.
hopefully you had a hitch in the receiver.
An exterrr long pintle hitch wards off rear Enders pretty well.
good luck. Terrible your new truck got smushed a little.
Yes, the truck is drivable. But the bumper now aims at the ground, both rear fenders are wrinkled, and the rear subframe is bent. Slapping a new hitch on it will neither work nor satisfy. Body shop says $14,000 damage. Being brand new I am now going to settle for a half-assed fix.
