Alright guys....need some help if anyone knows anyone up there. Some friends of mine came down for a visit for Hyperfest and well.....we broke the E92 M3...as you can see below....Ooops.

Yes....that would be pieces of the differential...

This actually happened the day after (on Sunday) and we were headed over to Five Guys for some burgers.

We took the stickers from the HPDE off of it before BMW roadside came but it is a slightly modded vehicle and would like to make sure we don't get hassled since really the part that broke (REALLY broke) was not really related to modifications....

If anyone knows anyone and would like to "refer me" to them it would be greatly appreciated.

Alberto....you would appreciate the carnage. lol

 

Good luck man. I hope you get her all fixed up

 

I know someone has to know someone.

 

Know anyone on any BMW forums?

 

Im sure my buddy is over there looking. We know the parts manager really well. Just trying to see if anyone knows a service manager or not. They aren't able to look at the car till tomorrow anyway.

 

I hear ya. Kinda bothers me that its all in who you get on such and such a day whether or not your **** gets fixed

 

Unfortunately.... as we all know ....dealers will sometimes make ANY excuse not to warranty a car with ANY type of modifications to it. We're just trying to cover all the bases so there aren't any issues. Just better safe than sorry since the owner and home for the car is in New Jersey. It shouldn't have broken especially given the beefiness of it after we inspected it. Trucks don't even have bearings that big.

We're thinking there must have been stress cracks given how the front and rear covers sheered.

 

Hey Robbie I might know someone. Gimme a sec to verify. I sent him a message on FB and waiting for his reply.

 

Here's what my friend said. Robbie let me know what you want to do. Or I can hook you guys up so you can talk directly.

 

More update...

My friend's name is Peter ****. So I guess just call and say you're sent by Peter ****.

Hope this helps!

 

Nevermind guys and gals. Thanks for the help though. I made a few calls and it turns out I know both the GM and the Service Manager up there. They used to be Nissan guys...go figure.

 

Noice

 

Wow-impressive indeed

 

Well that's lucky. Hope all ends well.

 

Yoooo I saw you guys towing the e92 into the development while I was at my girlfriends house that is being built!!! I was like WTF is an e92 m3 being towed for... It had the #14 on the side of it and looked sick!!!
Sorry to hear what happened to the car...hope it gets fixed soon!!

 

Well.....here's an update....despite having known the GM and service manager they are not sure they will be able to warranty it.

I just got back from up there b/c they're convinced we hit something with it to cause that amount of damage. Really?....Come on man....Im an honest person....and you know me....if we hit something I'd tell you and be asking for your help with it. But we didn't. We had it brought up here b/c the owner lives in NJ, it has minor modifications and didn't want to deal with a typical dealer giving us BS excuses on how the big brake kit caused the differential to break.

The conversation pretty much consisted of me showing them the video of where it broke and us towing it back in with the differential dragging on the ground (sound included, lol) and trying to explain EXACTLY how it happened.

Here'e part of the conversation after they saw the video and they took me back to see the parts...and when I start loosing faith in the cause....icon14:

Them: "Whats the number on the car and why is it muddy?"

Me: "The number is from the owner taking driver education classes at summit and so is the mud."

Them: "well isn't summit a paved track?"

Me:"Are you serious?"..."yeah it is but have you been there?"..."You do realize there is no "parking lot" unless you're in the pit area (which we were not) and it was raining Saturday"

Them: "Oh"..."Well our concern are also these dents on the exhaust piping where you hit something...but we don't see any concrete or anything.. and we don't know what it's from."

Me: "Thats because you're looking at the top of the exhaust and thats the indentations from where the differential fell on it and where we propped it up so it could get on the flatbed"
"You would see the impact on the BOTTOM of the exhaust if it hit something..."

To sum things up....

A regional technical rep has been dispatched (obviously this isn't a frequent event for such a new high performance vehicle) to inspect the parts. Basically...the dealer won't even make the decision. The rep will look and get "what happened" and what "they see" from them and make the decision whether BMW would pay the dealer for the warranty work,

Things aren't looking so good for the warranty claim...but we'll see.

And for the record...Im ok with someone saying you did X and that is why it broke and not covered....thats fine...just don't try and stretch things to point at what "may have" caused it.

/Rant

 

Nice...You should've stopped by and seen the carnage in person. lol

You didn't happen to see the Dodge Ram do the 180 degree slide in the street to spin around and tow it did you? lol

Your GF getting one of the new units that are being built?

 

No I didn't see the Dodge Ram do the 180...lol.

Yes my girlfriend is getting one of the new units right across the street that you guys were turning into. You will see my Z a lot out there. I have DC tags and am PPW with a black roof and other cosmetic mods so you can't miss me. If you live over there we have to meet up sometime. I'll pm you my number.

 

What did you do?

 

i know a good amount of mechanics and a master tech at VOB BMW. but thatzs kinda far away from u robbie...