they hurt my baby! - United Bimmer Community

**Cellardoor** · 07-08-2005, 03:57 AM

So some fucker thought it would b a good idea to hit the front end of my car while it was parked in a shoping plaza lot. i didnt notice the damage till i got home and walked around my car so you can imagein my dismay at finding both my kidney grills compleatly missing and the metal around them bent in to hell! luckily the didnt get the bumper or the head lights and they mercifuly avoided the new hood! but i have now noticed that on start up once every few times the car idles rough around 1k untill it warms up. and also every once in a while it will sound overly loud when being reved between 2 and 3k other then that it sounds compleatly normal. so please any thoughts guys? the temps are the same, the OBC reads all a ok, and no hoses or fans seem to be pinched or overly loose. im at a bit of a loss so any thoughts would b appreciated! thanks guys!

-Hutch-

**komodo** · 07-08-2005, 04:22 PM

That sucks. I'm sorry.

Do you have any pictures of the tragedy?

**xsperf** · 07-08-2005, 05:29 PM

sry to hear that, FYI you will need to replace your nose piece(thats the metal around the grills) and obviously the grills

good luck

**Cellardoor** · 07-08-2005, 06:23 PM

yea i went to my auto body shop and he has me all squared away and luckily my ins will cover it with not boost to my premium

otherwise i would b paying 537$ outa pocket. any one with any thoughts on the rough/high idle and such? and harry, u are a sick sick man lol

but yes ill see if i can get you some pics when its not raining.

-Hutch-

**xsperf** · 07-08-2005, 06:37 PM

no thoughts, cant really pinpoint the problem, because rough idle is one of the problems that can be 3000 things, can you be more specific?

**Cellardoor** · 07-12-2005, 12:14 AM

not really any more then i already was with where its rough in the RPM and such :-\

-Hutch-

**Addicted?** · 07-12-2005, 12:38 AM

does your idle get rough say when you are driving and you put in the clutch real fast and let the rpms drop...

David

witeshark · 07-12-2005, 01:16 AM

Hope you are in repair soon. Lousy bastard that hit your car >

**Cellardoor** · 07-12-2005, 12:05 PM

Dave,
no, once the car warms up the idle is fine.

-Hutch-

**Chris** · 07-16-2005, 07:46 AM

he didn't hit the car it sounds like... it sounds like he stole the kidney grilles...next civic you see with z3 fender flares and a kidney grille... get your grille back!

**Cellardoor** · 07-17-2005, 03:09 AM

haha i would have thought taht except for the severly bent metal around the grills and such.

-Hutch-

**bmw4life** · 07-18-2005, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisdoesntknow

he didn't hit the car it sounds like... it sounds like he stole the kidney grilles...next civic you see with z3 fender flares and a kidney grille... get your grille back!

lmao

**BMWLotAttendant** · 07-19-2005, 12:22 AM

Sorry to hear that....oh dude! I'd be uber pissed.

That sucks! Good thing the Insurance has got it covered and your premium doesn't go up.

Next time, your car deserves to be preserved....park across the street and walk.