E30 Zone

hit an oil slick today, just after a little drift on a rounabout, fishtailed about 4 times and eneded up going up large curb square on.

ripped the spoiler clean off, also smashed the sump into about 8 bits, and also ripped the oil feed off.

bent something on the steering and pushed the offside engine mount back a bit.

gutted to be honest, i may look for another engine, or may have to frag

took some pics from the scene.

stevotheevo wrote:hit an oil slick today

Bummer Dude!
Gotta be a claim going in to the Council then.

Could have been worse..

Feel for you fella.

Ouch! Sorry to hear that bud!

what speed were you doing??
feel for you

Nasty mate, least no one was injured.

doesnt look like a particularly high kerb. is your car very low?

Nightmare mate gutted for you.

fuzzy wrote:doesnt look like a particularly high kerb. is your car very low?

yep, -60 all round.

Thats shitzen mate
Was it yourself who recently lowered your car with the hottuning suspension?
Another good reason for me not to lower my car

oakey wrote:Thats shitzen mate
Was it yourself who recently lowered your car with the hottuning suspension?
Another good reason for me not to lower my car

it was mate, although the suspension seems ok, i guess its a risk you take.

ive found a couple of engines on ebay, so maybe i'll resurect the beast.

Your new sig made me chuckle. Shame about the car.

Cloud wrote:Your new sig made me chuckle. Shame about the car.

had to something to cheer myself up.

just trying to secure a deal on an engine at the moment

Try and claim on the council mate. Im about to claim off the council near me for a bent 8j alpina hit a pot hole, they have even put a aerosol ring around it so they know its there.

Bet your wishing you had asked you brother for pointers drifting now










Only jokin mate , Saw his comments in the meets thread , Law did a similar thing in my old e30 so is repairable mate

you cant claim you hit an oil slick when it was obviously your car that left it there

BigBavarian wrote:Try and claim on the council mate. Im about to claim off the council near me for a bent 8j alpina hit a pot hole, they have even put a aerosol ring around it so they know its there.

maybe they dont, maybe that aerosol spray was put to warn motorists by another motorist? to have a chance of claiming it needs to be proved that the council knew about it from previous reports and had failed to act.
i dont know exactly how youd prove that but my mate ended up giving up after getting the runaround for months.

oil pump ripped off too Why do you need a new engine? i'm guessing you switched it off pretty quick?

Unlucky. I've got a sump if you want one

ive got a sump and oil pump if you need one £50 posted to your door

stevotheevo wrote:hit an oil slick today, just after a little drift on a rounabout, fishtailed about 4 times and eneded up going up large curb square on.

I'm sorry but that excuse made me chuckle, its up there with 'swerved to avoid a deer'

ive lost it before on a damp road and ended up putting my car i a ditch boot floor,n/s qtr,back panel and rear wheels all bent good and proper i was only traveling at 40mph and i had been round the same corner 1000's of time faster than i was going i put it down to hgv's leaving there fuel on the road and i was well gutted

or you just lost it? i've binned a 318i and hit a tree on crimob day in the wet. I was just going to fast and ran out of talent

Simon13 wrote:or you just lost it? i've binned a 318i and hit a tree on crimob day in the wet. I was just going to fast and ran out of talent

you can ask danthe what happened at the he was with me in the passenger seat at the time

lack of talent yes, but to be fair i've never tried drifting on oil before.

all the same i know its my own fault, what a c0ck.

also, i managed to snap the oil feed pipe, and the engine has done near 200k, so new engine time.

only problem is, my taxi has been off the road for 2 weeks with a blown tiptronic gearbox (warranty) so with an extreme lack of funds looks like i'll be waiting a few weeks.

Must feel like a right peenarse crashing your car which has driftworks stickers on it..... whilst trying to drift.

OUCH! must ov been a bit ,,,get ya spanners out & fix it you know you want to,,,,
what's a matter too spicey for ya! a bit of an animal
try len1 for a real sump guard.i got mine off him,pbmw style

Theo325 wrote:Must feel like a right peenarse crashing your car which has driftworks stickers on it..... whilst trying to drift.

its a learning curve theo, today i learnt not to drift on oily roads with curbs higher than the sump.

lesson learnt