Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

Michaell

Inspector for the Jetta has come and gone. No issues that were big enough to charge me over - the ding in the right front door wasn't big enough to warrant repair.

The inspector was driving a Focus - he didn't like it at all. 86,000 miles and he's up for a new company car soon. His choices were:

Focus
Escape
Fusion
Altima
Sentra
Kicks

Any guesses as to what he picked?

(BTW, his personal car is a MINI Cooper S with a stick shift)

28firefighter

I'll guess an Escape.

roadburner

Michaell said:

Inspector for the Jetta has come and gone. No issues that were big enough to charge me over - the ding in the right front door wasn't big enough to warrant repair.

The inspector was driving a Focus - he didn't like it at all. 86,000 miles and he's up for a new company car soon. His choices were:

Focus
Escape
Fusion
Altima
Sentra
Kicks

Any guesses as to what he picked?

(BTW, his personal car is a MINI Cooper S with a stick shift)

Assisted suicide?

stickguy

my guess was Escape too.

xwesx

I suspect he opted for the Kicks, assuming he likes his Cooper.

xwesx

My mother is up for a new tractor at her company. Her current one is a 2014 model year, if I recall correctly, and has about 650,000 miles on it. It's the last of its breed, with a manual transmission, and she is not looking forward to the replacement unit. However, the business metrics say the truck is past due (by about 150,000 miles) for replacement, so she has no choice in the matter.

Apparently, the company went through a rough patch a couple years back, so fleet refresh has a backlog of deferred replacements. She simply told them, "I don't mind if you just put my name last on the list, but either you get me into a new truck soon enough that I can get used to it before winter, or wait until spring." She's hoping for the latter!

stickguy

they running automatics now on big rigs? I rented a lot of Freightliner Ryder trucks (26' box, 26,000# GVW) and they were always Allison ATs. Worked just fine, but I also never had much weight in it.

I did once get an International (before the new freightliner models came out) with a stick. Had to return it. Either the clutch or gearbox was shot, because it was complete guesswork what gear (if any) you were in, and slipping the clutch seemed to be required.

qbrozen

Michaell said:

Inspector for the Jetta has come and gone. No issues that were big enough to charge me over - the ding in the right front door wasn't big enough to warrant repair.

The inspector was driving a Focus - he didn't like it at all. 86,000 miles and he's up for a new company car soon. His choices were:

Focus
Escape
Fusion
Altima
Sentra
Kicks

Any guesses as to what he picked?

(BTW, his personal car is a MINI Cooper S with a stick shift)

If it were me, I’d have no choice but the Fusion. So I’ll go with that for the appraiser.

corvette

There was a big expose in the Detroit paper a few days back about the defective dry-clutch DSG transmissions Ford used on the Focus and Fiesta. Seems like there are a lot of unhappy owners.

Michaell

corvette said:

There was a big expose in the Detroit paper a few days back about the defective dry-clutch DSG transmissions Ford used on the Focus and Fiesta. Seems like there are a lot of unhappy owners.

I read that whole article. Almost like the Pinto situation, all over again.

Mullaly must be furious, given everything he did to change the culture.

nyccarguy

qbrozen said:

Michaell said:

Inspector for the Jetta has come and gone. No issues that were big enough to charge me over - the ding in the right front door wasn't big enough to warrant repair.

The inspector was driving a Focus - he didn't like it at all. 86,000 miles and he's up for a new company car soon. His choices were:

Focus
Escape
Fusion
Altima
Sentra
Kicks

Any guesses as to what he picked?

(BTW, his personal car is a MINI Cooper S with a stick shift)

If it were me, I’d have no choice but the Fusion. So I’ll go with that for the appraiser.

+1 on the Fusion

Michaell

Bzzzzzzt.

Altima.

I did not comment on his choice.

nyccarguy

corvette said:

There was a big expose in the Detroit paper a few days back about the defective dry-clutch DSG transmissions Ford used on the Focus and Fiesta. Seems like there are a lot of unhappy owners.

Didn’t somebody’s sister have one of these cars with a lot of transmission problems?

jmonroe1

Michaell said:

Bzzzzzzt.

Altima.

I did not comment on his choice.

I'm not surprised and he probably wanted a black one too.

jmonroe

tjc78

xwesx said:

My mother is up for a new tractor at her company. Her current one is a 2014 model year, if I recall correctly, and has about 650,000 miles on it. It's the last of its breed, with a manual transmission, and she is not looking forward to the replacement unit. However, the business metrics say the truck is past due (by about 150,000 miles) for replacement, so she has no choice in the matter.

Apparently, the company went through a rough patch a couple years back, so fleet refresh has a backlog of deferred replacements. She simply told them, "I don't mind if you just put my name last on the list, but either you get me into a new truck soon enough that I can get used to it before winter, or wait until spring." She's hoping for the latter!

Does she drive in Alaska on the ice roads like on the TV show?

ab348

corvette said:

There was a big expose in the Detroit paper a few days back about the defective dry-clutch DSG transmissions Ford used on the Focus and Fiesta. Seems like there are a lot of unhappy owners.

Funny you should mention that. I posted the link to the Detroit newspaper article either here or in Cars & Conversations last week. Then tonight Automotive News sends out a bulletin saying that Ford had announced to its dealers that all of those Fiesta and Focus transmissions are to be fixed for free:

https://www.autonews.com/regulation-safety/ford-tells-us-dealers-repair-small-car-transmissions-free

andres3

roadburner said:

28firefighter said:

Supposedly they are more comfortable than the usual M sport seats.

There is $2250 lease cash, $1000 loyalty, and I have $1000 OL. Assuming I did max MSDs and the crazy WA licensing, it'd be $483/month including tax with 0 drive off except MSD...more than I want to spend but not bad for what basically amounts to an M car.

My wife hates the base BMW seats. Like me, she prefers the Sport or(even better) the more aggressive M Sport seats. She's also a big fan of Recaros, bless her heart.

I've realized I prefer the S4 seats to the A4's...significantly.

andres3

mjfloyd1 said:

jmonroe1 said:

andres3 said:

jmonroe1 said:

@andres3, waay late on the congrats but I like your color combo. A beige interior is better looking than black but it takes a little work to keep it looking good but it's worth it in my opinion.

How did you decide to go with Carvana? Did any of us in here talk you into it. I know I sure liked them. Don't know how they beat my dealer by more than $2200 but I'm glad I gave them a try. I damn near gave myself a bald spot trying to figure that out.

Give us a report after you give it the ole @andres3 break in or after the first ticket, whichever comes first.

jmonroe

Can't afford any more tickets right now, as I have one pending "nasty" one where the CHP caught me during a momentary burst of acceleration zooming away from the clog of a left lane camper (think Mel Gibson screaming "Freedom!!!!!" in Braveheart). Apparently the Alltrack's tune got me into big trouble as I was told I was going faster than I thought. Fast enough where the State wants me to appear the 25th in front of a Judge, and not just take my money over the internet or phone.

I also need to do traffic school for the minor sign violation the cheap $99 lawyer lost. $325 already paid to the State on that one.

The plan for the "Nasty" ticket is to plead to the lesser charge at arraignment. For some reason the Officer wasn't confident in his spurious radar reading, only 2 MPH over a threshold, so he wrote me up for exceeding 65 MPH MAX (standard max speeding ticket VC as a 2nd code violation on the same ticket), in addition to the higher charge/speed. Good (not cheap) lawyer's great advice is to plead not guilty to the higher charge, and plead guilty on the lower charge to adjudicate the matter that same day, and get it over with, and offer to pay off the State without a trial. The judge might be hip to the plan right off the bat, because if he accepts, I cannot be tried on the higher charge any longer as I was already found "guilty" for the crime due to his acceptance of my guilty plea on the lower charge. Double Jeopardy and all that jazz. Therefore, by accepting my guilty plea, he has to throw out the higher charge that I plead "not guilty" to.

So the judge might say he doesn't accept my guilty plea on the lower charge, so that'll force me to dig in and set both for trial with a not guilty plea. That's when I'd have to officially hire my lawyer, who will go all-out full-tilt and try a Keller precedent defense which indicates being charged two codes/violations for the same crime is improper and unacceptable. Given the ridiculous nature of the Court's rumored attitude regarding speeders, the full-tilt defense has been decided by me to be absolutely necessary.

I'm told my CHP Officer is "TOUGH" and likely won't plea deal much. I'm told Kearny Mesa isn't the Court it used to be 10 years ago or more when I used to fight my own cases. Their reputation is now that of the Courts where I've had the worst experiences. They want their money, and they don't care how many rules, regulations, or laws they have to break to get it (remember the ignored letters case?). Funny, when I fought so hard for my change of venue in that "ignored letter" case, I did so under the stale belief that the Kearny Mesa Court was much better than El Cajon. Things change, and my anecdotal data is outdated by those in the "know." Can't believe it's been so long since I got my "motion" granted in that Court. The only Court I've succcessfully gotten any Motion to the Court granted while defending myself in a Traffic Case. The same EXACT motion that other Courts would deny for what I consider frivolous reasoning with the same circumstances.

C'mon man, that was a mouthful for sure. If I were you in addition to slowing down, I'd be all over your cars looking for a signal beeper that the CHP is homing in on as soon as you start your cars. With your driving record your DMV probably has them installed when you register your cars. Now you know why it takes so long for you to get your cars registered.

jmonroe

I’m confused. Was the ticket the fault of the APR tune or the “other bad drivers”?

Both! hahaha.

I'd say the main fault lies with the CHP officer that didn't let me off with a warning by offering sympathy for his lack of left lane camping enforcement that "forced me to speed up."

andres3

jmonroe1 said:

andres3 said:

jmonroe1 said:

@andres3, waay late on the congrats but I like your color combo. A beige interior is better looking than black but it takes a little work to keep it looking good but it's worth it in my opinion.

How did you decide to go with Carvana? Did any of us in here talk you into it. I know I sure liked them. Don't know how they beat my dealer by more than $2200 but I'm glad I gave them a try. I damn near gave myself a bald spot trying to figure that out.

Give us a report after you give it the ole @andres3 break in or after the first ticket, whichever comes first.

jmonroe

Can't afford any more tickets right now, as I have one pending "nasty" one where the CHP caught me during a momentary burst of acceleration zooming away from the clog of a left lane camper (think Mel Gibson screaming "Freedom!!!!!" in Braveheart). Apparently the Alltrack's tune got me into big trouble as I was told I was going faster than I thought. Fast enough where the State wants me to appear the 25th in front of a Judge, and not just take my money over the internet or phone.

I also need to do traffic school for the minor sign violation the cheap $99 lawyer lost. $325 already paid to the State on that one.

The plan for the "Nasty" ticket is to plead to the lesser charge at arraignment. For some reason the Officer wasn't confident in his spurious radar reading, only 2 MPH over a threshold, so he wrote me up for exceeding 65 MPH MAX (standard max speeding ticket VC as a 2nd code violation on the same ticket), in addition to the higher charge/speed. Good (not cheap) lawyer's great advice is to plead not guilty to the higher charge, and plead guilty on the lower charge to adjudicate the matter that same day, and get it over with, and offer to pay off the State without a trial. The judge might be hip to the plan right off the bat, because if he accepts, I cannot be tried on the higher charge any longer as I was already found "guilty" for the crime due to his acceptance of my guilty plea on the lower charge. Double Jeopardy and all that jazz. Therefore, by accepting my guilty plea, he has to throw out the higher charge that I plead "not guilty" to.

So the judge might say he doesn't accept my guilty plea on the lower charge, so that'll force me to dig in and set both for trial with a not guilty plea. That's when I'd have to officially hire my lawyer, who will go all-out full-tilt and try a Keller precedent defense which indicates being charged two codes/violations for the same crime is improper and unacceptable. Given the ridiculous nature of the Court's rumored attitude regarding speeders, the full-tilt defense has been decided by me to be absolutely necessary.

I'm told my CHP Officer is "TOUGH" and likely won't plea deal much. I'm told Kearny Mesa isn't the Court it used to be 10 years ago or more when I used to fight my own cases. Their reputation is now that of the Courts where I've had the worst experiences. They want their money, and they don't care how many rules, regulations, or laws they have to break to get it (remember the ignored letters case?). Funny, when I fought so hard for my change of venue in that "ignored letter" case, I did so under the stale belief that the Kearny Mesa Court was much better than El Cajon. Things change, and my anecdotal data is outdated by those in the "know." Can't believe it's been so long since I got my "motion" granted in that Court. The only Court I've succcessfully gotten any Motion to the Court granted while defending myself in a Traffic Case. The same EXACT motion that other Courts would deny for what I consider frivolous reasoning with the same circumstances.

C'mon man, that was a mouthful for sure. If I were you in addition to slowing down, I'd be all over your cars looking for a signal beeper that the CHP is homing in on as soon as you start your cars. With your driving record your DMV probably has them installed when you register your cars. Now you know why it takes so long for you to get your cars registered.

jmonroe

Actually, my DMV record is pristine. Like crystal clear. I know because my team checked. Looking into 1-year insurance policies to "game" the system should the need arise, from companies that don't check driving records upon renewals. Lock in rates while my record remains pristine. The traffic violator's school is incentive for exactly that purpose, if you didn't know! By doing traffic school, it "erases" the record.

My only blemish is that parking lot incident that wasn't my fault that got blamed on me even though I was moving 0.5 MPH vs. the other parties 20+ while watching my rear camera feed, while in reverse.

andres3

jmonroe1 said:

andres3 said:

jmonroe1 said:

@andres3, waay late on the congrats but I like your color combo. A beige interior is better looking than black but it takes a little work to keep it looking good but it's worth it in my opinion.

How did you decide to go with Carvana? Did any of us in here talk you into it. I know I sure liked them. Don't know how they beat my dealer by more than $2200 but I'm glad I gave them a try. I damn near gave myself a bald spot trying to figure that out.

Give us a report after you give it the ole @andres3 break in or after the first ticket, whichever comes first.

jmonroe

I went with Carvana in large part on the reported experience of higher offers from you and others on Edmunds forums/threads. Thanks for sharing!

I didn't get 2,200 more, but I'll take 1,624 more anyday of the week. It was so easy. Even the pick-up process was amazingly simple and streamlined.

So, you ARE capable of taking the advice of your poster buddies when you want to but somehow our advice to slow down and save yourself the cost of all those speeding tickets escapes you. If I had the money you have spent on speeding tickets and lawyers to defend you at all of your court appearances, I could burn mine.

jmonroe

Really haven't paid much for speeding tickets over the years. Most of the revenue generation has come from my lawyers winning the case ($0 to the State/People), or for red light violation that runs $555, while the sign violation was $290 but ended up being $325 due to my cheap lawyer (but he did delay the payment a good half year or more).

marcogallo1986

It’s a common Jen problem with the current generation last generation focus yes, cleared for stepping up to the plate and fixing them for free. I have a friend of mine who is had one since 2012 as well over 100,000 miles has had no issues as far as I know, he’s the type of person that would complain if he did but he has it he loves it. I’ve been in the car a couple of times maybe three seems good to me too. But I own one no just a car overall it’s OK brother have a scape or age or even current generation new Ultima with another friend of mine has numerous times she got it back in February drives good they tuned free tea well the best one they’ve told yet better than the one in my moms room just as good as the one that was in her Maxima.

marcogallo1986

Hi Michael, I’m going to guess that your inspector will get either the new generation Ultima, or escape potentially fusion, I know you’re supposed to only have one guess but definitely the kicks his out, even I don’t think I’d want that movie inside but so slow from what I read. And the focus he doesn’t like it so why would he get another one.

28firefighter

nyccarguy said:

corvette said:

There was a big expose in the Detroit paper a few days back about the defective dry-clutch DSG transmissions Ford used on the Focus and Fiesta. Seems like there are a lot of unhappy owners.

Didn’t somebody’s sister have one of these cars with a lot of transmission problems?

Mine. Still has it. It’s been fine since its 2nd transmission replacement.

andres3

pensfan83 said:

In PA if you drive less than 5,000 miles/year you are exempt from emissions testing. I take it CA has no similar laws or emission exemptions?

You expect CA to have common sense legislation, regulation, and laws? Hahahahhah!

There was a stabbing and home defense near me where a gun came in handy (in the news yesterday). I'm no gun fanatic, but apparently some idiot made a "lock it in a safe so it takes you forever to use it when you need it in an emergency" rule that would have prevented the right thing from happening yesterday.

Anyway, how about exempting all cars once they reach 25 years old? Instead of the static date CA uses.

nyccarguy

28firefighter said:

nyccarguy said:

corvette said:

There was a big expose in the Detroit paper a few days back about the defective dry-clutch DSG transmissions Ford used on the Focus and Fiesta. Seems like there are a lot of unhappy owners.

Didn’t somebody’s sister have one of these cars with a lot of transmission problems?

Mine. Still has it. It’s been fine since its 2nd transmission replacement.

See, I do pay attention

xwesx

tjc78 said:

xwesx said:

My mother is up for a new tractor at her company. Her current one is a 2014 model year, if I recall correctly, and has about 650,000 miles on it. It's the last of its breed, with a manual transmission, and she is not looking forward to the replacement unit. However, the business metrics say the truck is past due (by about 150,000 miles) for replacement, so she has no choice in the matter.

Apparently, the company went through a rough patch a couple years back, so fleet refresh has a backlog of deferred replacements. She simply told them, "I don't mind if you just put my name last on the list, but either you get me into a new truck soon enough that I can get used to it before winter, or wait until spring." She's hoping for the latter!

Does she drive in Alaska on the ice roads like on the TV show?

Oh, no. She has it way tougher than that. She rolls the I-5 corridor between Salem and Tacoma, round trip, five days a week! Oh, the stories she tells....

stickguy

nice 400 miles a day, probably with lousy traffic for much of it. But must be nice scenery, though doing it every day, probably have every tree memorized.

xwesx

Yeah, I think it would get real old, real fast. When the loads are ready on schedule, she doesn't have too bad a time of it. She typically leaves the yard, just north of Salem, at about 0300, so she gets through Portland before things get crazy. On the way home, if on schedule, she is back at the yard by about 1500, again keeping traffic reasonable. However, the real trick is getting through Portland without there being crashes. If there are, all bets are off. She has sat in traffic so long that her allowable time ran out, and then she ends up spending the night in the truck and cannot finish the trip until after midnight.

That sort of thing can snowball, too, because she's now low on time for the next day's trip, which means it has to go hiccup-free to make it back that day.

Not my idea of a fun job, tbh. I like to drive, but I don't think I would like to do it as a living.

mb_enthusiast

I test drove a BMW X7 xDrive40i today...yawn...

qbrozen

mb_enthusiast said:

I test drove a BMW X7 xDrive40i today...yawn...

Were you expecting to be excited driving something that large? Pretty sure cruiseship captains aren’t exactly on the edge of their seats. ;b

mb_enthusiast

qbrozen said:

mb_enthusiast said:

I test drove a BMW X7 xDrive40i today...yawn...

Were you expecting to be excited driving something that large? Pretty sure cruiseship captains aren’t exactly on the edge of their seats. ;b

I wasn't expecting to be excited. I thought the driving dynamics were unremarkable compared to my 2010 GL450, frankly. I had been anticipating an improvement over a 9-10-year-old car. It handled like a pig and felt every bit as big as it is.

I hope the 2020 GLS with E-Active Body is as good as everyone is saying it is. They don't have any demos with it on the 2020 GLE in my area, so I'm not hopeful that I'll have a chance to see if it's worth it before placing an order, unfortunately.

nyccarguy

That C8 Corvette is incredible!

nyccarguy

@andres3 - I see why you were hung up on a red S4. Waze re-routed me through 12 (ish) miles of back roads last night due to the insanely heavy Thursday night summer "getaway" traffic. Now these aren't the sweeping canyon back roads like you have out west. They are local, residential streets with low speed limits, lots of turns, curves, ups, & downs. Excellent place to test out what a car's steering and suspension are really made of. My Infiniti Q40 doesn't exactly shine. Anyway, the stunning, red S4 intentionally blew a stop sign (he didn't roll through it or even attempt to slow down) and was in front of me. Luckily I ALWAYS leave room in front of me. The roads were wet. My Infiniti was all over the road when I pushed it. Body roll. Squealing tires. Stability control light flickering. That S4 stayed flat and completely composed. He wasn't going slow either.

tjc78

What tires are you running ?

tjc78

xwesx said:

tjc78 said:

xwesx said:

My mother is up for a new tractor at her company. Her current one is a 2014 model year, if I recall correctly, and has about 650,000 miles on it. It's the last of its breed, with a manual transmission, and she is not looking forward to the replacement unit. However, the business metrics say the truck is past due (by about 150,000 miles) for replacement, so she has no choice in the matter.

Apparently, the company went through a rough patch a couple years back, so fleet refresh has a backlog of deferred replacements. She simply told them, "I don't mind if you just put my name last on the list, but either you get me into a new truck soon enough that I can get used to it before winter, or wait until spring." She's hoping for the latter!

Does she drive in Alaska on the ice roads like on the TV show?

Oh, no. She has it way tougher than that. She rolls the I-5 corridor between Salem and Tacoma, round trip, five days a week! Oh, the stories she tells....

Doesn’t sound like fun at all!

tjc78

xwesx said:

Yeah, I think it would get real old, real fast. When the loads are ready on schedule, she doesn't have too bad a time of it. She typically leaves the yard, just north of Salem, at about 0300, so she gets through Portland before things get crazy. On the way home, if on schedule, she is back at the yard by about 1500, again keeping traffic reasonable. However, the real trick is getting through Portland without there being crashes. If there are, all bets are off. She has sat in traffic so long that her allowable time ran out, and then she ends up spending the night in the truck and cannot finish the trip until after midnight.

That sort of thing can snowball, too, because she's now low on time for the next day's trip, which means it has to go hiccup-free to make it back that day.

Not my idea of a fun job, tbh. I like to drive, but I don't think I would like to do it as a living.

I’m going through something similar with Long Island. I have a job going up there and need a lot of backhaul off the Island. No trucker will touch a pickup after 5AM because they are afraid with traffic getting caught and timing out.

My PM up there is having trouble getting help that early. Fun times.

graphicguy

nyccarguy said:

corvette said:

There was a big expose in the Detroit paper a few days back about the defective dry-clutch DSG transmissions Ford used on the Focus and Fiesta. Seems like there are a lot of unhappy owners.

Didn’t somebody’s sister have one of these cars with a lot of transmission problems?

My son had a Fiesta with that wonky DSG trans. It was bad....very bad. I wanted him to file a lemon law claim. He wasn't up for the fight after seeing what I went through with the Cadillac.

The good news, that led him to the GTI, which has been a stellar car.

nyccarguy

tjc78 said:

What tires are you running ?

Hankook Ventus Noble S1
225/55 R17

28firefighter

Minor rear end collision in the X1 today. We were at a red light and some younger guy drove his Jetta into us. Minor damage but still really annoying.

tjc78

That's brutal... near the end of the lease too which makes it worse!

tjc78

nyccarguy said:

tjc78 said:

What tires are you running ?

Hankook Ventus Noble S1
225/55 R17

HMM, that's a good tire so I guess it's not that!

nyccarguy

28firefighter said:

Minor rear end collision in the X1 today. We were at a red light and some younger guy drove his Jetta into us. Minor damage but still really annoying.

Glad everyone is OK. Hopefully his insurance will cover everything. The best part of leasing, get it fixed & the "hit" is now BMW's problem.

fintail

The C8 does look impressive, GM has a hit on its hands, I think. Nice to see they still have it in them,

Yesterday in stop and go I5 traffic, a distracted Ram driver missed rear ending me by a couple inches, not a fun feeling seeing him approach too fast. I had the Distronic on, which is most useful in either a crawling slog or open roads.

marcogallo1986

@zwest agreed doesn’t sound like a fun job or your mom does Aron yes but your old quick I’m sure agreed with everyone else above.

marcogallo1986

@TJC where is this job you’re doing on Long Island.

marcogallo1986

@ 20 fire fire glad no one puts her

tjc78

marcogallo1986 said:

@TJC where is this job you’re doing on Long Island.

Nothing glamorous.... just some retail store work right in the center of the Island. I'm not there, just one of my ream.

marcogallo1986

@GG man you and your sun. Have had sum bad luck with sum car brands glad. You both have good cars that you both. Like now!

pensfan83

nyccarguy said:

28firefighter said:

Minor rear end collision in the X1 today. We were at a red light and some younger guy drove his Jetta into us. Minor damage but still really annoying.

Glad everyone is OK. Hopefully his insurance will cover everything. The best part of leasing, get it fixed & the "hit" is now BMW's problem.

Yep, I was irritated last year when the Acura had the hit & run but once it was repaired I realized the car looked like it did prior AND any dings on its Carfax are the problem of AFS.

28firefighter

I went ahead and, as a precaution, filed a report with WSP so I could have a report number. It was a kid and the parents want to handle it outside of insurance which is fine - I have their info if they choose not to. Headed over to a BMW collision center this afternoon to get an estimate.

I'm guessing $500 or less...