There was learning' done that day, kids man. =:D My son roached his little GTI in high school, driving like a testosterone fueled moron. I fixed it well enough to keep using, and he drove that beat to hell car till he graduated, never hot rodded his cars again.
My buddies and I had an enormous paddock where we would all go and fang our (cheap shit) cars soon after we got licenses. Excellent fun, extremely low risk, let us get our stupids out in a safe environment. Highly recommended - but it was obviously one of the perks of living outside of a major city.
True, there wasn't enough run-time for the loss of oil to do any real damage to the engine. But replacing the sump and pump and other things are going to cost quite a bit, even compared to a radiator. (Which might have gotten a bang too while they were at it.)
I more expected him to park inside that truck. Then I expected him to park with that trashbin/skip inside the engine. Then I thought he was going to give the camera man a love tap. It was a wild ride from start to finish for me!
The cooler up front wasn't broken, so I doubt the rad was hit. The suspension is the least of his concerns when part of the oil pan is on the sidewalk.
The decision making was about as bad as possible. Straightened the wheel up to let it head directly towards their friends holding the camera - what the fuck is THAT about?? idiots.
Come on, man. They're just kids. Most of us look like that. I promise, it says nothing about or personalities other than that we have the stupidity of youth. :)
Im hoping its the radiator, oil pan, bell housing, and transmission. He tries to drift and as soon as it starts, numbnuts decides to just stop turning. This is the best outcome for the world, really.
Most big European brands still have lots of parts available at a fairly good price. Volkswagen, BMW, Audi, Merc,... parts are mostly all readily available. Working on restoring a 95 VW Golf MK3 myself atm and I have no issues finding parts (new OEM, new aftermarket or second hand)
Oh I know. I'm in auto insurance as an appraiser. Some cars really dont hold up to curb hits. Dodge Challenger and Charger comes to mind. Oversized wheels and thin cast suspension parts results in those wheels just falling off.
The sump/oil pan is definitely smashed - that's the part you can see fly off. The radiator itself looks fine, so there is probably a water hose somewhere which got popped off - contributing the water to the mix.
That's oil. The broken part on the ground is the oil pan, you can see the pan with the fins under the car with the gaping hole. Warm oil is pretty thin. Source: Mechanic AND e30 owner. The oil pan on most BMW sits pretty damn low as they are not meant for offroading a curb. You can see the cooler still being intact, so that's not the rad as it sits a bit higher than that. And coolant that color would mean serious lack of maintenance.
ActionJohnnie
Cul du suck
michiyl
Someone realized it's easier to drive over the curbs this way in GTA than in real life
fsharpminor3s
NorrinxRadd
Oil isn't a good fertilizer
flemkin
Snijbonenmolen
Driving so roughly that even the car had to throw up...
MendoncycleSmith
There was learning' done that day, kids man. =:D My son roached his little GTI in high school, driving like a testosterone fueled moron. I fixed it well enough to keep using, and he drove that beat to hell car till he graduated, never hot rodded his cars again.
dogmatix
My buddies and I had an enormous paddock where we would all go and fang our (cheap shit) cars soon after we got licenses. Excellent fun, extremely low risk, let us get our stupids out in a safe environment. Highly recommended - but it was obviously one of the perks of living outside of a major city.
OverOneThousandManatees
Understeer, which is what happened there, is the ugly cousin of oversteer, which is what i guess this was an attempt at.
ElectricSlideOrchestra
I had a roommate that had an E30 325iS and he dead-centered a light pole in an empty parking lot, fucking around like this in the rain.
MrsBeansDad
noReallyIamPrincessBob
Wow, he kind of sucks at doing donuts.
BigSwede7403
That's the oil sump. Of the two, breaking the radiator would have been the better thing to break by far.
criggie
To be fair, at least the engine was stopped immediately, limiting future damage.
BigSwede7403
True, there wasn't enough run-time for the loss of oil to do any real damage to the engine. But replacing the sump and pump and other things are going to cost quite a bit, even compared to a radiator. (Which might have gotten a bang too while they were at it.)
Kaputter
87cubed
Unless you can afford to buy a new car's worth of parts, that's a new car, not new parts.
BodgeandScarper
@UncleSlam123 ...it *was* a nice car...
UncleSlam123
But then “dude uuuuh broke his radiator” Great find here!
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necessity
Fucking lol'd @ "Can this thing even drive without its radiator".
Destro24
Good news it wasn’t the radiator. Bad news is that the oil pan is shot, or ripped in this situation.
stargrey
you expected something else from a bmw driver. didn't even use the turn signal.
Interleaver11111111
Whatsup122
Looks like you needed a coolant flush anyway!
kriswinters
I'm not a carologist, but that doesn't look good.
DidItForScience
Nah bro, just keep it posi-vibed maaaan you can do anything if you put your mind to it!
Evenmoreuselessname
It's totaled. Not just the engine, the suspension is pushed back. Headed to the junkyard
BlackMoira
Time to call Car Talk with Martok
darkninja2992
I'm not a geologist, but i don't think that looks good either
GSA1386
They busted the jugular valve
TheVakarian
Is it bad when the car dies from blood loss?
ScienceIsNotALiberalConspiracy
...and hopefully they get a fine from the EPA for that oil spill.
texscot
In this administration? Probably get a new testicla and a trump phone
wadatahmydamie
This EPA? No, they’ll send the health secretary over with a straw
HandoB4Javert
...and a penknife
DOcelot1
And a pocket full of raccoon penis
HandoB4Javert
kitnnicole9
@UncleSlam123
UncleSlam123
Wow, driver is absolutely stun locked, praying that this somehow isn’t real! Great find!
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cheeriossuckbecause7
Hope he had bus money.
spittleteets
we all knew where he was going to park...
18booma
I more expected him to park inside that truck. Then I expected him to park with that trashbin/skip inside the engine. Then I thought he was going to give the camera man a love tap. It was a wild ride from start to finish for me!
solrev
Can’t park There mate
YourCatPower
there is no police so he can
JaimeLannistersRightHand
Fahk off
Yakeshinu
Garwoodxx
He broke more than the radiator.
colinstu
oil pan too. Ouch.
MapleSyrupMafia
The cooler up front wasn't broken, so I doubt the rad was hit. The suspension is the least of his concerns when part of the oil pan is on the sidewalk.
Yasashii93
Yeah, his daddy’s trust.
wadatahmydamie
You’ve said “daddy” an above average number of times on this post
xj4low
The way these kids look, that was broken long ago.
ElectricSlideOrchestra
I hardly think an E30 318i would break his father's trust fund.
Juddyouclown
Yeah this is an old one and convertible nobody wants it. 5k tops
MapleSyrupMafia
No, but it will break the hearts of e30 owners.
scoutMoonDiver
Idiots of Imgur
UncleSlam123
Yup you’ll see this clown car again in 2 idiots posts!
MrFancyPanzer
He should have braked as soon as he was heading for the curb. this is just stupid, he had plenty of time.
kaneinencanto
Inexperience. Exactly why someone that young shouldn't have even remotely muscle-y cars.
dogmatix
The decision making was about as bad as possible. Straightened the wheel up to let it head directly towards their friends holding the camera - what the fuck is THAT about?? idiots.
AnythingMuchShorter
It seems like he thought (very wrongly) that he could hop it. But that is nothing like an offroad vehicle.
Jayboots
Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of people.
RayMC
Come on, man. They're just kids. Most of us look like that. I promise, it says nothing about or personalities other than that we have the stupidity of youth. :)
DildoMussolini
I'm sick to death of teens' mild indiscretions not haunting them for life! If it were up to me they'd never be allowed in a car again!!!
LitigiousWhelk
It's interesting that you assume the comment was about their looks, and not their behaviour.
MeatyMouthfeel
Hopefully he just busted the radiator. It's a BMW, so should only set him back $7k or so for parts.
perlninja
Nah, the entire oil pan because, well, there's a huge chunk of it visibly on the ground XD So that'll be 17k for parts :D
Yasashii93
*should only set his daddy back $7k or so
DidItForScience
I thiiiiiiink it's a 1991 E30 318i? So probably cost him $6k - $9k for one in that hoopty condition.
ElectricSlideOrchestra
As well as the entire left front suspension and fender.
backrideup9
Im hoping its the radiator, oil pan, bell housing, and transmission. He tries to drift and as soon as it starts, numbnuts decides to just stop turning. This is the best outcome for the world, really.
Marsupialmessiah
Thats a 1990s bmw, good luck finding parts.
bikergeek6249
You'd be surprised, BMW keeps parts around for older models a lot longer than you might think.
VR6C
Most big European brands still have lots of parts available at a fairly good price. Volkswagen, BMW, Audi, Merc,... parts are mostly all readily available. Working on restoring a 95 VW Golf MK3 myself atm and I have no issues finding parts (new OEM, new aftermarket or second hand)
perlninja
Oh you can still find parts for E34's - just expensive AF.
xj4low
From the under shot, it's the radiator, oil pan, and suspension.
GerbilHereReportingLiveFromRichardGeresAss
And the whole fender too.
xj4low
Front wheel and suspension is torn up allowing the wheel to be pushed back.
cropduster5000
Hitting curbs is a lot worse than a lot of folks might expect.
xj4low
Oh I know. I'm in auto insurance as an appraiser. Some cars really dont hold up to curb hits. Dodge Challenger and Charger comes to mind. Oversized wheels and thin cast suspension parts results in those wheels just falling off.
cropduster5000
A buddy of mine totaled his mustang hitting a curb with just the front right wheel, and not even going that fast 😐
esbi72
That's the oil pan
dohcohv
Unless the oil pan was filled with rusty water. It's way too thin to be oil.
AnythingMuchShorter
It's hot oil
dogmatix
The sump/oil pan is definitely smashed - that's the part you can see fly off. The radiator itself looks fine, so there is probably a water hose somewhere which got popped off - contributing the water to the mix.
LordHosk
its oil and water from someplace.
backrideup9
If his coolant was that old to be that brown, then its all for the best.
MapleSyrupMafia
That's oil. The broken part on the ground is the oil pan, you can see the pan with the fins under the car with the gaping hole. Warm oil is pretty thin. Source: Mechanic AND e30 owner. The oil pan on most BMW sits pretty damn low as they are not meant for offroading a curb. You can see the cooler still being intact, so that's not the rad as it sits a bit higher than that. And coolant that color would mean serious lack of maintenance.
Gort207
Both