When Things Don't Go According To Plan - BMW E30 320i - Project Marbais: Part 6 (Patreon)

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2021-12-16 23:45:32

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2021-12

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I'm not even sure how to start. I'm absolutely heartbroken, ashamed and feel like I've let everyone watching this down. You'll understand as you come to the end of the video and stop reading here if you don't want to read spoilers.

Not how I imagined this going. Think I pushed myself too hard, rushing to finish the project, rushing to finish the video. That took a toll on me and I ended up making a stupid mistake. Harmless corner on a wet, slippery road through the forest and the rear end broke loose.
Tried to correct it but to no avail and it helplessly slid off the road. Rather slowly but the front end of E30 is made of cheese so it looks worse than it actually is.

I feel totally fine and no one else was around thankfully. I'm beating myself pretty hard about this because I do know better, I'm always extremely careful and never overdo it. But wrong weather, wrong car, inexperience with a light, gripless rear end of E30 and it bit me.

It was emotionally difficult for me to finish this video. Went back and forth, what to do, what to say. In the end, honesty and owning up to your own mistake is the only way.

I have full kasko (full coverage) insurance on the car so I'll see what happens there, but I'll do my best to fix it. I'm already searching for a donor car. The engine doesn't look like it was pushed back, the wheels are still straight. The hood, fenders and front apron are gone. The rest I'll see when I disassemble everything.

I purposefully don't want to turn this into some clickbait drama. Just going to learn from my mistake, fix it and carry on.

Michel, I know you are on here. I'm sorry again, didn't want to do this to your baby.

In other news, I did buy a crashed E39 M5 from a subscriber. One of those too good to pass up deals and the plan is to build E39 M5 Touring one day. More on this later.

Thank you again for your support, love you all and happy holidays!

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When Things Don't Go According To Plan - BMW E30 320i - Project Marbais: Part 6

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