Re: My purchase of a 540 6 Speed

["Ron Buchalski" <rbuchals@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, as long as you keep you M3 TOTALLY STOCK, and plan to sell it before 
it's value depreciates too much, you may have added a small amount to it's 
resale value.

Once you add a cold air intake, aftermarket exhaust, strut bar, etc., and 
your car is no longer TOTALLY STOCK, it probably won't make a bit of 
difference.

I opted for the OEM windshield (without the BMW logo) because Safelite had 
it in stock.  A BMW windshield would have needed to be ordered through a 
dealer (they didn't have any in stock).  I couldn't wait, as I was getting 
my car tech'd for a driver's school, and the cracked windshield wouldn't 
pass inspection.

If BOTH windshields were available, and if my insurance company covered 
either one (so I was only going to be out my $100 deductible), I would have 
chosen the BMW windshield, even though there is no difference between it and 
the OEM glass.

By the way, if you look at your glass, you'll see SEKURIT, SICURSIV, SIGLA, 
SPLINTEX, etc.  (interesting that they all begin with 'S'!) These are the 
names of the glass manufacturer. The same names appears on glass with or 
without the BMW logo.

- -rb

- -rb

>
>Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 12:56:52 -0700
>From: James Lofgren <lofgren@domain.elided>
>Subject: Re: My purchase of a 540 6 Speed
>
>What an amazing story Donn related to us, and I can empathize with his 
>plight, albeit on a much smaller scale.
>
>Last Monday I had just purchased my '98 M3, and on the way home on the 
>interstate a truck kicked up a rock which hit my windshield.  You guessed 
>it, it left a bb mark in the driver's line of vision area, so the 
>windshield cannot be repaired but has to be replaced.  Its going to cost me 
>the first #250 under my deductible.  I guess the moral to our stories is 
>that bad luck can strike any time so make sure that you are adequately 
>insured.
>
>As an aside, I learned a lot about windshield replacements.  When calling 
>around, the first shop I claimed that the "premium" replacement was OEM. 
>The second shop clarified this, saying that the "premium" windshields come 
>from the same mold as the BMW version, but lack the BMW logo.  Even though 
>the two windshields were supposedly the same in quality, I finally opted 
>for the logo version, on the assumption that it would not detract from the 
>value of the car.  Anybody know if I made the right decision?
>
>Jim

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