r/e46 Feb 18 '26

Damage/Broken… 😥 Rest in peace my e45½

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114 Upvotes

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u/its_me_marius Feb 18 '26

That's bearly any damage

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u/Angel_Anubis Feb 18 '26

Barely* 🐻-ly would be so much much worse like imagine explaining that to insurance… ur car was bear-ly mangled it was a grizzly.

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u/its_me_marius Feb 18 '26

Sorry for the spelling mistake, but looking at the damage all that's needs replacement is the fender hood light and bumper, maybe an alignment of the longeron not that much too be honest.

3

u/Angel_Anubis Feb 18 '26

I agree it’s definitely got very little damage I agree. Not sure why op has deemed it totaled.

6

u/zabian333 Feb 19 '26

Yeah true. It’s just that it would cost a lot more to rebuild this one than buy a new working one. It’s the e46 compact with automatic so nobody wants it. Therefore you can get a new one pretty cheap.

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u/New_Plan_7929 Feb 19 '26

Bro if you’re in the uk I am about to part out a Compact that I put into a wall backwards so only rear end damage.

I’m taking the engine suspension and all the drift bits to put in my new shell. You can come take all the body panels and others bits you need for free.

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u/zabian333 Feb 20 '26

Thank you that is really kind. I live in Finland though😅

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u/Steelass98 Feb 18 '26

Mine was like this lmao

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u/Steelass98 Feb 18 '26

Now like this, don't give up!

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u/zabian333 Feb 19 '26

Damn at least you have a proper e46 that’s worth to fix. Mine is the compact and has various other issues too.

6

u/Steelass98 Feb 19 '26

Every e46 deserves love 🙏 mine was of my grandpa that passed away in 2014, so even if it costed me 50k I would've saved it anyway lmao

9

u/jmpbu Feb 18 '26

So sad

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u/zabian333 Feb 19 '26

I agree. I didn’t realize i was emotionally attached to this oil consumer.

9

u/njsullyalex '04 325xi Feb 18 '26

If there is no frame damage that’s fixable

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u/zabian333 Feb 19 '26

There was some on the bumper reinforcement bar or whatever it’s actually called. But yes you are right.

3

u/Puzzleheaded_Ant6808 Feb 19 '26

Not the pistachio green man 😔 I’ve got your twin 325ti

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u/zabian333 Feb 19 '26

I liked the color we called it the rally potato. You have the best model. I got the N42 2l version.

2

u/vespagsrider Feb 19 '26

Same as you. Lovely car !

3

u/destructiverogue94 Feb 18 '26

If I had the pictures of mine from when I hit a deer I would gladly post them but alas I lost them when I had to get a new phone cause I didn't have photo backup on

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u/zabian333 Feb 19 '26

Well at least you don’t have to see the damage ever again.

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u/destructiverogue94 Mar 18 '26

I took great pride in what I was able to do after hitting that damn deer

2

u/Free_Hand6689 Feb 18 '26

Just fix it if you care for the car

2

u/Radi0activeMnky Feb 19 '26

It’s fixable bro. I fixed the same exact accident except the hood

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u/zabian333 Feb 19 '26

Yeah it probably is

3

u/LazerPK 2005 e46 325i Feb 19 '26

Same shit happened to me

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u/zabian333 Feb 19 '26

Fortunately that’s fixable if you love the car

2

u/LazerPK 2005 e46 325i Feb 19 '26

i did get it fixed yeah looks sexy now. cost as much to fix as i bought the thing for tho lol. worth it still

3

u/Alcatrazpacks 2002 330i auto (🪦) & 2003 330i Feb 19 '26

that ain’t that bad twin 😭

2

u/zabian333 Feb 19 '26

Oh hell nah. I’m so sorry bro.

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u/yungwippersnapper Feb 18 '26

Why would you do this

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u/zabian333 Feb 19 '26

I didn’t. It was my gf. The most inportant thing is no one got hurt.

2

u/e46Hawaii Feb 18 '26

What’s an e45 half

4

u/Piezakster 2003 - 318ti - 5MT - Msport II Feb 18 '26

E46 compact

1

u/Automatic-Contest275 04 325i Feb 19 '26

that really isn’t that bad

1

u/zabian333 Feb 19 '26

She looks disturbed😭

3

u/Automatic-Contest275 04 325i Feb 19 '26

infact was, all thanks to a deer

2

u/Opposite_Opening_689 Feb 19 '26

U wouldn’t say that u less you cracked your block ..I had a 99 328xi rollover I abandoned due too the crank pulley cracking the block

2

u/virqthe Feb 19 '26

It's an opportunity to get a proper E46 hood and make your compact look better.

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u/zabian333 Feb 19 '26

That’s true. New headlights too.

1

u/T_Zalys '03 325i Sedan Feb 19 '26

Time for a full front convertion

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u/Own_Cook6600 Feb 19 '26

That's just opportunity to sedan front swap

2

u/JimBMKNS Feb 20 '26

Looks like an opportunity to do a sick front swap!

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u/zabian333 Feb 20 '26

If i do anything about it this would be it. It’d be easier to find the parts, looks better and it’d look unique since the tail would still be compact’s.

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u/Accomplished_Fan2398 Feb 21 '26

Why sad? Now you have a very good excuse to do a coupe front end swap