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thanks for all the info and encouragement folks! I'm really glad to hear the car probably isn't totaled. I have a friend who was really adamant on the info that if it's crumpled it's toast so it's good to know that isn't necessarily true. The guy that hit me was in a GMC Jimmy. So a smallish...

OK, time for more pictures. Here you can plainly see that the metal is bent out of shape on one side. Here is what the left side looks like: and now compare to the right side which took the brunt of the damage: and then from the inside it's even more obvious: lastly the latch you can...

I have looked at it in more detail and I do fear that it's totaled. Or should be, we'll see what the insurance guy has to say if they ever get around to coming by to see it. I removed (or rather finished removing as the accident removed half of it) the piece of black plastic that runs under the...

I knew somebody would mention my socks ;) Had to run to take the pictures when the whim struck me to go and look at my poor car. If I had taken the time to put on shoes the motivation would have dissolved again and I'd have just slunk back to bed ;) So I left them in the picture to give a bit...

My poor just over a year old 5 is about to go into the shop :( I coasted to a stop to let the driver a couple of cars ahead of me make a right hand turn and the guy behind me didn't notice. I saw him coming and had time to turn my wheel so I wouldn't hit the car ahead of me if he hit me and...

I've been moving a lot of building materials lately and keep meaning to take pictures to show just how much you can stuff in the back. Here's mine with a load of a dozen, 8 foot long deck boards.... But in order to shift the car out of park you will have to remove the knob from the...

I think they did a pretty good job of cheapening the car without ruining the car... Rather, they made the right choices for me on the parts that are important and the parts that are less important. The car is terrific, it's rock solid for me and drives like a dream. The interior plastics are...

you dont actually have to start the car, you can release the shift lock with the lever that is under that little tab. But otherwise yes, I had to take the whole thing off too.

If I had to guess (which I do) I'd say they are bogged down writing firmware to talk between the iPod and the car and reliably translating messages. Part of my job supporting various home automation equipment is often hacking of undocumented or partially documented protocols and it's a pain...

kid red, me too :D I've been collecting parts as of late to do a CarMac install in my 5, I think you guys will like what I've got for an additional display. I finally broke down and bought the auxmod original version as I can't wait any longer to get things hooked up, but I really did want to...

that sure doesn't sound right. I've had mine for 10k miles now and have never noticed anything like that. If it were my old car I'd say you had bubbles in the break lines, but with such a new car that seems unlikely. Something is up though and your brakes are rather important I'd take it in and...

yea, but I can load sheets of plywood on the crossbars ;) I dont think it looks like the others would support that...

anytime you rub 2 insulating materials together, like your clothes and the car seat, in a dry enough atmosphere the charge will build up. Getting out of the car this time of year gets me a little zap on the door frame as I get out. But it's no big deal and it certainly isn't a problem. You could...

I drove one. They are emulating the I refuse to admit or notice or care about the fact that I"m driving on a road feeling of certain car makers. They have the drive feel of a boat. The 5 has the wonderful road hugging feedback of the best Honda cars that I've grown to love in the past. That...

I just had my 10k checkup done, it was basically nothing but rotating the tires and changing the oil and peaking at some other stuff. Cost me about $50. I have no trouble letting them change the oil and rotate the tires. I dont have a real mechanic in town I trust yet and I'd rather pay them a...

I have acquired a single sheet of "dynamatt" branded stuff and want to put it somewhere in the 5! I'm not really interesting in tearing the door panels out to put it in the speaker enclosures like you're supposed to. I'm more interested in reducing road noise a little bit. So if you only had 1...

I only put mine on when I'm going to use them, so it doesn't matter to me that they stick up a bit further than you'd want. They stick up that far to be clear of the moonroof.

WOW, scary! Nice to see all those airbags though, and that the passenger compartment is mostly OK even though the front end looks like a scrap yard! Fresenius, or however it's spelled, I think just does kidney dialysis so i'm not sure how much use they'd be in an emergency.

I got tired of waiting for the auxmod "advanced" product and so ordered and got in very short time the basic version. I haven't even installed it yet so I suppose I can't recommend it yet, but I was convinced by everything I've read here enough to get one.

http://kalecoauto.com/ :D Talk about innovative products!