Scraped my BMW 330i; Thankfully PPF absorbed bulk of the damage

Two SUVs (Kodiaq and Nexon) with their high beams completely blinded me as I was taking a left turn. Next thing I hear is an impact on the left.

BHPian Varun Ramesh recently shared this with other enthusiasts:

2 years with the BMW 330i M Sport (Nyx) and I scraped the left side of the car.

Before diving into the details, a little back story.

I had flown into town 8 hours before the incident after spending twelve days in Japan spotting some amazing JDM cars and indulging in all the delicious food. My parents were done with the "bland" food of Japan and wanted to dip their tastebuds in authentic Indian food. Bengaluru in the monsoon is so beautiful and the clouds poured down right as we were driving to a restaurant in Indiranagar. All cozy with the AC on the sweet spot setting, car was in Comfort mode and traffic as usual, peaking (it was a Monday evening).

The event:

We decided to park the car and walk to our destination, as I was driving to park the car, the rain got torrential, and the visibility was dropping, turned the fog lamps on while keeping the headlight on the low beam mode since we are inside the city. The parking was off the main road, and I was cautious giving my energy level and visibility, was driving slowly to check for parking.

Two SUVs (Kodiaq and Nexon) with their high beams completely blinded me as I was taking a left turn and I assume the second car had an aftermarket bulb of some sort which made it worse and blinded me for few seconds. Next thing I hear is an impact on the left and dad telling me we scraped a rock. Drove into the parking space and parked the car, got out in worry to check if I did a lot of damage and... my heart sank when I saw what my stupidity had caused. (I take responsibility for the scrape despite being blinded by high beams, I should have been more aware of the situations and maybe gone even more slower?)

The next day I closely inspect the situation, the PPF took majority of the damage and only spot correction or "Partial Repainting" as invoiced from BMW was required on the front left, rear left doors and a full repainting on the left side skirts. On it went to Deutsche Motoren for 8-9 days (awfully long time for very minimal work, I may be wrong)

Attaching pictures of the damage, apologies for the angle.

Post the 2nd Year service and the repainting from BMW Deutsche Motoren.

TL: DR - Scraped the lower left of the car and got it repainted. PPF took the bulk of the damage.

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