That's a bummer. Don't worry, like everything else on this car, it'll only cost $3,465,765 to fix. Well, that's if we use the dealer. At an independent shop it'll only be $1,987,976.
Scott Oldham, Inside Line Editor in Chief @ 62,361 miles
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dragonflight says:
04:43 PM, 09/25/08
An opportune time to try the third facet of repairs: DIY! This shouldn't be *too* hard, as long as the mounts and all are still OK.
tinyelvis says:
05:09 PM, 09/25/08
That's the ejection-seat hole for MiniMe.
vacagrande says:
05:16 PM, 09/25/08
Unless the trim piece broke, that motion sensor holder thingy just snaps right back on. How in the world did you break that anyway?
banhugh says:
05:33 PM, 09/25/08
I hope it involved sex. I would avoid the back seats at all costs. Especially if they feel sticky...
desmolicious says:
05:50 PM, 09/25/08
edmunds finds weird and wonderful new ways to break stuff in their cars.
Remember the long term Miata that had weird gouges on the inside of the A pillars? They claimed that was wear and tear...
cah11705 says:
05:50 PM, 09/25/08
That is truly impressive for something that simple and out of the way to break
tantan73 says:
07:51 PM, 09/25/08
you know, the 308 keeps getting better looking....
tantan73 says:
07:52 PM, 09/25/08
you know, the 308 keeps getting better looking....
mopar424 says:
07:58 PM, 09/25/08
That looks like a big hole for a dome light.
jdub53084 says:
08:21 PM, 09/25/08
Nickle and Dime time....
jaguar36 says:
04:46 AM, 09/26/08
I second banhugh's opinion that someone was getting their freak on in the back seat. Maybe an erroneously placed high heel took it out.
blankfocus says:
04:52 AM, 09/26/08
off topic, but i just wanted to say that whoever is coming up with the headlines for the flash window on the homepage is a genius. "Fit for Brains"...awesome. "Butter Face"...fantastically accurate. I've been finding many of them very funny for a while now, good job.
sgude says:
05:09 AM, 09/26/08
Times for details, Edmunds. What happened?
dougtheeng says:
05:48 AM, 09/26/08
62,361....wow.
I sincerely hope that when my car gets to that amount of mileage that it doesn't instantly fall apart.
corollasman says:
05:49 AM, 09/26/08
Seriously, there has to be more explanation as to what the heck happened. A hole in the headliner is not common. Was someone trying to stuff cargo in the back seat or something?
karjunkie says:
06:46 AM, 09/26/08
Nothing that some sheetrock and spackle couldn't fix
bobjonesesq says:
06:56 AM, 09/26/08
Sheetrock & Spackle? Not a bad idea, though I prefer duct tape & bailing wire.
jdub53084 says:
07:31 AM, 09/26/08
I say tear all the upholstery out of this thing and take it to the 24 hours of Lemons(Might cost you less than fixing the broke stuff on this car and it's a good team building activity). I'm sure the Bimmer would do great against some Volare's and Tercel Hatchbacks.
The Lemons race will hurt the resale value slightly....
lazyhater says:
09:11 AM, 09/26/08
Again, it is a 7 years old 62k miles M3, it needs EVERYTHING.
There is no such thing as a bargain M3, it is cheap because it needs a full rebuild.
redwoodaggie says:
09:28 AM, 09/26/08
Yeah, that's a new one on me. I've never had a single interior piece of my E46 fall apart in 153K miles, nor have I ever heard of that piece coming off. Somebody must've gotten lucky back there and got a bit wild. It happened in the back of my former E36 M3!
SadButTrue says:
10:49 AM, 09/26/08
Excellent theories all, but here's what really happened...
I was driving along Malibu Canyon Road one night, sunroof open, windows down, when a maniacal squeaking noise suddenly erupted from the headliner somewhere. I started feeling around up there and came across a plastic box thing that I hadn't noticed before. Once I put my hand on it, the squeaking stopped -- and when I took my hand off after a few seconds, the squeaking didn't return.
Problem solved. Until I caught a glimpse of something dangling from the headliner in the rearview mirror. That would be the aforesaid box, hanging by a wire.
On closer inspection, two of the plastic retaining tabs had snapped off, preventing the box from attaching securely. As to when and how those tabs disappeared, though, you got me. Maybe that's where those backseat theories come in...
-Sadlier
brn says:
11:11 AM, 09/26/08
Superglue.
m_thrizzle says:
11:41 AM, 09/26/08
That is a motion sensor for the cabin; it's part of the alarm package. But does your car have an alarm? It doesn't look like it since that cavity is empty.
It looks like the plastic tabs are broken on one side, so you can't put the cover back on. Just hang a disco ball from it and call it a day.
sgude says:
11:42 AM, 09/26/08
That plastic box thingy holds the motion sensor for the alarm.
zoomx5 says:
01:34 PM, 09/26/08
"edmunds finds weird and wonderful new ways to break stuff in their cars.
Remember the long term Miata that had weird gouges on the inside of the A pillars? They claimed that was wear and tear..."
In their defense, this is one of the Miata's few faults. The interior plastic is incredibly easy to scratch. I have a scratch on the horn cover from my finger nail. It drives me up the wall every time I look at it.
brian60 says:
02:21 PM, 09/27/08
"That's a bummer. Don't worry, like everything else on this car, it'll only cost $3,465,765 to fix. Well, that's if we use the dealer. At an independent shop it'll only be $1,987,976."
And in the real world it'll only be $16.50 (Tischer). That's some lazy reporting there, Scott.
altimadude00 says:
07:09 AM, 09/28/08
Apparently, injecting humor into their posts is not allowed anymore.