What NOT to do in an M5!
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What NOT to do in an M5!
Runway + BMW M5 + 5 Teenagers = Violent Death
http://jalopnik.com/349540/flying-bm...ts-darwin-wins
Anyway, five 18-20 somethings in a 2008 M5 were making runs down an airstrip, when on one of them, they were incapable of slowing down and flew up an embankment and crashed into a tree. The car split into pieces, and three of the occupants were ejected. The results; five dead people, one dead M5, and one messed up tree.
Here's more:http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...cleId=124526#2
By the way, the guy driving had been cited numerous times for speeding, driving without a licence, and more. And had been on an M5 message board complaining of rough shifting from the DSG transmission at 140 MPH. And it wasn't even his, it was his dads! Proves that money doesn't buy brains.
http://jalopnik.com/349540/flying-bm...ts-darwin-wins
Anyway, five 18-20 somethings in a 2008 M5 were making runs down an airstrip, when on one of them, they were incapable of slowing down and flew up an embankment and crashed into a tree. The car split into pieces, and three of the occupants were ejected. The results; five dead people, one dead M5, and one messed up tree.
Here's more:http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...cleId=124526#2
By the way, the guy driving had been cited numerous times for speeding, driving without a licence, and more. And had been on an M5 message board complaining of rough shifting from the DSG transmission at 140 MPH. And it wasn't even his, it was his dads! Proves that money doesn't buy brains.
wow...money definately doesnt bring brains, in fact, money brings out the retard in most. Been there first hand,
Terrible what happened to these people, but people need to learn to keep it on the track.
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Originally Posted by burstaneurysm
Nobody mentioned the fact that this happened on John Travolta's airstrip... guess Xenu doesn't like trespassers.
Sucks for the tree. I mean, what did it do wrong?
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hey i killed a 5 inch diameter white ash about 9 years ago i rebuilt the car and it drove perfectly fine
in fact it was more like i chopped it down with my car and my car ended up on its stump with the tree still under my car
in fact it was more like i chopped it down with my car and my car ended up on its stump with the tree still under my car
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Originally Posted by duck_dodgers_24_5
hey i killed a 5 inch diameter white ash about 9 years ago i rebuilt the car and it drove perfectly fine
in fact it was more like i chopped it down with my car and my car ended up on its stump with the tree still under my car
in fact it was more like i chopped it down with my car and my car ended up on its stump with the tree still under my car
Originally Posted by burstaneurysm
Nobody mentioned the fact that this happened on John Travolta's airstrip... guess Xenu doesn't like trespassers.
Everything else surrounding the incident was so surreal anyway that I didn't know how to add that to the original post. Also, Xenu had no official comment, last time I checked. 
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Originally Posted by duck_dodgers_24_5
hey i killed a 5 inch diameter white ash about 9 years ago i rebuilt the car and it drove perfectly fine
in fact it was more like i chopped it down with my car and my car ended up on its stump with the tree still under my car
in fact it was more like i chopped it down with my car and my car ended up on its stump with the tree still under my car
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From: Smithtown Scion (NY)
Originally Posted by duck_dodgers_24_5
yeah and that lil tree bent my frame on my car too mind you my old car predates air bags in the dash and steering wheels
Well it was either the tree, or hitting headon with some 70+ yr old guy that came flying around a blind curve in my neighborhood 9 AM on my way to work
I think in America once you hit 60, you should hafta take a road test every 2 years to weed out the incapable drivers that are a complete hazard. To make matters worse, the guy never even stopped to help me as I layed there half lifeless for a minute till I came to. I gotta say though, the Acura TSX is a dam safe car...left me with only a concussion and minor pain
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Originally Posted by Simplyscion
Originally Posted by duck_dodgers_24_5
yeah and that lil tree bent my frame on my car too mind you my old car predates air bags in the dash and steering wheels
Well it was either the tree, or hitting headon with some 70+ yr old guy that came flying around a blind curve in my neighborhood 9 AM on my way to work
I think in America once you hit 60, you should hafta take a road test every 2 years to weed out the incapable drivers that are a complete hazard. To make matters worse, the guy never even stopped to help me as I layed there half lifeless for a minute till I came to. I gotta say though, the Acura TSX is a dam safe car...left me with only a concussion and minor pain
