wrecked E60 M5- PICS

bmw330ipty · 08-19-2005, 05:40 PM

OK, this isnt an E90 but its still a super BMW... Brand new M5 wrecked in Taiwan while being driven for a magazine review!!

http://www.mbworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=114442

such a shame to see such an amazing car have such a short life.. luckily passengers all survived!

BD

Mark · 08-19-2005, 07:10 PM

holy crap, thats some major damage.. BMW must be pissed

Ed_330i · 08-19-2005, 07:48 PM

id doubt that, just a car.

AW330i · 08-20-2005, 01:25 PM

I wander how that happened???

*Edit*: Nevermind I found it "the driver was trying to take a corner with very uneven road surface, and lost the backend, hit the divider, flip the car 3 and a half rotations, and stopped by a tree. 3 passengers were in the car, 2 of which walk away without a single scratch, 1 has a minor scratch on his arm.

car is total, as it's structure is damaged beyond repair, but no one was seriously hurt. M5 is defintley a very safe car.

the magazine that's responsible for this on the other hand, will have to pay for the car, which worth a bit more than 200k USD. since there car didn't have insurance yet at the time of the accident"

08-20-2005, 09:08 PM

that is awesome! get your hands on one of the rarest BMW's out there, then F-ing smash it up! why the fuck would BMW give an M5 to a damn jap mag to test.....i saw it coming a mile away

blke90man · 08-20-2005, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by campbell1082

why the fuck would BMW give an M5 to a damn jap mag to test.....i saw it coming a mile away

I think your being a little rude with that comment. Fortunately everyone walked away okay...it could have happened to anybody...not just some damn jap mag

Sad that such a beautiful is ruined now though

billgti · 08-20-2005, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by campbell1082

that is awesome! get your hands on one of the rarest BMW's out there, then F-ing smash it up! why the fuck would BMW give an M5 to a damn jap mag to test.....i saw it coming a mile away

to racist comments
and it was taiwan i believe, not japan

icedragon · 08-20-2005, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by campbell1082

that is awesome! get your hands on one of the rarest BMW's out there, then F-ing smash it up! why the fuck would BMW give an M5 to a damn jap mag to test.....i saw it coming a mile away

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Originally Posted by billgti

to racist comments
and it was taiwan i believe, not japan

Exactly! He/she is a racist and illiterate! It clearly happened it TAIWAN. LOL

bmw330ipty · 08-21-2005, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by campbell1082

that is awesome! get your hands on one of the rarest BMW's out there, then F-ing smash it up! why the fuck would BMW give an M5 to a damn jap mag to test.....i saw it coming a mile away

1. to test drive it and write an article on it so people in Japan (Taiwan actually) buy the car!!

2. so are u saying that japanese people cant drive? isnt there a formula 1 driver from Japan?

3. apparently the driver at time of crash wasnt from the magazine and instead was a inexperienced driver with an E55 AMG

Mark · 08-21-2005, 09:07 AM

don't bother replying to him anymore, hes banned.. He was just trolling our forum for kicks I guess just posting negative stuff to every thing he could

bmw330ipty · 08-21-2005, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by MarkE90M3

don't bother replying to him anymore, hes banned.. He was just trolling our forum for kicks I guess just posting negative stuff to every thing he could

good move Mark!

garethpeate · 08-21-2005, 11:17 AM

There's something like a 2 year waiting list for those in the UK now - obscene! Anyone who trashes one like that should be shot, or at least called some mild profanities..

garethpeate · 08-21-2005, 11:20 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2783519.stm - this was almost as upsetting. The cargo was believed to consist mainly of (then) brand new 7-series BMW's..

anyway, sorry to divert off topic. Back to the poorly M5..

davinet78 · 08-22-2005, 03:51 AM

what a shame of bmw, but glad to hear no one was hurt

optionfans · 08-23-2005, 12:40 AM

I believe that guy was doing some crazy action......BTW, if people don't get used with high power engine car, it is easily to crash the car especially on test drive since people usually are in "hyper" mode and they just want to step on the gas pedal, eventually the car will lose traction on thw way of testing....

eshamas21 · 08-23-2005, 02:14 AM

Thats just not right... that thing got messed up

Petercat · 08-23-2005, 12:57 PM

Isn't it beautiful how that car can take so much abuse and the passenger compartment is nearly untouched? What great engineering. I hope that if I ever need it, the e90 is just as good.

bmw330ipty · 08-23-2005, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Petercat

Isn't it beautiful how that car can take so much abuse and the passenger compartment is nearly untouched? What great engineering. I hope that if I ever need it, the e90 is just as good.

you are right! taking into consideration that the car rolled over three times, the interior seems pretty intact and not too twisted. i guess thats why everybody survived...

Frank_NJ · 08-24-2005, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by garethpeate

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2783519.stm - this was almost as upsetting. The cargo was believed to consist mainly of (then) brand new 7-series BMW's..

anyway, sorry to divert off topic. Back to the poorly M5..

I remember that boat going down as my Z8 was on it and I had to wait longer for another one. That totally sucked for people waiting for their cars.

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AW330i Captain 79 Rep 876 Posts Drives: Alpine White 330i Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Houston, Tx iTrader: (0)	I wander how that happened??? Edit: Nevermind I found it "the driver was trying to take a corner with very uneven road surface, and lost the backend, hit the divider, flip the car 3 and a half rotations, and stopped by a tree. 3 passengers were in the car, 2 of which walk away without a single scratch, 1 has a minor scratch on his arm. car is total, as it's structure is damaged beyond repair, but no one was seriously hurt. M5 is defintley a very safe car. the magazine that's responsible for this on the other hand, will have to pay for the car, which worth a bit more than 200k USD. since there car didn't have insurance yet at the time of the accident" __________________
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optionfans New Member 1 Rep 21 Posts Drives: BMW E46 M3 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto iTrader: (0)	I believe that guy was doing some crazy action......BTW, if people don't get used with high power engine car, it is easily to crash the car especially on test drive since people usually are in "hyper" mode and they just want to step on the gas pedal, eventually the car will lose traction on thw way of testing....
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