No Way For An E92 M3 To Die :(

[satinGHOST|r!der]

Wreck to remain 'until autumn'

The Courage tipped today at the port in Jersey City causing major damage to over 300 BMWs not including 70+ BMWs that were total losses.

A majority of the destroyed vehicles were M3s (mostly in dark blue) with a variety of 3ers and 1ers smashed up as well. A small number of the cars destroyed had German Tourist plates on them, those European delivery customers will NOT be getting their cars back.

If you were expecting your M3 or e90/92 in the next month, you're going to be in for a sad surprise.

Those cars that were a total loss will be crushed, I asked a BMW rep, he stated that they will not be auctioned as there is a liability for letting those cars on the road. The shipping company's insurance is footing the bill, I do not know how they will handle those cars that are already owned by the European Delivery customers.

Those cars with light damage will be repaired at the Elizabeth Receiving facility and sold through BMW's dealer network as new cars.

Damn!!! Alot of owners arent gonna be happy about it. Looks set to be a helluva big insurance claim on this one. Lets observe a minute of silence.
Good time to loot the M3 Side mirrors. LOL!

 

[Turbonetic]

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Wreck to remain 'until autumn'
Those cars with light damage will be repaired at the Elizabeth Receiving facility and sold through BMW's dealer network as new cars.

OMG! Any of these 'new cars' coming thru PML??

 

[jawzsg]

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My oh my.. such a waste..one bloody expensive mishap that one...

 

[///M3]

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Ouch..:yikess::yikess::yikess::yikess:

 

[satinGHOST|r!der]

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OMG! Any of these 'new cars' coming thru PML??

mainly US and European markets i think. But goddamn, I want that e92 m3. Such a waste of car.

 

[Turbonetic]

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The picture looks like the whole vessel has already sunken. These cars were retrieved from the sea??

 

[iScoupe]

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hmmm not so nice to sell the repaired BMW as New car right?....
wait got NEMO inside the fuel tank...

 

[///M3]

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i wonder how the get the cars back..for some reason..sinking ships freaks me out

 

[iScoupe]

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i wonder how the get the cars back..for some reason..sinking ships freaks me out

there are alot company willing to do the job.. good money to recover a vessle.
becos drowning without air is the most terrible way to die...

 

[///M3]

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there are alot company willing to do the job.. good money to recover a vessle.
becos drowning without air is the most terrible way to die...

good thing i didnt order my M3..if not i'd jump off a building today.imagine the waiting time:screwedu:

 

[iScoupe]

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good thing i didnt order my M3..if not i'd jump off a building today.imagine the waiting time:screwedu:

wow becos of M3 u jump off building ! if Lambo , u kill all ur classmates then jump off liao!! if not they laugh at you...

 

[axl]

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Woah, this is a death grimace if I ever seen one...

 

[kai82]

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ay carumba!

 

[Oilman]

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RIP... incidentally, two vessels named Tricolor (though not this one), both carrying BMWs, have gone underwater in recent years.

And BMW ///M, of course, has tri-colour stripes

 

[Ahbengdriver]

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...My condolences to BMW AG

 

[Darth Vader]

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holy cow! its a massacre man!

 

[Turbonetic]

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Your condolences should be to its insurance companies! BMW AG would most probably put these cars in their book as SOLD already.

...My condolences to BMW AG

 

[Ahbengdriver]

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Your condolences should be to its insurance companies! BMW AG would most probably put these cars in their book as SOLD already.

Brilliant. So its Insider Job?

 

[foxfrc5]

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Jersey City is in the state of New Jersey and across the Hudson River from New York City. It's one of the big East Coast ports -- so these cars would have been bound for North American customers. The fact that they mention European Delivery programme cars would seem to suggest this as well.

You'll be surprised how many new cars are damaged during shipping and transit. Just ask anyone who's worked in a port. The cars are literally parked door to door on the ships and I've heard that sometimes ship workers will walk across the hoods or bonnets to get to the other side of the ship's hold...

Not to mention the damage done by delivery drivers who think they're Schumacher... but that's another story.