this will make you cry!!!!!!!

[gareth]

i just bought a E30 M3 prop and scorpion exhaust from a breaker by mail order. upon delivery i questioned him on the stragely torn centre bearing... he sent me the pics of it when he bought it...





anyone know who's it was?

[Jhonno]

Notice the E-Type behind also

[maxfield]

Why do so many M3s get wrecked

[JAMZ]

Ouch!

[fuzzy]

what was the story behind it? shouldve got the wheels, theyre still good

[Simon13]

some how i think those wheels will not be straight...........

[fuzzy]

surely the exhaust is a bit bent? or was that off another car?

[stevetigger]

Why do so many M3s get wrecked

Because people cant drive them!

[jonbuoy]

Very sad to see thing's like this............but.......................there's an engine up for grab's there and anything else that's in good nick

Waste not want not

[gareth]

surely the exhaust is a bit bent? or was that off another car?

this is the issue i have with the breakers at the moment... however it looks like if anything it's bent the other way! i reckon it's actually fine but haven't offered it up to the car. doesn't look like it should be straight though!

i don't know the story before the breaker, though it's a pretty distinctive car so it must me known to someone on here surely?

[Simon]

I'm sure C76jon could work wonders on that car....

[m3ben05]

NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Macau blue so must have been an evo 2 or cecotto! Would have looked like mine before it got wrecked. A scary reminder indeed

[gareth]

though he reckons there's nothing left now, it's here: http://www.bmparts.co.uk/

sounds like a decent bloke...

[bigkev]

a bit of filler and some Tcut and it'll fine

[bmwe30mtech]

Oh dear. Wonder if they were ok. What a waste.

[oguz327]

Fookin ell thats been stacked big time , the dude who was driving it cant have just walked away.

[m3ben05]

I think they will have been ok, i saw someone flip a ravaglia at silverstone a few years back, no cage or racing seats. It was a complete write off but he was absolutely fine.

They are strong cars!

[monsport]

Its a shame another one bites the dust. Id say the driver was well shook up after it though. On a side note I have a set of Borbet A's ( Straight ones) if anyone wants them.

[Kos]

bmc motorspares, base in white hart lane tottenham n/london

know him very very well

engine whent to america i belive, he still got the wheels.

i had some of his parts up for sale a while back

pm me if you are after somthing i can negotiate a discount sometimes

it was a d reg standard 2.3 in diamond black

[Hyperion]

a bit of filler and some Tcut and it'll fine

[sideways_kyeway]

Hell, what speed was he doin i wonder. ..... and what got in the way.....

[Nelly]

bmc motorspares, base in white hart lane tottenham n/london

Just 2 mins down the road from my Mum + Dad's, been there a few times in the past.

[calipsodream]

nasty they probly got draged out thats how i came out of an ex police rover 827 strerling this big bloke griped me & draged me thro the side window. so me m8 told me i cannt rember bloody tyre blow out & it fliped best thing to happen to a rover

[toby]

Fookin ell thats been stacked big time , the dude who was driving it cant have just walked away.

oguz3001 has a point - never mind the car (what am i saying?!) what about the poor passenger(s)?? Anyway it looks as if that car has been rolled and not actually hit anything else. That's why the angled edges have grass etc stuck in them. Also the rear looks like it has been hit from below - by crashing down on the ground... anyway just my unqualified opinion.. a sad waste of a car but looks like the driver may have got away with it - i sincerely hope

[Kos]

Fookin ell thats been stacked big time , the dude who was driving it cant have just walked away.

oguz3001 has a point - never mind the car (what am i saying?!) what about the poor passenger(s)?? Anyway it looks as if that car has been rolled and not actually hit anything else. That's why the angled edges have grass etc stuck in them. Also the rear looks like it has been hit from below - by crashing down on the ground... anyway just my unqualified opinion.. a sad waste of a car but looks like the driver may have got away with it - i sincerely hope

seen the car close up, didnt see any blood!!!

but having
said that, who ever was in there would have been hurt, no doubt about that

[Davenotouring]

Ouch, looks like a goodun.

Passenger compartment doesn't look too crumpled, probably a bit of a hard impact though!

[Kos]

it did smell of piss in there

[oguz327]

lol, id expect it would smell of shit aswell

[oze30]

On a good note.. it goes to show just how safe BMW's are!

[Rich_W]

Why do so many M3s get wrecked

Because people cant drive them!

Nah, its because the car sucks you in. It makes you drive faster and faster and faster. You start to revel in its abilities. And eventually you reach your limit, or you ask it to do something it doesn't want to.

Perversely, I'd rather see a M3 written off (Occupants not injured) than stored in some bubble for all eternity and never used. As Ive said before I don't hold any emotional attachment to my cars. Thats why invariably it will be unwashed but mechanically sound.

[H35-IAN]

Why do so many M3s get wrecked

Because people cant drive them!

Thats it m8!!! only proper drivers should have the privalige to drive proper cars im affraid!! to many wankers drive decent cars that havnt even got a clue wat horsepower means! then all of a sudden the rear end goes and theyre like pooooooooo poooooooooo no car control smash into a wall !! where as us proper drivers would wack on some opposite lock and sort it all out!!

[stevetigger]

So true! Ive seen to many old old people driving the E46 M3, it makes me wanna I would so thrash around in one of those! Might be a bit to much power for me though, I know I can drive an E30 M3 because I have drove one lots of times and an E36 M3 LHD.

[maxfield]

It's easy to drive an E46 M3 cause of DSC and all the electronics. I drove my dads S4 around haynes museum and so easy to drive at the limit ill email them if you want.

[demonbiker]

though he reckons there's nothing left now, it's here: http://www.bmparts.co.uk/

sounds like a decent bloke...

i got an engine from a zoner in Scotland who paid Ԛ£350 for a 70k mile engine from him, turned out to be a completely f****ed early 325 engine more piston slap than a whore on free night and head buggered !! i only found this out after i sold it on !!

[gareth]

i don't suppose anyone can verify the exact date of manufacture of this ill fated beast can they?

i need a new centre bearing for the prop. this changed in 09/87 from 26112225620 to 26121226723. all i know is that it's a 1987 E reg. that puts it as registered between 08/87 to 07/88. sods law or what!

is there anything that can be seen in the pic that might ID it further regarding the manufacturing date (before or after 09/87)