Crash at the ring
09-19-2007 | 11:50 AM
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After having seen these photos I am more and more convinced that I will never do a race or take my car to any ring.
These photos were taken after a session at the Nordschleife.
These photos were taken after a session at the Nordschleife.
09-19-2007 | 12:15 PM
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Ouch. This is why you use a road car on the road and a racing car on the track.
Wow that sucks
09-19-2007 | 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Iceman' post='471636' date='Sep 19 2007, 01:22 PM
Yep, BMW Munich license plate.
How can you guys tell?
09-19-2007 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by MIINTY' post='471610' date='Sep 19 2007, 03:55 PM
ouch! its the price you pay for trying to reach that limit.
09-19-2007 | 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' post='471775' date='Sep 20 2007, 02:09 AM
How can you guys tell?
It's allways M for Munich, two letters and four digits, where the first two digits are allways in the same range and get bigger. They use a range of numbers nobody wants... 45.. means it is a BMW registered license plate, that's the range they were using when they registered the M5 Tourings. Newer cars, after the M5 Touring, will then get 46, 47, 48, etc... once the 45 range is used up.
The chance that this license plate stayed on the car when it was sold is very small. License plates stay on the car, if the buyer is also in Munich and doesn't ask for a different one. Asking for a special one costs just a couple ?uros, so when buying an M5 Touring you don't leave that ugly huge license plate on it. And then they are at the Ring, so the chance that this is NOT a BMW HQ car anymore is close to zero.
09-19-2007 | 05:59 PM
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I wonder what the vegetation is under the front plate, in front of the radiator. Could it have been acquired in an off-Ring moment?