If you're on the list for a new m3...i got bad news for you.

[atlxpat]

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.

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http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y84/themadhatter323/IMG00054.jpg

and there are most likely 135i's on there too... makes me sad

[WhiteAccord]

Wow... that sucks.. Oh well.

[aaronfelipe]

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[3.5altman]

now this is some bull ****, why couldnt this happen to a truck load of hyndai's...

BMW are oh so sexy! Boosted m3's FTW

[patrick4588]

lol^^^

[dc2teg2006]

that Fuked up!! too bad they wont part it out. Im sure quite a few ppl would like a new m3 engine...

[atlxpat]

now this is some bull ****, why couldnt this happen to a truck load of hyndai's...
yea i know right, i bet these would have been some of the first m3's to touch US soil.
what bothers me is that some of the ones that are salvegeable will be repaired and then sold off as new cars, and i bet the buyers wont even be notified of what happened to them before.

[R_Rated]

www.snopes.com

[polishammer]

Don't know if above is true or not, but certainly possible. I remember that back in '95 or '96 when I worked for one of the dealers on Peachtree, one day we got a shipment of brand new Oldsmobiles that came off of the transport truck that tipped on its side. All those cars had a damage on one side including body as well as suspension from the chains holding them up. Long story short, GM send some new parts, our shop replaced them and those same cars were sold an new, without ever disclosing what happened... :no:

[MistaCee]

Thats stupid that there not auctioning them off

[Kamikaze]

Same thing happened to the first shipment of Mazda CX-7s last year.

[Maniac1]

Damn-ness, that really ****ing sucks.

[Da_unknown]

dammmm

[GuessWho]

Well doesnt that just blow...