View Full Version : Why You Should Never Take a BMW X3 Off-Road.
kingofthering
07-29-2006, 05:46 PM
http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2005-16.html
The BMW X3 was never designed for off-road usage, and this driver found that out the hard way.
KonaGreen
07-29-2006, 07:36 PM
Thats brutal.
baddabang
07-29-2006, 07:39 PM
this article is a bit bias against bmw isnt it? What I mean is that this could happen with any offroad suv or even a truck.
It was her decision and she paid the price.
Equinox
07-29-2006, 07:46 PM
i doubt alot of off-road vehicles could make it... i mean the river is flowing very fast and strong currents and how deep the water was.
i was watching a show were a big ford F-150 4x4 got struck!
mattmacklind
07-29-2006, 11:08 PM
I was watching some show about flood drownings and they decribed how powerful running water is in lbs/sq ft depending on the level and speed of the water. Doesn't take much to sweep a lighter car away. I'll think twice next time I fly fish.
6'bore
07-30-2006, 02:55 AM
this article is a bit bias against bmw isnt it? What I mean is that this could happen with any offroad suv or even a truck.
It was her decision and she paid the price.
Rather insensitive too.
bmwpower
07-30-2006, 08:13 AM
Rather insensitive too.
I was not amused by how nonchalant they make her death seem..sorta like o btw she died..have more respect people.
drakkie
07-30-2006, 09:09 AM
i mean the river is flowing very fast and strong currents and how deep the water was.
We just found ourselves a witness !!! Tell us all the details dude :D
I was not amused by how nonchalant they make her death seem..sorta like o btw she died..have more respect people.
The link took you to the Darwin Awards site - a site set up to record the potential of the species to get smarter by those who are too stupid to live killing themselfs, generally in a stupid way.
Equinox
07-30-2006, 09:12 PM
We just found ourselves a witness !!! Tell us all the details dude :D
well i didn't want to go to the news because... well i'm a shy guy but let me tell you the water was about 7 ft. deep, i had to help a farmer put his animals into a boat two by two. :D
john14
07-30-2006, 10:23 PM
We all know many rich people own expensive large SUV's like Porsche Cayenne's, Audi Q7's, BMW X3 and X5's, Mercedes ML320's, 500's etc.. and 95% of these SUV's never travel off-road or on harsh terrain.
F1_Master
07-30-2006, 10:40 PM
It doesn't matter if the vehicle was made for off-roading or not, or even if it could. When you see a flash flood, it means don't go in the water dumbass (not anyone here; the women and people who do it)!