Hey guys. I think it's kinda crazy how many M5s on the forums are biting the dust right now, but unfortunately mine is now on the list as well. I was driving to lunch with a buddy on the 10th of this month and we hit some sand on the outside of an off-camber corner. The sand was there because there was some ice on the road the week before and it had not been washed away. I took the corner too wide and hit the sand by accident. The car started sliding off of the road and I tried to correct, but we slid into a ditch, caught something, and the car flipped or barrel rolled (I honestly can't remember) maybe 2 or 3 times before we landed on the roof. My friend and I were able to crawl out through the right rear door. We were both sore for the next few days, but that was it. The car definitely did its job to protect us and we're very fortunate to be alive. The car is replaceable, but we are not.
Here are some pics:
-Chris
Last edited by Gustav; 1st February 2010 at 23:51.
The Following User Says Thank You to Bimmerbear For This Useful Post:
I thought this was another one of those posts "showing off" a wrecked M5, until I realized it was your own. Glad to see that the car did it's job and you guys made it out OK.
Ditto. Sorry about the Beast, but very happy to know that you and your friend are ok.
--Peter
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2001 E39 M5 LeMans Blue with Black/Blue Sport Interior and Titanium Trim, ESS Supercharger, RMS In-Plenum Intercooler, RMS Plenum Plates and Custom-Bored 52mm Diameter "Shorty" Velocity Stacks, Dinan TBs and Headers, CNS Catback Exhaust, Evosport High-Flow Cats, Stoptech Trophy Sport Brakes (6-Pot Front/4-Pot Rear; 355 mm Rotors All Around), Dinan 3.45 Differential, Rogue Stage 3 280mm Clutch with Custom 850 CSI Slave Cylinder and JB Racing LTW Flywheel, Dinan Differential Subframe Reinforcement, GC Coilovers (550 7" Front/325 10" Rear), Dinan Front and Rear Swaybars, TC Designs Rear Sway Bar Brackets, Dinan Monoballs, Dinan Rear Wheels (18 x 9.5) All Around With 10mm Spacers and 90mm Wheel Studs, Michelin PS2s 275 35 18s All Around, UUC EVO3 SSK with DSSR, Voltphreaks VPR-S40P Endurance Battery (14 lbs.), Setrab 16-Row Oil Cooler, Dinan Under-Plenum Heat Exchanger Removal Kit, Vorsteiner Double-Sided CF Hood with Open Vents, CA CSL-Style CF Trunk Lid, TC Designs Roll Bar, Zionsville Super Duty Cooling System, Aquamist HFS-6 Meth Injection with Custom CF/Aluminum Trunk-Mounted Fuel Cell Designed by Howerton Engineering, XRP HS-79 Hosing, OKD Plasma Ignition Coils and Plug Boots, Kenne Bell Boost-A-Pump, Smoked Hella Tailights, Clear-Corner Hella Euro Headlights, CA ACS-Style CF Front Splitters, Clarion DRZ9255 Head Unit (Custom Installed by Timmay77), Two Alpine PDX-5 Amps, HAT L1 Pro Tweets, HAT L3 Mids in Custom A-Pillars, Illusion Audio ND-8 Mid-Basses in Custom Door Panels, and Two Dynaudio MW190 Subs Running IB in Rear Deck, PLX Digital Gauge, V1/S1 Mounted in UGDO Location, Recaro Sportster CS Seats, EAS Competition Steering Wheel, Leather Eurodash, Schroth 4-Pt Street Harnesses, Dinan Foglight Delete Kit, and Various Other Bits and Pieces
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Hankook R-S3 285 35 18s All Around, Full Leather Doorcards, Stoptech Carbon Ceramic Rotors, Quad Head Laser Interceptor, Balanced and Blueprinted S62 Built by Bavarian Solutions
Yes, another wrecked M5
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