Iraqi car bomb in M5

[PatrickPGH]

The Washington Post has a picture of an M5 with an undetonated car bomb.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/postphotos/orb/asection/2005-05-11/1.htm

Patrick

[632 Regal]

someone stole the rondell

[KingSix]

those bastards... like we needed MORE reasons to kill Iraq's......

[ryan roopnarine]

i gotta hard time believing its a real m5 with the chassis mounted radio antenna.

[epj3]

i gotta hard time believing its a real m5 with the chassis mounted radio antenna.
Geesh haven't you ever seen a car bomb before? that's the DETONATOR!! :-P

[shragon]

way to f up a good car.

[JAlfredPrufrock]

M5 with chrome window trim?

[Anthony (M5 in Calgary)]

M5 with chrome window trim?

Nothing unusual about that, here's mine:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/interalian/7af9b913.jpg

However, this is not an M5 unless they took off the license plate surround.

Anthony

[Tiger]

Damn it... they don't have the decency to pick a cheaper car... at least sell that wing before blowing it up! hehehe

[montsta56 nz]

The Washington Post has a picture of an M5 with an undetonated car bomb.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/postphotos/orb/asection/2005-05-11/1.htm

Patrick
The world is truly a sick place, I no longer have any faith inm man kind.

[632 Regal]

it looks lowered, wonder if its a Sachs kit?

[Paul in NZ]

it hasnt been lowered it's prolly the weight of the explosive..... :(

[MBXB]

A few years back (mid 90s), Roundel Magazine had a paragraph or two about the marque of choice for car bombers and terrorists, listing a number of events since the 70's: BMW

[Derek A.]

The greater the containment of a structure - the more explosive force it generates. If you contain an explosive - it generates much more force. I can see a BMW being a great car bomb canidate, due to its strong structure.

[Mobius]

I was trying to figure out the point of parking a car on top of a load of explosives.. I always figured car bombs were.. um.. 'portable' and disguised..

Then I realized they were probably going to bury all the bombs and hope some soldier goes "OOOH M5!!".

****. That's evil.

[Kalevera]

@#%^%$!!!!!

best, whit

[TheGeak]

Ugh...yet another reason they don't deserve freedom!!! Gah!!

[Wyn]

Over here in Bahrain(400 miles from Iraq), you could get an E34 "sport" in all trims, It had the M-tec sideskirts and rear apron, painted trim, and had a lower than standard ride height. Makes me wonder why it wasn't an option in the US.

[RobPatt]

those bastards are trying to kill us. That's the issue, that's what pisses me off about the article... screw the M5 and the Iraqis.... all right, got to keep it on topic....but i will say that with all those BMWs over there it'd make a helluva nice parking lot - so what's the nicest parking lot but full of bimmers...?

[pundit]

Over here in Bahrain(400 miles from Iraq), you could get an E34 "sport" in all trims, It had the M-tec sideskirts and rear apron, painted trim, and had a lower than standard ride height. Makes me wonder why it wasn't an option in the US.
Known in Australia as a 535is (M-Tech kit).
Came with M-Tech suspension, front and read spoilers side skirts and sports wheel and seats. etc. It was basically an M5 look without the 'go faster' & 'stop quicker' bits. I almost bought one last year... but I was too late!! DAMMIT!! :(