Buried BMW uncovers fraud!!!!! on CNN

[SharkmanBMW]

http://www.cnn.com/

look in the video list for it...

[dacoyote]

http://www.cnn.com/

look in the video list for it...

Nice... guess that one way to get rid of a car

[DaCan23]

My dad buried an old 70's dodge pickup (aka Big Red) with his backhoe up at our cabin in NY after it finally died or he killed it I should say. It wasnt registered and was just used on the property.

[Jay 535i]

Holy ****! So this guy had to pay for a whole new BMW when only his engine was wrecked, AND he ruined his backhoe, AND got a $15k fine!

And the video says one of the charges was "receiving stolen property". Does that mean they're charging him for possessing his own car, which he reported stolen?

LOL!

[632 Regal]

M-60... now the question, was it Nikisil?


http://www.cnn.com/

look in the video list for it...

[DanH]

Text of Article from The Plain Dealer of Cleveland:

Buried BMW haunts owner headed to jail
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Karen Farkas
Plain Dealer Reporter

Ravenna -- An Akron man found an unorthodox way to hide his BMW so he could report it stolen and collect $20,000 from his insurance company.

He buried it.

Matthew Mueller, 35, was sentenced Tuesday to a year in prison for insurance fraud, tampering with evidence, falsification and receiving stolen property.

Mueller, who owns a tree service company, will reimburse Progressive Insurance and also pay $15,500 to the State Highway Patrol and Ohio Department of Transportation for their costs, which included bringing equipment from Columbus to dig up the vehicle.

"I guess it was a lot easier to dig a hole and push it in than to dig it out," Assistant Portage County Prosecutor Eugene Muldowney said after the sentencing.

Muldowney gave this account: Mueller decided to get rid of the 1997 BMW because its engine had blown and repair costs were extensive. Mueller rented a backhoe in October, 2002, and buried the car on isolated property owned by his father on Lynn Road in Rootstown Township.

Mueller then told an insurance agent that the car was stolen from Akron, probably by someone who found the car keys that he had lost. He filed a police report and signed insurance documents to get his money.

In 2003 Mueller, worried that one of the friends who knew of his actions might have told authorities, rented a backhoe and tried to dig up the car. He abandoned his efforts after the backhoe became mired in mud and water and was damaged.

Last year, after police received tips, the car was located and excavated.

"It looked like pancake," Muldowney said.

George Keith, Mueller's lawyer, told visiting Portage County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Kainrad that Mueller needed the money to pay business debts after one of his employees embezzled money. Muldowney disagreed, and Keith said later that the employee was never charged.

Mueller pleaded guilty on Aug. 30. He apologized Tuesday and brought restitution checks.

"It was stupidity and completely out of character," he said. "I broke the law and tried to conceal it."

Keith sought probation, but Kainrad cited Mueller's prior convictions, which he said included assault and disorderly conduct.

"I think these cases have disclosed a real character flaw," Kainrad said. "When you are in trouble, you'll do anything to get out of it."

© 2006 The Plain Dealer.

[SharkmanBMW]

blowing the backhoe motor must also be costing him.... that ain't cheap!

What model bimmer was it??
I see the M60 engine cover, but the car looks older?!?!!

[Jay 535i]

blowing the backhoe motor must also be costing him.... that ain't cheap!

What model bimmer was it??
I see the M60 engine cover, but the car looks older?!?!!

Looks like an E38 to me.

[DaCan23]

In the video didnt they say it was a 1997 528, it looks like a E39... but yes that looked like a M60 engine cover. But the M60 was never in a E39, the M62 was used in the E39, did it have a similar cover, but that would make it a 540i.....

[632 Regal]

yeah, definetly looks like an M-60 cover...
In the video didnt they say it was a 1997 528, it looks like a E39... but yes that looked like a M60 engine cover. But the M60 was never in a E39, the M62 was used in the E39, did it have a similar cover, but that would make it a 540i.....

[SharkmanBMW]

notice he buried it with shitty wheels??? He obviously stripped it before he buried it!
I like the fact that he was charged with receiving stolen property, his own car! What a dumbass!

How much is a backhoe worth anyways?

[Derek A.]

Its an e38 - you can tell by the hvac vents above the motor.

[632 Regal]

so whats with the M-60 engine cover?
Its an e38 - you can tell by the hvac vents above the motor.

[Derek A.]

so whats with the M-60 engine cover?
Acutally Jeff - I think its technically an M62 Motor.

[winfred]

e38

[632 Regal]

a 4.4? ewww i need one of those!
Acutally Jeff - I think its technically an M62 Motor.

[Derek A.]

How do they get $22k on a 97 740 with a bad motor? Did he tow it to the spot? Maybe a second quote or opinion of the motor replacement - $8k is an awful lot for that.

[winfred]

nah swap in a real mill, get the alpina 4.6 from a automatic z8 or the 4.6is x5, a shade under 350hp if i remember right


a 4.4? ewww i need one of those!

[632 Regal]

would that fit with the correct trans? this is starting to sound tasty!
nah swap in a real mill, get the alpina 4.6 from a automatic z8 or the 4.6is x5, a shade under 350hp if i remember right

[winfred]

well this was a few years ago and maybe they weren't told about the bad motor as it was his dads shop, can't speak about 8k for a motor, actually i am doing a e38 motor right now but i don't know what we are charging, used car we know lot sold the car and a couple months later the motor pukes, and the guy talks the lot owner into splitting the cost, i just discovered the guy is trying to **** the lot owner as he killed the motor by sucking water, this could get ugly, been in the middle of this **** before


How do they get $22k on a 97 740 with a bad motor? Did he tow it to the spot? Maybe a second quote or opinion of the motor replacement - $8k is an awful lot for that.

[winfred]

should, never tried though wouldn't suprise me if it's a drop in probably easyer then a m5 swap to do


would that fit with the correct trans? this is starting to sound tasty!

[winfred]

this motor, pushes that heavy pig to 60 in almost 6 seconds (http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/suv/112_0204_x5/)

[Derek A.]

If my memory serves. We did a 4.0 short block swap on a 93 740. Was about $4600 - and that was using a BMW short block.

[632 Regal]

the 4.6L/340-hp powerplant. Compression has been bumped up from 10.2:1 (4.4L) to 10.5:1. Bore and stroke have been increased, as has torque, to 350 lb-ft at 3700 rpm. The final-drive ratio has been lowered to 3.91:1. The result is strong acceleration from rest, cracking off 0-60-mph runs in 6.20 sec. Top speed is electronically limited to 150 mph

I wonder if the 540 trans would fit? What I DID learn with computer controlled cars is you cant do much to modify the engine or it wont work...but, the old addage "theres no replacement for displacement" does however work. Think ill need to sell a few more flyers for this trick!



this motor, pushes that heavy pig to 60 in almost 6 seconds (http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/suv/112_0204_x5/)

[Kalevera]

last one I did was ~ 2 gees labor, 2 gees parts.

[grave77]

crazy ... but smart too ... :P