OT 3 series meets tree Options

[Howard]

3 series meets tree @ 200kph. Looks like a plane crash.

[Qarl]

I smacked my 328is through a concrete block wall about 5 years ago. I think something like $9k in damage.

Airbag didn't go off. BMW was interested in why it didn't. Police said I was lucky it didn't as it probably would have caused MORE injuries and cracked my eyeglass lenses.


It was a funny story. It was something like 2 days before New Years. It was in the high 30s and it had rained and almost midnight. Here in Florida, the roads get what's called "Florida Ice" when it hasn't rained in a while and it gets really cold (just above freezing). When it rains, the oil comes up off the streets and our non-winterized Florida tires get nice and hard and can easily slip on the wet cold roads.

Anywho... I was making a turn from one road to another and as I finish the turn and go to straighten up the wheel, the car just keeps turning to the left. So in a frantic move to correct the situation, I overcompensate and cause my car to do two 360s before hopping a curb and smacking through a concrete block retainer wall. It took like 2 seconds for this all to transpire.

I'm dazed and pumped full of adrenaline. I hop out of the car to flag down my wife who was about a minute behind me because she caught a light about a mile back. I'm waving at her and she later tells me she's thinking... "Who's the idiot waving at traffic at 11:30 at night. Oh crap, it's my husband".

Anyways, we call the FHP, and he investigates. He checks me out, the car out and says... well you most likely were speeding so I'm going to have to wriite you a ticket for wreckless driving. Just then (thank God), two cars are rubbernecking at my wreck and have to hit the brakes because the light changes and they both do 360s through the intersection on the slick roads. He looks at me, smiles, and say... "Then again... maybe it WASN"T your fault." Phew!