[tarek307]

The Courage tipped today at the port in Jersey City causing major damage to over 300 BMWs not including 70+ BMWs that were total losses.

a majority of the destroyed vehicles were M3s (mostly in dark blue) with a variety of 3ers and 1ers smashed up as well. A small number of the cars destroyed had German Tourist plates on them, those European delivery customers will NOT be getting their cars back.

If you were expecting your M3 or e90/92 in the next month, you're going to be in for a sad surprise.

those cars that were a total loss will be crushed, I asked a BMW rep, he stated that they will not be auctioned as there is a liability for letting those cars on the road. The shipping company's insurance is footing the bill, I do not know how they will handle those cars that are already owned by the European Delivery customers.

Those cars with light damage will be repaired at the Elizabeth Receiving facility and sold through BMW's dealer network as new cars.



I feel bad for the people who are gonna end up buying one of those cars that are repaired!!!

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[houbmw]

ouch!

[DRANGED]

I'm sick to my stomach and want to cry! Poor Bimmers, they never had a chance to live

[JSpira]

I was at the port today.

Let's just say everyone was a bit preoccupied.

[tarek307]

DRANGED, on Jan 11 2008, 10:51 PM, said:

I'm sick to my stomach and want to cry! Poor Bimmers, they never had a chance to live

i know, its so sad! imagine those people waiting for their euro delivery cars that were so excited to get them!

[tarek307]

JSpira, on Jan 11 2008, 10:55 PM, said:

I was at the port today.

Let's just say everyone was a bit preoccupied.

spira, what were doing at the port? your car wasn't on there was it??

[bmwfan05]

JSpira, on Jan 11 2008, 10:55 PM, said:

I was at the port today.

Let's just say everyone was a bit preoccupied.

There was a discussion about this today at the plant. One associate stated that some of new M3's were to be Performance Center vehicles!!

[cobradav]

Sure would hate to have had a car expecting delivery - the waiting, the unknown

[JSpira]

tarek307, on Jan 11 2008, 10:59 PM, said:

spira, what were doing at the port? your car wasn't on there was it??

No, I drove there and back in my car.

I am hosting a tour of the VDC in April and was stopping by to discuss some arrangements.

The tour is for BMW Club members and is on 5. April in case anyone is interested. I will post more details when the registration page is online. It will be a fun event.

[C's Bimmer]

Holy crap...that's my car in there! WTF?!

[moschse]

what to F...My fucking car is on that boat...

[tarek307]

moschse, on Jan 11 2008, 11:24 PM, said:

what to F...My fucking car is on that boat...

Ouf! i feel like i was the bearer of bad news posting this topic I can't believe this isn't on the news, seems to be kept pretty low key

[JSpira]

tarek307, on Jan 11 2008, 11:26 PM, said:

Ouf! i feel like i was the bearer of bad news posting this topic

don't worry, I felt like I couldn't say something because I didn't know it was public so....

[tarek307]

JSpira, on Jan 11 2008, 11:31 PM, said:

don't worry, I felt like I couldn't say something because I didn't know it was public so....

it is NOWHERE in the news,or on Google, they just found out about it 1 minute ago on the M3 board and some are saying its fake..because its is so underwraps!! but Tarek cracked it..lol

[JSpira]

tarek307, on Jan 11 2008, 11:35 PM, said:

it is NOWHERE in the news,or on Google, they just found out about it 1 minute ago on the M3 board and some are saying its fake..because its is so underwraps!! but Tarek cracked it..lol

Let's put it this way, I know someone from BMW who walked through the entire ship. He wasn't terribly happy about it either.