I would hate to be the insurance carriers for these companies...ouch!

Man, can you imagine what it sounded like when that thing tipped on its side.

Actually, it was mostly Volvo's and Saab's ... less than 20% was BMW...but it rims better with "luxury cars" in the magazine...

Any way you look at it $50 mil is a nice chunk of change..

all those M3's to waste....:eek: ....shame.

Soon, on a Discovery channel near you: James Cameron plumbs the depths of the ocean to spleunk the carnage of BMWs that never touched a wheel to ashphalt in anger.

"Zero miles on the odometer, I, ...I just can't bear to think of the youthful zeal, the life unlived, the horror, the horror!" said the plucky diver Cameron. "And to think there wasn't a single Cayenne on board - is there no God?"

Jw

Wayne, after giving us a tongue lashing the other time about not posting OTs here, I'm surprised that you yourself just posted an OT....

but oops, i forgot, you're God here so you can do whatever you wish...carry on...:)

$50,000,000/2,862=$17,470...

What BMW, Volvo, or Saab can you get for $17,500???

Or does the $50 Mill reflect the fact that these cars will soon be on a showroom floor near you???

Buyer, "Gee, I don't know, that price seems high for a "Demo". "Why is it so salty?" Salesman, "Well, they have been really salting the roads lately." Buyer, "This is Los Angeles?'

You know how tempting it is to move this to the O/T forum, Wayne? ;)

...fingers....itching....

To keep it on topic, a:

QUIZ!

A shipwreck like this launched the career of what famous Porsche personality?

Didn't Bruce Anderson get his start rebuilding salvage engines from a Porsche ship dunking?

Correct billwagnon!

the scary thing is I didn't see your question!

(use the force, Luke)

I'm trying to think positive, maybe it was just the 7 series and X5's

This is why Ferrari transports their cars via ... air plane cargos. Saw four red Ferrari in crates at the Milano airport once.

That is scary.

What will Wayne's "hook" be?

Well, Jack has always thought the BMW guys were all wet...

Too Bad it wasn't a bunch of Cayennes:p ......James

Salvage experts say most if not all of the vehicles will have to be written off as total losses. Their estimated value is put at $50 million.

Most!?

So they think some will be rebuilt after being extracted from the bottom of the ocean? :eek: