M5 vs. X5

[skandalous]

http://forums.germancarfans.com/zerothread?id=14395


From what I understand, though not quite sure, is that the driver of the M5 was taken to the hospital and released the next day and the driver of the X5 was able to walk away. Some crazy pictures. Yall be careful out there.

 

[Bmw 325i 7803]

WOW to walk away from something like that is simply amazing... BMW not only passes crash tests but their cars hold up to ultra-high speeds.... I bet Japanese cars hold up to 40mph crashes but 50-60 is where the tin can folds and you die....

 

[Militant-Grunt]

WoW... That is incredible, just goes to show what german engineering does for us.

 

[deutsch100]

HOLY S--T. Look at that M5. It is really amazing that anybody survived that. Yeah, BMWs really hold up in high impact crashes.

Anybody remember back in Sept. when I was side swiped at 50mph? Thank god for our X5.

 

[Chesty Bonds]

The state of that M5 makes me quite sad...

 

[Average Jae]

amazing you'd live after over half the car's riped up! let alone come home the next day!

edit: i wonder how much of it was due to the accident and how much of it to jaw of life..

 

[Wadula]

holy cow!!!! look at the egine bay on that one pic. incredible that there is nothing left!!!

 

[Bmw 325i 7803]

amazing you'd live after over half the car's riped up! let alone come home the next day!

edit: i wonder how much of it was due to the accident and how much of it to jaw of life..

Actually the roof was somewhat crumpled, but the top half was cut off by the fire dept, as the M5 driver had to be removed from the car, if you check back to that website you'll see a picture of the roof. If a roof got ripped off like that, I don't think anyone over 5ft would survive.

Here:

Any idea why they place orange towels over the four roof-support stubs on the chasis?

 

[mjbst111]

so rescuers don't rip thier arms off on the sharp cut metal?

 

[Nataku]

so rescuers don't rip thier arms off on the sharp cut metal?

extract the occupant easier. any movement can cause permanent damage and paralysis

 

[///M SPEED]

Probably a couple of dumba$$es that were street racing. Pretty stupid I might add. And if this was not the case, one if not both, need to pay more attention. An X5 will not roll over from a minor traffic accident.

The web-site stated the M5 driver was a diplomat. The US needs to change the laws to state what is expected of said diplomats (especially their children) when here in the US. For one driving around like a maniac is not to be tolerated.

 

[Fusion]

this is a picture from an accident in my country lolz in belguim éh ||||||

Holy shit that must of been an anormous Gforce behind that hit [80?]

somebody needs backlight from a 5 serie cuz there is not much left

 

[theBMWenthusiast]

jeez...that's crazy