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      01-12-2008, 07:20 PM   #89
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yeah guys this is only one boat!!!! it will be ok...they have more than one at several ports everyday unloading...but it does suck for 370 people and dealership demo m3 and 1 series!!! the whole thing just sucks but it could have been worse and like others have said thx god no one got hurt...i would love to see some of the camera's on the boat showing what happened though!!!!
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      01-12-2008, 07:41 PM   #90
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So... some smooth talking sailor lured you aboard, eh?

I can't believe you fell for the "c'mere, I want to show you something" line.
well, gee, it could happen to anyone
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Yea...this sux...
but on a good side, its insured and more to come on every vessel....BMW import tonnes of cars.....

btw...wonder those 335i and M3s....will they part out some of those un-damaged parts???
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Wow...I was on Courage back in October. If my car was repaired for light damage, I would definitely insist on another being built.

Google 'Tricolor'. It was a RoRo carrier that sank!!!
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      01-13-2008, 06:37 AM   #93
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Wow...I was on Courage back in October. If my car was repaired for light damage, I would definitely insist on another being built.

Google 'Tricolor'. It was a RoRo carrier that sank!!!
You wouldn't know if it were repaired for light damage. As soon as you take it off the lot, its yours (unless you leased of course).
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I took a picture when I was on a vessel in Bremerhaven recently. They are tied down via the tow hooks.
Wow, two tiedowns seems pretty insubstantial, especially since the tiedowns are fore and aft and appear to be nylon. It wouldn't take much for the ship to heel enough in even a moderate sea to cause them to slide. I'd guess one broke away, slid into the next, broke it free and then had a chain reaction. Once a heavy mass gets moving on a tilting deck it's all F=MA.
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Wow, two tiedowns seems pretty insubstantial, especially since the tiedowns are fore and aft and appear to be nylon. It wouldn't take much for the ship to heel enough in even a moderate sea to cause them to slide. I'd guess one broke away, slid into the next, broke it free and then had a chain reaction. Once a heavy mass gets moving on a tilting deck it's all F=MA.
Ha, ha. <picturing large scale, tragic game of 3-series dominoes>
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      01-13-2008, 10:34 AM   #96
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      01-13-2008, 11:10 AM   #97
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i would love to grab some parts from those M3
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sooo, did that airbags work properly?
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OMG thats unbelievable. Mine came in on the courage last month I am glad I ordered when I did haha. Sorry if anyone had a car on there and hate to see those m3's getting crushed
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Can we buy one of these??
Anybody knows where are they goin??
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Can we buy one of these??
buy "one of these" what?
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ill buy some e92 m3 wheels!!!
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buy "one of these" what?
Maybe he thinks he'll get a discount on one of the M3's?
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      01-13-2008, 03:23 PM   #104
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Maybe he thinks he'll get a discount on one of the M3's?
People say the darndest things.
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Well, I wouldn't want a car that had been on a ship with another car that got damaged. Or a car that had been on a ship that had damaged cars on another crossing. Before or after. I'd make them build me a new one.
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Let's see, though. BMW makes about 1.4M cars a year, so that's almost 120,000 a month, or about 5,000 a day if you just count working days. So 370 cars represents less than 10% of a day's output. An hour or two's work, if you will.
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Let's see, though. BMW makes about 1.4M cars a year, so that's almost 120,000 a month, or about 5,000 a day if you just count working days. So 370 cars represents less than 10% of a day's output. An hour or two's work, if you will.
your numbers are waaaaaaaay off. Toyota makes 500k cars a year, and they are at the top of the auto industry in quantity.
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Well, I wouldn't want a car that had been on a ship with another car that got damaged. Or a car that had been on a ship that had damaged cars on another crossing. Before or after. I'd make them build me a new one.
But would you accept having your car transported on a ship that was built at the same time in the same shipyard as a ship on which a car was damaged?
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your numbers are waaaaaaaay off. Toyota makes 500k cars a year, and they are at the top of the auto industry in quantity.
Actually, it would seem your numbers are the ones that are off. Very off.

If Toyota made the numbers you quote, they would not even come close to being number 1 or 2 in the industry.

Please check your information and figures before posting incorrect information so that others don´t mistakenly assume it´s correct.
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