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Anybody buying a bmw?

blue5000 · 2016-10-05 09:31:51

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0B9sBiouJo What a waste.

05-10-2016 9:31am

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0B9sBiouJo

What a waste.

If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.

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#2 06-10-2016 10:21am

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What's the story there? Is is some kind of U.S. scrappage scheme?

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#3 07-10-2016 9:21am

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One of the replies on the page suggests this:

The cars are "test mules" or pre-production vehicles used my manufacturers to test all the systems designs before production. The film was created in 2010 by BMW to showcase their recycling of these cars before being ultimately crushed.

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#4 07-10-2016 9:24am

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To provide more context. Test mules are essentially R&D vehicles. They have to be crushed to comply with tax laws surrounding R&D investment.

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#5 07-10-2016 9:49am

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Looked like very clean engine oil being drained out. There is a link in one of the comments though

http://www.bmwblog.com/2015/10/27/how-does-bmw-recycle-cars/

I still wouldn't mind swopping my 11 year old car for one.

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#6 07-10-2016 8:13pm

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It's still a waste, light , tyre , wheel etc etc, could be sent back to the production line and be reused, so much for recycling....

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