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Anybody buying a bmw?

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    clogher71
    Registered Users Posts: 561 ✭✭✭clogher71


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


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    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    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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    Senecio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 971 ✭✭✭Senecio


    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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    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,625 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    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.

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



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    clogher71
    Registered Users Posts: 561 ✭✭✭clogher71


    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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