shredding a classic BMW :( - United Bimmer Community

craig · 12-31-2007, 02:39 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNvvSWEbuTs

it hurts to watch it

looked like a nice car too. anyone know what kind it is?

denyo77 · 12-31-2007, 05:34 AM

it looks like an 02
so it's a 1600 or 1602 or 2000 or 2002

the vid sucked, too
don't cars get recycled in the US?

**xsperf** · 12-31-2007, 08:23 AM

it looks like a non-m 3.0csl or an 02, like he said, to me

**Hoppy** · 12-31-2007, 12:10 PM

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don't cars get recycled in the US?

nope thats euro hippy stuff

really, most scrap yards recycle the metal. prices on steel, lead, and copper are skyrocketing theres decent money in it. nothing is legally obligatory. part of the recycleing process is destruction. tear the car apart, seperate steel from aluminum. grab any copper you can, chuck any plastics, leathers, woods etc. i donno how europe does it, but i dont imagine they are any gentle'er with them

**MTurboPower3** · 12-31-2007, 02:28 PM

Dammit the 02 almost won, but the shreder was just too strong. I bet if they didn't shred it, you could restore to be a nice car.

**estpaul** · 01-01-2008, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoppy

but i dont imagine they are any gentle'er with them

i hate to disagree,if the car hasnt been in a catostrophic accident, then it is taken to a scrapyard so it can be dissassembled and parts that people need are sold and the ones that arent are stocked. after a car has sat at a scrapyard for a certain period of time or no useable parts are left it is then crushed into a cube and sent to a processing plant.

a good example of a bmw only scrapyard/car breakers (all wrecked cars go to them and they dismantle them) is http://www.fabdirect.com/ , check it out, they sell everything and now have an online catalogue too.

denyo77 · 01-01-2008, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by estpaul

http://www.fabdirect.com/ , check it out, they sell everything and now have an online catalogue too.

but the parts are awfully expensive

in Europe there are specific norms for car recycling...
first parts are sold but when the time comes and the car gets crushed, it has to be stripped of everything
like just the body, no engine or transmission, no glass or plastic... all other stuff has to be sorted and recycled individually
and te cars get pressed into blocks of metal, not shredded

**estpaul** · 01-02-2008, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by denyo77

but the parts are awfully expensive

True, But when nobody else has what you need, They have it

and prices for original bmw wheels are good

**Dan** · 01-02-2008, 06:35 PM

the car was probably a rust bucket and not worth salvaging.

denyo77 · 01-02-2008, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by estpaul

and prices for original bmw wheels are good

yeah, I noticed that... really surprising

guess I'll need to go shopping in the UK sometime

**///Milk** · 01-03-2008, 04:07 AM

Why did you have to post that?

Looks like a 1602/2002 though.

**Hoppy** · 01-04-2008, 12:27 AM

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i hate to disagree,

you just said "i hate to disagree" on the internet. you MUST be British. no ones that polite. tell me STFU NOOB! next time.

**macky55e34lover** · 01-04-2008, 03:19 AM

yeah, it looks like a CSL to me, better give those guys a lesson on manners

**estpaul** · 01-04-2008, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoppy

you just said "i hate to disagree" on the internet. you MUST be British. no ones that polite. tell me STFU NOOB! next time.

Ok ill keep that in mind next time

denyo77 · 01-04-2008, 05:59 PM