Re: Runaway BMW update

...and on the cellphone! What an idiot. Darwin was cheated by a BMW

It appears he blew the engine anyway. He seemed to not want to shift to neutral because it made the engine overrev. But going 130 down a busy highway with the brakes smoking was somehow better? Whatever he was arrested for, he will probably be charged with Terminal Stupidity.

On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:15:10 -0500, Rex B waffled on about something:

I don't think he actually blew the engine and stopped, he went for the crash and totaled the car method.

The whole story sounded rather odd to me...

Throttle stuck, and gear shifter stuck, both at the same time... Hmmmm...

Driver too stupid to know the steering lock won't come on unless you actually pull the key out...

I still say he blitzed through one of the many speed cameras in that area and thought "f*ck, how can I get out of this one... I know... Throttle stuck... Oh and the gearbox will have to be too... Best I get on the phone to the police now and call for assistance to complete my cover".

I'd be interested to see if he already had some speeding points on his licence, and if the next 3 would have pushed him over the max allowed and lost him his licence. Assuming of course that the camera he blitzed past didn't get him at >100mph, which is an instant ban (unless you are a footballer of course!)

Dodgy.