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FHP Looking at Black Box From BMW M5 Airstrip Crash

The Florida Highway Patrol have pulled the black box from the pulverized 2008 BMW M5 remains involved in the high speed crash at Jumbolair Estates last Saturday. Estimates of the events leading up to the accident have up until now been based on the forensic evidence (and the equations of projectile motion) and a BMW M5 Forum the driver visited before the crash, but there may be additional details in the on board computer. This line of investigation may be fruitless however, if we are to believe a statement from BMW about the situation. More »

9:15 AM on Fri Feb 1 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
8,836 views, 43 comments

Latest by n/a: @SLRSpeedshop: we calls them morgans. more »

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BMW M5 Crash Details Emerge

Edmunds Inside Line went and did what we were too bothered to do yesterday and dug up details on the tragic 2008 BMW M5 crash at Jumbolair Estates in Florida. As our intrepid commenters noted, the lad was a member at M5board.com and had recently inquired as to the normalcy of a thunking transmission sound at excessive speeds. Warnings to the youth proved less sexy then the lure of speed and around 3:30 a.m. on January 26, when the Space Gray M5 and it's occupants shuffled off this mortal coil. Further details and a map pointing out where Travolta calls home (why it's relevant, we still don't know) over at the line that is always the innermost. [Inside Line via M5Board]

2:45 PM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
15,056 views, 116 comments

Latest by aesthari: When I was 19 I managed to get an FF hydraulic suspension Citroen to snap oversteer and jump over the more »