For sale: BMW M3. One vengeful lady owner.
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From today's Irish Independent:
HELL hath no fury like a woman scorned - and no object is sacred from her wrath. One philandering husband in Dublin appears to have learned a hard lesson after playing away from home. When his wife discovered he was cheating, all hell broke loose - and his €90,000 car suffered the consequences. Both the interior and exterior of his BMW M3 coupe was daubed in peach paint by his angry wife.
But that wasn't all. The woman's revenge was complete when she realised afterwards he had bought the plush motor in her name. In an ad posted on CarBuyersGuide, the woman from Dublin 4 said: "Some cosmetic damage due to having a cheating husband. "Best offer secures. "Idiot put car in my name."
Although damaged by the paint, it would cost just €2,000 to have it resprayed. Although it would cost more to clean the interior, it is still a bargain for a BMW with just 8,500 miles on the clock.
The M3 coupe is a much sought-after car in Ireland, and retails from €90,250, with a 2005 model worth in the region of €85,000. Last night, the woman was unavailable for comment.
HELL hath no fury like a woman scorned - and no object is sacred from her wrath. One philandering husband in Dublin appears to have learned a hard lesson after playing away from home. When his wife discovered he was cheating, all hell broke loose - and his €90,000 car suffered the consequences. Both the interior and exterior of his BMW M3 coupe was daubed in peach paint by his angry wife.
But that wasn't all. The woman's revenge was complete when she realised afterwards he had bought the plush motor in her name. In an ad posted on CarBuyersGuide, the woman from Dublin 4 said: "Some cosmetic damage due to having a cheating husband. "Best offer secures. "Idiot put car in my name."
Although damaged by the paint, it would cost just €2,000 to have it resprayed. Although it would cost more to clean the interior, it is still a bargain for a BMW with just 8,500 miles on the clock.
The M3 coupe is a much sought-after car in Ireland, and retails from €90,250, with a 2005 model worth in the region of €85,000. Last night, the woman was unavailable for comment.
dick dastardly said:
More bull$hit reporting - €90,000 is over £60K, which is about 50% more than an M3 costs.
There were some pics of this on here a little while ago, I'll see if I can find them.
Welcome to the world of Irish pricing. Just as well Ireland is the second wealthiest nation (as a % of GDP) on the planet.
List prices in Ireland are as follows:
BMW 3 Series M3 Coupé 3.2 Litre €90,250
BMW 3 Series M3 cabrio 3.2 Litre €98,500
A mere 318 CI convertible costs:
BMW 3 Series 318 CI SE cabrio 2 Litre €55,250, and a 911 (before speccing)
Porsche 911 Carrera 4 S Coupe Coupé 3.8 Litre €154,850
>> Edited by Irish on Tuesday 7th February 08:46
>> Edited by Irish on Tuesday 7th February 08:48
dick dastardly said:
More bull$hit reporting - €90,000 is over £60K, which is about 50% more than an M3 costs.
There were some pics of this on here a little while ago, I'll see if I can find them.
And it was a US car from a US BMW forum.
www.e46toronto.ca/forums/showthread.php?t=4069
>> Edited by neil.b on Tuesday 7th February 08:56
neil.b said:
And it was a US car from a US BMW forum.
www.e46toronto.ca/forums/showthread.php?t=4069
US???
So America's need to take over the world has started with occupation of Canada in particular Toronto then?
neil.b said:
More bull$hit reporting - €90,000 is over £60K, which is about 50% more than an M3 costs.
There were some pics of this on here a little while ago, I'll see if I can find them.
And it was a US car from a US BMW forum.
www.e46toronto.ca/forums/showthread.php?t=4069
>> Edited by neil.b on Tuesday 7th February 08:56
Nope, apparently this is a separate incident in Dublin....maybe it is something about BMW owners! It made Irelands main national newspaper's front page today.
EDITED: Well done, the papers got it wrong. Check out the following link:
www.cbg.ie/Car_detail.asp?CBGID=398894&ID=660068&NumPics=3&Make=BMW&Model=M3%20Coupe&frmFilter=
it appear photoshopped to right hand drive
>> Edited by Irish on Tuesday 7th February 09:07
I reckon this is spoofed.
Take a look at the picture on www.e46toronto.ca/forums/showthread.php?t=4069 and note the vehicle parked to the left of it.
I'm wondering whether someone has done a mirror image of some other pictures from the same incident on www.cbg.ie/Car_detail.asp?CBGID=398894&ID=660068&NumPics=3&Make=BMW&Model=M3%20Coupe&frmFilter=# (to put the steering wheel on the right for Ireland), as miraculously a vehicle of identical colour, and with matching door handles now appears on the left? The other clue was the 'cling film' stuff looks very similar. The licence plate also looks taller than the Irish ones, which IIRC are normally similar dimensions to ours, (colour would be white - the same as the US/North Carolina tags).
Edit - As above - spotted by everyone now!
>> Edited by timc on Tuesday 7th February 14:35
Take a look at the picture on www.e46toronto.ca/forums/showthread.php?t=4069 and note the vehicle parked to the left of it.
I'm wondering whether someone has done a mirror image of some other pictures from the same incident on www.cbg.ie/Car_detail.asp?CBGID=398894&ID=660068&NumPics=3&Make=BMW&Model=M3%20Coupe&frmFilter=# (to put the steering wheel on the right for Ireland), as miraculously a vehicle of identical colour, and with matching door handles now appears on the left? The other clue was the 'cling film' stuff looks very similar. The licence plate also looks taller than the Irish ones, which IIRC are normally similar dimensions to ours, (colour would be white - the same as the US/North Carolina tags).
Edit - As above - spotted by everyone now!
>> Edited by timc on Tuesday 7th February 14:35
Can't say I saw or heard anything. Is it April fools today or something. It's not too often that all the media outlets are fooled. Except for the famous story that the Spire in Dublin was bent. There was national up-roar on every newspaper, radio and tv talk show. It took a week for it to die down .
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