M3 Estate not quite as good as it appeared.

[jjr1]

https://fb.watch/7_2H6OkxoE/

Oops.

[The Rotrex Kid]

Very well done, just made of lots of nicked bits!!

[Court_S]

The Rotrex Kid said:

Very well done, just made of lots of nicked bits!!

I was thinking the same. The video referring to it as a cut and shut is rather misleading. It looks like a conversion done with parts sourced from less than reliable sources.

[RSTom]

Another article about it here - https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2021/09/...

Surprised it's not featured in the "What C124PPY personalised plates" thread yet

[Southerner]

Court_S said:

The Rotrex Kid said:

Very well done, just made of lots of nicked bits!!

I was thinking the same. The video referring to it as a cut and shut is rather misleading. It looks like a conversion done with parts sourced from less than reliable sources.

To be fair, the article linked above quotes:

"This BMW looked great on the outside, you can’t fault the paint job, but scratch beneath the veneer and it was just tag welded and structurally unsafe...."

It also says that two estates had been used to create a "panoramic roof", so it does sound like it was a literally a cut & shut effort!

[finlo]

Hmm I wonder how they join car's together at the factory??

[InitialDave]

Stolen parts
Altered shell
Still a 320d on the log book
In Birmingham

Tbh the only part that surprises me is that they actually did something about it.

They can't help but add some extra waffle in there as usual, but basically seems like a well-deserved seizure.

[honda_exige]

'Apparently' Police ballsed up and already paid compensation.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTvEHzEolAa/?utm_mediu...

[Wills2]

finlo said:

Hmm I wonder how they join car's together at the factory??

Better than he did...

See here for details, slightly better than a chop shop in the west midlands.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLH-C12JiD0

Edited by Wills2 on Monday 13th September 00:14

[LordFlathead]

I bloody hate "M" cars.. most of the 5 years old cars or older (MOST not all ) have illegal tints, are driven by bell-ends revving and popping wherever they go. Dumb-arsed back to front baseball caps and when they get out troosers round their ankles, clothing by Burberry and footwear by JD Sports/Sports Direct, jewellery from Argos.. did I miss any stereotypes? Ring stickers on the front wings etc when they've never left the council estate they were stolen from

On the plus side it's an indicator you've driven into a bad neighbourhood

See I can make a comment without mentioning the bloody indicators

Should be in the Council thread.

[CarCrazyDad]

I mean

They are saying it's a "cut and shut"

What does that mean?

Is it literally welded 2 cars together?

Did they take the rear panels from the M3 and weld them onto the standard 3 series body? That's not a cut and shut?

I believe cars should be properly registered (EG having it as a 2.0 diesel is not very good) but I don't understand what they mean by "cut and shut" when they've not provided any details?

If the engine etc is stolen then that's one thing , I don't agree with using stolen parts, but are they stolen or did the buyer purchase them "legitimately" from Ebay or a breaker etc?

In any event

Why scrap the car? Why not use it as an educational piece? Why not sell the parts for paying to run some police services / initiatives? Why not return the "stolen parts" to their rightful owner?
Doesn't make sense to me


quote from the Instagram page

unit17_uk said:

?? ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF @westmidlandspolice ABUSE OF POLICE POWERS??

So firstly we'd like to start off by stating we have built a handful of M3 touring's, each touring we have built has been provided with detailed documents and pictures including the build with the registration plate and chassis numbers to give authenticity and piece of mind for the new keepers that own the vehicles.

This particular car that a video has been released of today is from Birmingham however has nothing to do with Unit 17, we know the car as it did come to us for some carbon to be fitted, beautifully looking car.

So a video has been shared today by @wmp showing the car has been crushed, for those that don't know the full story, to our knowledge the car was crushed months ago and the officer in this video seems very pleased with himself. This car was crushed before the owners case was actually heard in court. The judge that heard this case ordered the vehicle should go back to it's owner, unfortunately by then the car had already been crushed, following this there was a further dispute which West Midlands Police were ordered to compensate for the value of the vehicle which could not be determined. We don't know how much but that has now been settled and the police have paid for the vehicle that they destroyed.

We felt the need to share this information with you guys because not everything is as it seems and police harassment is more common than you know it, we have unfortunately experienced and can provide proof of other cases where police abuse their powers out of spite whereby they have left us stranded on laybys without a car after providing all the correct documents in the middle of the night and later compensating for it.

Not all officers, but some officers if you don't speak infront of them they will go out of their way when it comes to being awkward, the attitude we have experienced by some particular @wmp officers is a disgrace to the rest of the police force. We'll leave it at that.

The officer in the interview seemed VERY happy with himself

[Chuck328]

Carwow, Top Gear? I forget (it was a while ago) when one of these media lots showcased some clever chap who had done exactly this. His one was blue and it looked the business. All above board.

Not sure how you can argue a diesel vs petrol though.

[InitialDave]

It seems like the guy who owned it is really unlucky, not only did he find himself in possession of a car made from stolen parts, he shares his name with someone in the same city who was convicted of stealing performance cars like BMWs.

That's some seriously bad luck!


https://bmwshow.co.uk/report2019.php

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-new...

Edited by InitialDave on Monday 13th September 00:23

[b0rk]

Curious on the back story to this a cut shut normally means an altered shell, not repaired in accordance with manufacturers guidance.

Swapping a M3 drive train and cosmetic panels over surely isn't a cut a shut? Was the panoroof original or did WMP decide that "mod" qualified as a cut in shut if the roof structure was adapted to make it fit. I could easily imagine there isn't an authorised repair procedure for retrospectively cutting out a panoramic roof...

[MDMA .]

InitialDave said:

It seems like the guy who owned it is really unlucky, not only did he find himself in possession of a car made from stolen parts, he shares his name with someone in the same city who was convicted of stealing performance cars like BMWs.

That's some seriously bad luck!


https://bmwshow.co.uk/report2019.php

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-new...

Edited by InitialDave on Monday 13th September 00:23

Yeah, but it's the Polices fault, innit.

[honda_exige]

MDMA . said:

InitialDave said:

It seems like the guy who owned it is really unlucky, not only did he find himself in possession of a car made from stolen parts, he shares his name with someone in the same city who was convicted of stealing performance cars like BMWs.

That's some seriously bad luck!


https://bmwshow.co.uk/report2019.php

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-new...

Edited by InitialDave on Monday 13th September 00:23

Yeah, but it's the Polices fault, innit.

From a quick look on IG this fella wasn't the owner at the time.

[ConnectionError]

honda_exige said:

MDMA . said:

InitialDave said:

It seems like the guy who owned it is really unlucky, not only did he find himself in possession of a car made from stolen parts, he shares his name with someone in the same city who was convicted of stealing performance cars like BMWs.

That's some seriously bad luck!


https://bmwshow.co.uk/report2019.php

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-new...

Edited by InitialDave on Monday 13th September 00:23

Yeah, but it's the Polices fault, innit.

From a quick look on IG this fella wasn't the owner at the time.

Or when the photo was taken!

[InitialDave]

honda_exige said:

From a quick look on IG this fella wasn't the owner at the time.

I got that from Reddit, and took it that the guy receiving an award/prize for the car was in some way connected with the car.

Maybe it's just another massive coincidence.

[CarCrazyDad]

Co incidence or assumption?

[InitialDave]

CarCrazyDad said:

Co incidence or assumption?

Assumption that if someone gets a prize for a car at a show, it's their car.

And, I suppose, that whoever pointed that one out in the first place doesn't have their own agenda for doing so, but I did follow the links myself to confirm the caption on the picture hadn't been altered etc.

But coincidence on the name/location/BMW theft side of things.

Does happen though, I share my name with someone with a very dodgy history, though in a completely different location to each other, and that's despite the name not being especially common.