Monday 15th November 2010

PH M6 Gets Accidental Tree Surgery

Our BMW gets off lightly as a falling branch misses. Almost...

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It could have been an awful lot worse

Following the previously documented case of the mother-in-law's lightly singed sward (by Mercedes SLS Gullwing), 'natural justice' appears to have been invoked as the good lady's garden exacted a painful revenge on our BMW M6 at the weekend.

It's still unclear as to whether the esteemed Frau talks to her trees, but following the traumatic events of Saturday night it seems a distinct possibility. Either way, a giant bough launched itself from a great height from one of her cedars, and struck the PH M6 a glancing blow on its fall to earth.

Oddly, the incident happened the night after gales swept through Nottinghamshire, but doubtless nature can provide a rational explanation.

There's going to be a bill, because although the bough narrowly missed crashing through the windscreen or the aluminium bonnet, it did catch the plastic front wing a glancing blow, cracking a seam and the edge of the headlamp assembly.

Two notable thoughts arising. First that the BMW's plastic wing has suffered remarkably little damage considering the size of the branch that clumped it.

Don't worry, she'll never read this...

Second, that the mother-in-law has remained unusually taciturn on the subject...

 

[R66STU]

O No poor M6

[Thorburn]

Came off better than my dads 528i! Parked it at his bosses house while we went on holiday, car was only a month or two old at the time and got completely re-shelled afterwards by the local BMW dealership.

[thinfourth2]

Thorburn said:

Came off better than my dads 528i! Parked it at his bosses house while we went on holiday, car was only a month or two old at the time and got completely re-shelled afterwards by the local BMW dealership.

And now you know how the X6 was designed

[stropley]

Feeling much better about the plastic wings on my Clio now - they're in good company.

Sorry about the Beemer but glad nobody was hurt

[TVRWannabee]

Somebody has been watching too much Les Dawson and his mother-in-law gags...

[adycav]

Although it did leaf some nasty damage I'm glad that everyone was oakay. Not nice to see a car conkered in this way.

[XJR500bhp]

That's a puntastic reply.

BMW Msticks??

[nsmith1180]

Im going to bough out of this before I even start!

Shame about the car, even bigger shame about the bill!

[adycav]

We'll be getting sycamore jokes if they are posted.

[Harry Monk]

adycav said:

We'll be getting sycamore jokes if they are posted.

Yew sure?

[adycav]

Harry Monk said:

adycav said:

We'll be getting sycamore jokes if they are posted.

Yew sure?

That's acorn-y one.

[Escort Si-130]

This happened to me last year with my Focus, I was suprised not a scratch. The whole bough broke off the tree, I heard the noise rushed outside as I thought it was something else, when I saw it, I was like st! The bough had lots of leaves on its branches which may have cushioned i from damaging the car.
It was a heavy bh to get off. I could not even lift it up and I am not weak at all. I had to drag it on the ground then get the saw out to cut it up.

[timewatch]

BMW ---- = Bough My Wheels?


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[robm3]

adycav said:

Harry Monk said:

adycav said:

We'll be getting sycamore jokes if they are posted.

Yew sure?

That's acorn-y one.

The insurers will have to stump up on this!

[Riggers]

If these jokes carry on too long we'll have to prune this thread...

[nsmith1180]

A whole lop more of that should happen to these pun threads!

[Shuvi Tupya]

Thorburn said:

car was only a month or two old at the time and got completely re-shelled afterwards by the local BMW dealership.

I had no idea they would bother doing that to a new car, i would have thought it easier and more cost effective to replace a car than have one rebuilt!

You live and learn

[Thorburn]

Shuvi Tupya said:

Thorburn said:

car was only a month or two old at the time and got completely re-shelled afterwards by the local BMW dealership.

I had no idea they would bother doing that to a new car, i would have thought it easier and more cost effective to replace a car than have one rebuilt!

You live and learn

Apparently it was a very close call, but re-shelling it was SLIGHTLY cheaper.

[Marlboro Gold]

Cedar problem with parking under trees in a Forest means that life can be a Beech everynow and then. Still it should Spruce up nicely.

Edited by Marlboro Gold on Monday 15th November 15:08

[CosworthV8]

Slow news day chaps?