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May not buff out (files.ikt.id.au)
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[–] 150 points 4 months ago* (20 children)

That was a BMW M440i (i recognize the wheels, color and slope of the back). It has a 386hp/398lb-ft turbocharged inline 6 with a mild hybrid system. BMW says it can do 0-60 in 4.3s, but independent tests have shown it can do 3.9-4.1s

Most likely this idiot used launch control in the parking structure wanting to show off and lost control, eating the pillar

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  • [–] 41 points 4 months ago (10 children)
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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Why would this even be present in a street legal vehicle?

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Money.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I sometimes wonder why the US even has a government.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    What the hell, that's STOCK for a BMW M series?

    That makes skateboards sound safe.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago

    That's been pretty common in high end performance cars for over a decade. Good for Darwin awards.

    Fortunately it's also noisy enough that you can IMMEDIATELY tell and get the fuck out of the way. EVs need to start making noise like that lol.

    The Grand Tour did an absolutely hilarious take on it, even Clarkson agreed it's stupid in street cars

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    That's the same thought I had, that's some incredible acceleration to have a crash like that inside a building.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Fun fact, not even the most powerful version of that car, that would be the M4 which can do under 3 seconds in the xDrive variant.

    But it has enough tuning potential that you could get M4 performance out of the M440i no problem. B58 is considered to be the modern day equivalent of the Toyota 2JZ, to the point that even Toyota uses it in the modern Supras.

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  • [–] 22 points 4 months ago

    Yeah, I saw some assuming he was drunk but it is just as likely that this guy made a split second decision and jumped on it thinking what could go wrong I've done it before and poof.

    People don't like to view vehicles as murder machines but they very much are. If raising the front end 40% increases the chance of death by 40% to pedestrians and the only benefis were "I like the way it looks" or in this case the car being designed to accelerate at speeds that arent comfortable or safe because "I think it can be fun sometimes" at the detriment of others is just poorly planned.

    Sure the guy is at fault, but so is the company that manufactured it, and the government bodies that allowed it on public roads.

    If someone wants to have a hobby playing with and racing cars, that's fine; but they don't belong in public areas.

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