M3 Gravestone

[Mean M3]

I'm not sure if this is a repost but I just stumbled across this on the interwebs while "working".
I'm in awe. How do I get one in Interlagos?

[SWOT1]

Haha!! An E93 M3 to DIE for!

[GotE46M]

damn thats kind of weird..

[thugmaster]

It needs spacers.

[Flying Ace]

should have gotten ZCP...oh well, next time.

[Beemdog]

Wow, that's a trip (but destined to be a vandalism magnet):

"The granite scale model, which had to be imported from the Far East, cost around £50,000 - almost as much as the real thing.

However, eyebrows are already being raised - with locals questioning how it was allowed, and what it could lead to next.

Weighing one ton, the BMW sculpture had to be lowered over Mr Marsh's grave by crane in an operation involving 20 people.

The detailed design includes silver-painted lights, a complete dashboard and tiny BMW logos on the wheels. It even has the personalised number-plate: 'Steve 1'.

Mr Marsh, who was known as 'BMW Steve' because of his love of the cars, died in his sleep last April. He had been suffering heart problems.

His wife Joanne, 51, and children Kerry, 31, and Vincent, 27, from Forest Gate, East London, drew up the designs for the headstone with the help of a stone mason.

After the blueprints were approved by the manager of Manor Park cemetery, they ordered the black granite car from China.

In keeping with his sense of humour, a joke parking ticket was placed under the windscreen wipers for the service.

Mr Marsh's daughter, Kerry, said: 'He was a car enthusiast all his life, he loved cars from a child. When Mum was in labour with me my Dad was outside fixing the nurse's car and got a page when it was time to come inside.

'He always drove BMWs, we've all got them. We couldn't just give him a normal headstone.

'We wanted it to look as realistic as possible. We had a lot of trouble getting it done. We had to order it from China and have it shipped over.


'It weighs about a ton and was made out of one piece of granite. I think my Dad would absolutely love it.' "


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3BXphGQeB

[jtodd_fl]

"The manager of Manor Park Cemetery also reports that he is considering plans from a recently deceased 747 pilot and a porn actor."

OK, I may have made that up.

[WinterSoldier]

Originally Posted by Beemdog

Wow, that's a trip (but destined to be a vandalism magnet):

"The granite scale model, which had to be imported from the Far East, cost around £50,000 - almost as much as the real thing.

However, eyebrows are already being raised - with locals questioning how it was allowed, and what it could lead to next.

Weighing one ton, the BMW sculpture had to be lowered over Mr Marsh's grave by crane in an operation involving 20 people.

The detailed design includes silver-painted lights, a complete dashboard and tiny BMW logos on the wheels. It even has the personalised number-plate: 'Steve 1'.

Mr Marsh, who was known as 'BMW Steve' because of his love of the cars, died in his sleep last April. He had been suffering heart problems.

His wife Joanne, 51, and children Kerry, 31, and Vincent, 27, from Forest Gate, East London, drew up the designs for the headstone with the help of a stone mason.

After the blueprints were approved by the manager of Manor Park cemetery, they ordered the black granite car from China.

In keeping with his sense of humour, a joke parking ticket was placed under the windscreen wipers for the service.

Mr Marsh's daughter, Kerry, said: 'He was a car enthusiast all his life, he loved cars from a child. When Mum was in labour with me my Dad was outside fixing the nurse's car and got a page when it was time to come inside.

'He always drove BMWs, we've all got them. We couldn't just give him a normal headstone.

'We wanted it to look as realistic as possible. We had a lot of trouble getting it done. We had to order it from China and have it shipped over.


'It weighs about a ton and was made out of one piece of granite. I think my Dad would absolutely love it.' "


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3BXphGQeB

OMG...this is unsettling and interesting...hmmmmmm.

[WickedE93]

Originally Posted by GotE46M

damn thats kind of weird..

+1 don't know how to feel about it

[mike@x-ph.com]

haha Nice

[D@AP]

Definitely mixed feelings about this.. Kinda weird looking, and crazy to believe it actually weighs 1 ton and took 20 people to set it up. I really hope people appreciate this instead of vandalize it..

[1MOREMOD]

Those wheels aren't oem.

[Ezio]

i think someone posted this a while ago. Pretty weird IMO

[M3 Esq]

The interior is going to get ruined with the top down.

[1MOREMOD]

Is the body in the trunk?

[Flying Ace]

Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Those wheels aren't oem.

Probably Avant Garde wheels.

[Flying Ace]

Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Is the body in the trunk?

Fittingly, this joke works in this context for the first time.

Good job, you get a cookie.

[1MOREMOD]

Originally Posted by Flying Ace

Fittingly, this joke works in this context for the first time.

Good job, you get a cookie.

What kind?

[bigtracing]

I told my family to dig a big hole and bury me in the car instead of a casket. I guess the grave stone is more realistic

[Hujan]

Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Those wheels aren't oem.

I disagree. They look like 219s or 260s to me. Both are OEM spec 18" wheels for the E9x M3.

Extra points for capturing the realistic fact that E93s are insanely heavy.

[VMcV3y]

They must have one awesome extended maintenance program....

[VMcV3y]

Originally Posted by Hujan

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Extra points for capturing the realistic fact that E93s are insanely heavy.

oh, jeeesh. another one of those comments....

- V


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