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Anyone waiting delivery of a new BMW?
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You might have a looooong wait!
Cargo ship aground.
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Ooh. Another dive site?
Won't be anyone needing owt fetching then...?
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Shsamelessly stolen from a forum I frequent:
"I think these events cause tragically ugly blots on the landscape that
ruin peoples' lives.
And that's just the BMW bikes washing up!"
Courtesy of Chesilboy.
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"According to the MCA, 50 coastguards are out looking for the missing
40ft long containers, which include one containing hundreds of
thousands of pounds worth of BMW motorbikes."
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show a couple of them disappearing
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Eh? Battery fitted and charged? Bike ready to ride?
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So, salvage... Old trad folklore an' all that... Fair play...
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Typo corrected :-)
I've visited the factory at Spandau. The bikes are crated, with (IIRC)
the front wheel removed, and maybe one or two other parts rmoved and
stored in the crate, but yes, with battery fitted, charged and ready to
go.
All you'd need is the keys (which will be in the crate, too), and some
fuel, and a basic toolkit to bolt on the removed components.
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Is that how BMW shop them then?
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I saw that and grinned. I bet the carrot-crunchers down there are
scrambing to pick up the flotsam, as they've done for hundreds of years.
Some will be disappointed, though.
"What you got, TreSurgeon? Valuable chemicals? Car parts?"
"Nar. Just some 'orrible ol' boike, loike moi one that's been stuck in
the workshop this last six months."
"Throw it back, then."
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Usually more of a north Devon coast speciality, the regulars at the
Hartland Quay hotel would make a 'proper job' of it.
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