http://www.metafilter.com/tags/m5 Posts tagged with 'm5' at MetaFilter. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:09:42 -0800 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:09:42 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/68619/BMW%2DM5%2DCrashes%2DKills%2D5 <a href="http://www.ocala.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=news1020&amp;bcpid=301941310&amp;bclid=301794139&amp;bctid=1392485027">Did you hear about the BMW M5 crash that occurred in Ocala, Florida over the weekend?</a> (video - with a car advertisement opening, ironically). <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/26/five-young-men-killed-when-bmw-flies-off-runway/">The five teenagers in the car flew 200 feet off an airport runway, then hit a tree, splitting the car in half.</a> What you may not have heard of was that the driver, Josh Ammirato, was an active member of <a href="http://www.m5board.com/">m5board.com</a>, an online BMW M5 forum community. AmericanM5, he was known by, had posted only a day before the crash, asking about <a href="http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=111454">rough shifts when exceeding 140MPH</a>. <a href="http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=111545">The thread about his crash.</a> <a href="http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Columns/articleId=124526">Edmunds Inside Line has full details of story</a>, including <a href="http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com//media/il/columns/ssmith/kid.m5/airport.500.jpg">map of the accident.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.68619 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:09:42 -0800 bmw m5 obit ocala patr1ck