Too extreme: widebody BMW i8 seized by police!

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BMW i8 widebody confiscated

The owner of a BMW i8 with widebody kit and eye-catching foiling had probably imagined it differently: About half a year after uploading a video on the Internet, the Rhineland-Palatinate police confiscated his plug-in hybrid sports car and ended up with an estimate the officials irresponsible and dangerous behavior of the man in traffic. The arrest was ordered by the Kaiserslautern public prosecutor's office and is referred to in official jargon as "provisional measure regarding possible confiscation of the vehicle“Characterized. According to the press release, the video shows the driver of the i8, who was driving at over 200 km / h on a country road between Mackenbach and Ramstein, thereby significantly exceeding the speed limit of 100 km / h applicable there - not surprising that the police officers the strange nature of the "voluntary“Neither could nor wanted to disregard.

Airride chassis with extreme lowering

From a legal point of view, it is an illegal car race, although no second vehicle took part in the event. From the point of view of the police, it can also be assumed that it was not the first time that the 40-year-old driver of the BMW i8 violated the traffic regulations so seriously. In the present case, the officers report gross violations and careless behavior. The situation was exacerbated by the fact that, according to the police, the owner "numerous illegal technical modifications“Had made on the gullwing, including an unapproved air suspension (Airride). The huge fender flares of the widebody kit, which may have its origin in Japan, are also unmistakable. Such a kit is certainly admissible in European regions, but registration is not really easy. Not to mention the additional costs. And that also applies to kits from other suppliers. The tuning experts from the West Palatinate police headquarters, brought in for this purpose, estimate the value of the conversions alone to be at least 160.000 euros. How exactly such an extreme sum should come about is a mystery to us.

The BMW i350.000 is currently worth a good € 8

The officials give a value of "at least 350.000 Euro"According to which the tuning hybrid would be one of the most expensive BMW i8s of all time and roughly that Savini Wheels / Liberty Walk i8 from 02.2019. A further statement from the press release shows that the lowering due to the air suspension was quite extreme: regardless of whether the suspension was set to the maximum height for the greatest possible ground clearance, the vehicle could not be pulled onto the tractor without problems. Finally, it took over an hour for the confiscated car to be taken away. Incidentally, the owner's driver's license suffered the same fate as the car: it was also confiscated by the police and is unlikely to come back anytime soon. (Info + pictures: Notice from the Police Headquarters West Palatinate, March 26.03.2020, XNUMX)

Of course that had not been the case.

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