- An E36 BMW M3 was wrecked after its owner lost control leaving a car meet.
- The Michelin tires of the car were probably stone cold when the driver pinned the throttle.
- Police officers stationed outside the car meet witnessed the entire event unfold.
An E36-generation BMW M3 has been left in tatters after its owner crashed it while making a hasty exit from a car meet in Sacramento, California.
Now, you might expect tales of automotive wreckage to be dominated by Ford Mustangs, but this time, it was a German performance model that took the hit. But this wasn’t just any M3. Under the hood was a transplanted LS V8, so it shares at least one trait with those Mustang misadventures—eight cylinders of raw power.
However, just like plenty of those Mustang crashes, it also appears as though it had more power than the driver could handle…