Schmiedmann BMW moose attack

Imagine getting a call from the restoration shop that your freshly painted and nearly restored BMW 850i had just been trampled by a moose. This happened at Schmiedmann's facility in Sweden.

If this happened in the U.S. and that was my 850i, I'd probably call B.S.

But I feel like moose shenanigans are fairly standard in Sweden, so I'd probably be more like "Again? That's the third time this week. I'm going to need a bag of salted licorice to calm down."

Wow... people are restoring 850s already?

In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :

They're anywhere from 25 to 35 years old now.

Hardly a panel undamaged.  That looks like it was probably payback.  My guess is the moose had an unpleasant encounter with a similar, or that same car, and was looking to even the score. 

That is what happens when you have too much to drink at the Moose Club. Ba-boom!

Woody (Forum Supportum) said:

Wow... people are restoring 850s already?

This bad MF'er was one of the few cars at SEMA I genuinely liked. It has swallowed everything important from an E60 M5.

I feel like the time has come to celebrate the E31 

In reply to Trent :

I'm not knocking these cars by any means. I've always loved them.

But in my mind, they came out about three years ago. I'm pretty sure I just read about them in Autoweek magazine...
 

A Møøse once bit my sister... No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink"...

It was a Volvo Moose. Darn immigrants!

Moose are scary on a variety of levels. My Alaska Ranger uncle has had more problems with them than bears.

I wonder if Norwegian insurance UIs have a dropdown for "moose" or they have to fill it in by hand.

Also, with the amount of damage to the 8 series and the E46 gettting barely scuffed, I second the opinion that this is personal.

I don't really care for that color either, but someone should talk to that moose about letting other peo... animals like what they like.

A Møøse once bit my sister ... No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink".

Karacticus said:

A Møøse once bit my sister ... No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink".

Are yøu talking øf Inga? I always suspected my father Sven had anøther family. Yøu see he was a traveling a løt selling thøse little garden gnøomes.

Woody (Forum Supportum) said:

In reply to Trent :

I'm not knocking these cars by any means. I've always loved them.

But in my mind, they came out about three years ago. I'm pretty sure I just read about them in Autoweek magazine...
 

Tell me about it brother!

my "modern classic" 81 pickup is significantly older than the 50's cars I thought were so cool when I was in high school.

So who pays for that?  I can see it getting all tied up in the blame game if insurance is involved. 

Either it was personal or moose aren't smarter than deer. I worry about deer. I spotted this fella about a 10-15min ride from the shop where my Toyobaru is:

JG Pasterjak said:

I wonder if Norwegian insurance UIs have a dropdown for "moose" or they have to fill it in by hand.

Also, with the amount of damage to the 8 series and the E46 gettting barely scuffed, I second the opinion that this is personal.

The E46 was attacked by llamas that were hastily brought in to replace the moose and at great expense.