Yes, the Ever-lasting contrast. Since existence has known, the 'fight' between good & evil has continued. Obviously, this fight can never end. Good things turn bad, bad things become good. My fav. contrasting symbol, because it is so true & means so much – the battle between good & bad never ends… Here we ponder on the tragedy of Dylan Klebold.
Tag: BMW 320i
Dylan’s BMW 320i sighting update!
The 1982 BMW 320i 3 Series 35 year old vehicle was listed at an opening bid of a whopping: $12,345,463.00 and ended at 0 bids this passed March 20, 2017.
The most recent CARFAX report is hot off the press updated at August 4, 2017.
The report shows that the car has been residing in Lincoln, NE and had a police reported accident dated 12/13/2008.
Why someone would open a bid on it and close it down is innteresting. Perhaps a little ah.. pricey? for most ? *coughs* *chokes* Then again, maybe not. 😉 or maybe just that Ebay caught wind of it and requested that the seller stop the sale. It would make sense since this would be the second time Dylan’s car was put up for bid, the first time in 2006, the sale was yanked off Ebay because it was considered murderabilia.
Seems as though Nebraska is where the car has resided ever since wurmholeshadow put it up for sale in the mid 2000s and then dropped of the face of the earth a few years later.
I noticed something bobbing up and down on the dash of Dylan’s car as he drove along with Nate over those annoying neighborhood speed bumps in the Morning Ritual vid. Upon closer inspection, it turns out Dylan had a “tumbling” KMFDM logo black/white oval sticker placed on his dashboard. 🙂 Typically, these days, you’ll see the oval sticker with a bright red background with the black and white ‘tumbling’ letters. The close-up shot clearly shows a white trimmed oval around the ‘M’ letter and you can partially see the skewed ‘D’ too just like the red sticker has. I’m concluding that the KMFDM merch site back in the day had the black background version of these stickers and not just the red background. Etsy still sells the ‘vintage’ nineties (lol) red sticker for $44.99 as oppose to the KMFDM merch site that has the red oval minus black square for $3. I have yet to come across the black background oval sticker to prove a match.
And well, there you have it! Just another little nifty tidbit about VoDkA’s BMW decor. 😉
Anyway, life has been kinda crazy for me these days which is why I’ve not been on so much. So, this is me saying ‘hi’ and..
In my estimation, the Morning Ritual vid would’ve been filmed in January ‘99. It’d be their first day back to school ending the winter holiday break, and Dyl’s first maiden voyage ride to CHS with his good friend Nate in tow, driving his newly purchased 1982 beater BMW 320i. A holiday gift from his parents given the certificate purchase date.
Dylan got his drivers license October 16, 1997 but according to this documentation below, Dylan’s BMW 320i was recorded as purchased on December 26, 1998.
On January 30, 1998, Dylan was a passenger in Eric’s Honda Prelude the night they got caught for the van theft. According to Dylan’s account in his Diversion Report on March 25, 1998, he had two traffic tickets: one for speeding and one for running a red light.
It would appear according to these records that he got these traffic tickets long before his BMW was purchased. How can this be the case?!
This means that Dylan only had his BMW 320i approximately a total of 4 months of his entire life – from the last week of December – likely a Christmas present from his parents – and then from January up until April of 1999.
The Klebold’s owned at least 7 cars , including 4 BMW’s that date from the 1980′s.
If Dylan got 2 traffic tickets earlier on before he had his own BMW, it would mean he was driving one of his parents vehicles or a spare BMW his dad had on hand. He may have gotten the traffic tickets anywhere between Jan – March ‘98 which might explain why Eric was driving them the night of the van theft.
The evidence of insurance at the bottom covers his driving and started 9/3/98 with coverage ending 4/4/99 and mentions the BMW 320i. This would mean that the insurance coverage would’ve been updated with the new type of vehicle he was driving and put in his glove box. The initial coverage in 9/3/98 might have been insurance cover under another one of his dad’s cars.
p.s. If the actual purchase date is truly Dec ‘98 (wow), this alters the timeline of when the Morning Ritual video was filmed by about a month later. Seems likely he and Nate would’ve video taped it perhaps the first day back to school from winter holiday break just when Dylan got his ‘new’ car.
I will have to check the carfax report as well as other accounts which involve his car to verify all of this. Stay tuned.
Update: Carfax report shows Dylan’s BMW was previously owned in Lafayette, CO an hours drive away from Littleton under another title number and then sold to the Klebold’s on December 26, 1998 per the certificate (below) and received a new title number issued date of 1/19/99. His car failed it’s first emissions test on 1/21/99 and the test was retake on 1/29/99, finally passing the test. Looks as though it was returned to the Klebolds, who kept the car and by 10/9/2001 it ended up at an Inspection Station. There was an attempt to sell the BMW on ebay in 2006.
Incidental Update: 1.11.2018: Nate Dykeman provided the approximated date that the Morning Ritual was filmed. On the VHS tape which he provided to Jeffco his video with the title on the spine is “Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman, Approx. date Nov, Dec ‘98″ which also places my guestimate correctly in this post for “Winter ‘98″ based on Dylan’s hair length progression.
His essay about “The Man in Black” killing preps was found in the glove box.
Video: Dylan’s BMW is the second car on the right next to his best bud pulling in. Matching Rammstein stickers – Dylan (bottom of his rear window), Eric (top rear window). Kinda like the OTP glove sharing thing. 😉
When I first read Zack Rissmiller claimed Dylan tore off his BMW emblems I took it with a grain of salt – that is, until I saw the contents list of his BMW glovebox. This speaks volumes about Dylan to me. He did not wish to be associated with status or snobbery in a way, shape or form to the extreme point of ripping off his own car’s emblems – front and rear. I can only imagine what his dad felt about his son’s extreme statement since Tom’s hobby was collecting old, luxury type cars and fixing them up with his son. The culture at Columbine with it’s elitist, snooty, rich kids turned Dylan off, and over the years, disgusted him to such a degree that it was too revolting to drive through the school’s parking lot feeling comfortable..or even remotely proud.. displaying the associated “status” symbols on his own car. It was not what he was about and he wanted to make sure the school knew it. What better way to make a point? I doubt Eric wouldn’t have done as such since he would have likely been proud of a German derived car.
The Everlasting Contrast 