Pulling a Keith Moon with a BMW convertible:

[Blind_Io]

http://www.lowellsun.com/front/ci_5918550

No joke, the owner's name is Keith.

CHELMSFORD -- For Keith Dion, she was one of a kind.

Sleek. Sexy. "A dream come true."

But when Dion stepped out for a cup of coffee yesterday morning, he was shocked to find her gone. At 8:45 a.m. Dion called police, reporting his 2006 cherry-red BMW 330 Ci convertible stolen.

At 12:30 p.m., his phone rang.

"We recovered your vehicle in a 700-block pool," police said.

About half a football field away from Dion's house inside the Willamsburg condominium complex, his beloved was submerged in 5 feet of water.

Police are looking for leads to find out how the car ended up in the community swimming pool. Neighbors didn't report hearing any unusual noises earlier in the day, police said.

Outside the
Miguel Velez, facing camera, and Michael Anderson, of Ferreira's Towing, hook straps to a rolling pulley before lifting the BMW from the pool. SUN / JON HILL
pool's fenced gate, tire tracks burned the pavement for several feet. The car crashed through the fence and careened over some bark mulch before launching into the water, police said.

Using a technique called the "trolley pull," employees of Ferreira's Towing in Chelmsford fished the car out
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Owner Keith Dion watches the sad spectacle. "I always wanted a BMW," he said. SUN / JON HILL
around 2:20 p.m. The company's co-owner, Todd Chase, trains tow workers for the Statewide Towing Association on how to retrieve sunken cars. About 300 feet of cable suspended between two tow trucks was used to lift the car.

Miguel Velez and Mike Anderson, employees of Ferreira's, spent about an hour in the water, helping hoist the car out -- along with a frog that was stuck in the mess.

"You can taste the gas in the water," Anderson said.

It's the second time a car was discovered at the bottom of a Willamsburg swimming pool, said Police Lt. John Roark.

Watching the spectacle, Dion grimaced.

"I always wanted a BMW," he said.

The $55,000 car, which Dion bought in December, had just reached 4,000 miles.

Replacing the car will be impossible, adds Dion. His dealership said BMW no longer makes soft tops.

"You sure you don't need a new car?" Dion asked Roark. "It's a great summertime car and I can get you a good deal."

[LeMans GTR]

Poor guy, he had an excellent taste in cars.

[watto]

I feel terribly sorry for that guy.

But the fact his name is really Keith makes it totally hilarious as well.

[Dsemaj]

There's the BMW 6 Series cabrio..

I don't like the 3 series cabrio anyway, but poor guy.

[fbc]

Oh man, I feel sorry for the poor guy.

[Karoug]

Keith moon never drove a car in to a pool...

[matt2000]

Keith moon never drove a car in to a pool...

so explain why clarkson driove a rolls royce into a pool to copy him then

[Blind_Io]

Keith moon never drove a car in to a pool...

I seem to recall reading that his agent or someone related to the band said something to the effect of "Don't tell me Keith never drove a car into a pool, I had to pay the bill to get it out again."

[Fenrir]

I seem to recall reading that his agent or someone related to the band said something to the effect of "Don't tell me Keith never drove a car into a pool, I had to pay the bill to get it out again."

It was Roger Daltry when he was driving the Reasonably priced car, he said that he didn't see him do it, but he saw the bill of the costs to 'remove a (such and such year) Rolls Royce out of a swimming pool'

[Cobol74]

Keith Moon did not drive a Rolls into a Hotel pool but he did drive a car (Can't quite remember if it was a Lincoln or a Bently) into his own pool. Bloody hell CHELMSFORD - ESSEX, well that is what I thought for a minute.

[British_Rover]

There's the BMW 6 Series cabrio..

I don't like the 3 series cabrio anyway, but poor guy.

Yeah but the 6 series cabrio is UGLY.

[Wizegui]

I think he drove a Chrysler Wimbledon into a duck pond.

[Cobol74]

^ Yes, that sounds about right I think.

[matt2000]

I think he drove a Chrysler Wimbledon into a duck pond.

yeah it was one of the ones that TG were going to restore, but the mini won instead i think. hey wait, did they use that mini on winter olympics