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Year:2003 Mileage:95575
Location:

tiny, Ontario, Canada

tiny, Ontario, Canada
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If you are looking for a minivan, you have come to the wrong page.

This is no ordinary car.

This is the car “the little old lady from Pasadena” would have loved to own.

The “Ultimate Granny Wagon”  a BMW 540I  Sportwagon (or “Touring”) in Europe..

 

A 2003 model, the last year of this series known as E39, and the best year.

BMW stopped building station wagons for the next two years as there was  little demand for this type of car outside of Europe.

The North American consumer equated the term “station wagon” with “mini van”, something for the wife to take the kids to school, and could not understand why anyone would want to own a superb high performance car like the BMW 540I, with anything other than the conventional sedan shape and styling. Especially with a price tag of over $ 60,000 !

Only about 500  cars made it to the US and a few to Canada, this being one of them.

If you are interested in owning a very special and unique BMW, read on to find out more about this car, in particular.

You probably know that it powered by a 4.4 litre V8  with 292 HP, enough for comfortable cruising and enough acceleration to put most Sports cars to shame. The handling is superb and the comfort amazing.

Fully equipped with leather interior, memory seats, heated, with lumbar support, that lets you drive 800 highway kms in 8 hours and step out feeling fresh.

The winter package has the ski bag pass-thru and heated steering wheel to get you there on a cold day.

Sun/moon roof, steptronic 5 speed automatic transmission that is shiftable, window curtains for the back windows, etc.

 

This is a two owner car and has been in our family for the past 9 years. Imported from the US, properly documented and registered.

Maintained at the highest level at a BMW dealer, with all service records available.  Mileage  just under 96000 miles (152921 km). Owned by Non-smokers.

Colour is Black Safire Metallic outside and tan coloured leather interior.

Keys, books, extra floor mats are all there, as well.

 

Cosmetically, it has a couple of flaws, as per the pictures. The hood has a small dent from a flying rubber cone flipped up on the highway, the sides have a couple of dings from runaway shopping trolleys, (or people who hate Bimmers), and a  couple of scratches , a “kiss’” from a parking garage post.

Only reason for selling is that the grandchildren are getting  bigger, and we need an all-wheel drive vehicle  for the upcoming winter.

The car has spent most winters garaged, however it gets tru the snow quite well with snow tires.

We do  have a set, mounted on very smart looking rims, that we will include with the sale, if the buyer wants them.

 

 

By bidding in this auction, you declare that you have read and accept the Terms of this Sale as outlined below.

If you have any questions, please ask them before you bid. After the auction has ended, the sale is final.

Please, only bid on this car if you are serious about owning it and have the necessary funds readily available!
We require a $1,000 deposit to be paid via PayPal within 24 hours of the end of the auction and the balance to be paid via bank wire transfer (or in cash) within 7 business days, unless other arrangements have been agreed upon during the auction.

The car comes with a clear Title. It is sold "as is, where is" with no warranty stated or implied. License plates shown for photographic purposes only.

You fully understand that you are not bidding on an "option to buy" this vehicle. You bid to own! There are no contingencies.

 

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