2004 BMW 5 Series

4.4L 8 Cylinder Gasoline Fuel

Automatic

WBANB33554B108615

**I'M DROPPING $2500 INTO THIS CAR THIS WEEK TO FIX A COUPLE OF ISSUES THAT HAD POPPED UP. I HATE SELLING A CAR THAT HAS ISSUES. THEY PUT A NEW WATER PUMP, SEVERAL NEW HOSES, AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE SOME COMPUTER THAT WAS IN THE TRUNK THAT SHUT DOWN ALL OF THE ELECTRONICS--THIS BMW SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO NOW** UP FOR AUCTION TODAY IS A 2004 BMW 545I. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 65,900 MILES ON IT. YES, IT HAS A SALVAGE/REBUILT TITLE. I BOUGHT THIS CAR DURING THE WINTER OF 2010. THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD BOUGHT THE CAR TO REPAIR IT, AND HE DID ALL THE WORK TO THE VEHICLE. WHAT HE TOLD ME WAS THIS CAR WAS DAMAGED HITTING A CURB AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED--WHICH DAMAGED ALL THE WHEELS, SUSPENSION, AND THE AIRBAGS WENT OFF. I'VE HAD THE CAR UP ON A HOIST AND WE SAW NO EVIDENCE OF ANY FRAME WORK OR ANY BODY PANEL WORK EITHER SO MY GUESS IS HIS STORY IS CORRECT. THE P/O RE-DID ALL THE SUSPENSION AND PUT NO AFTER MARKET WHEELS ON. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN STORAGE SINCE I BOUGHT IT. I WAS GOING TO GO THRU THE CAR AND FIX A COUPLE OF SMALL DENTS, FIND A RAPLACEMENT FOR SMALL CRACKED WOOD ON THE DASH, AND FIND SOME STOCK RIMS TO PUT ON IT, BUT I NEVER DID. I JUST PULLED THE CAR OUT AND INSTALLED A NEW TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER AND OIL COOLER LINES BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING--LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS TOTALLED. I HAVE PUT A FEW HUNDRED MILES ON THE CAR THIS PAST WEEK AND A FEW ISSUES CAME UP THAT HAVE NOW BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. I HAD A NEW WATER PUMP INSTALLED, AND ALSO HAD A ROUGH IDLE SITUATION TAKEN CARE OF AS WELL. I CAN NOW SAY THAT THE CAR IS RUNNING GREAT WITH NO ISSUES. . I ALSO REPLACED ALL THE FLUIDS TOO. THE RADIO AND INTERFACE ALL SEEM TO BE IN WORKING ORDER. THE A/C ALSO SEEMS TO BE BLOWING OUT NICELY. NO OTHER LEAKS OF ANY KIND EVEN AFTER SITTING FOR A LONG TIME THE INTERIOR IS IN PRETTY NICE SHAPE OTHER THAN THE SMALL CRACK IN THE WOOD ON THE DASH. EXTERIOR IS NICE...NOT EVEN SURE IF THIS CAR HAS SEEN A FULL MICHIGAN WINTER AT ALL. COUPLE OF SMALL ISSUES LIKE A LITTLE DIMPLE DENT IN THE TRUNK --LIKE THE TRUNK WAS SHUT WITH SOMETHING STICKING UP. THE LOWER VALANCE HAS SOME SERIOUS CURB RASH--PROBABLY FROM THE ACCIDENT. COUPLE OF OTHER SMALL SCRATCHES BUT NOTHING MAJOR. LITTLE BIT OF CURB RASH ON THE AFTER MARKET RIMS TOO. ALL IN ALL THIS SHOULD BE A GREAT BARGAIN FOR THE WINNING BIDDER. I'M STARTING THE BIDDING AT $11,500 WITH NO RESERVE. I DO HAVE THE CAR FOR SALE LOCALLY SO I DO RESERVE THE RIGHT TO END THE AUCTION AT ANY TIME. GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIDDING!!