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Time Capsule Bimmer
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Time Capsule Bimmer


Mar 25, 2020, 9:59 AM

Make of all this what you will, the fact is that BMW likely doesn't have an E38 7 Series in this condition, with "no signs of the passage of time" between the low miles and the air bubble.

https://autos.yahoo.com/1998-bmw-740i-158-miles-202900244.html
https://media.zenfs.com/en/autoblog_50/618796910b978afc95acd1b4d2c7be23">
1998 BMW 740i with 158 miles on eBay is a bubble-wrapped time capsule
The Drive found a fascinating car listing on eBay's German site that, were the listing in the U.S., we'd expect to see on Bring A Trailer and bid up to BAT's altitude-sickness prices. The listing says that in September of 1997, a woman born in 1927 bought this 1998 BMW 740i brand new. Someone
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Nnnnnggggghhhhhhh. That’s still the best looking 7-series


Mar 25, 2020, 10:04 AM

They ever made.

I’ve noticed a weird truism with time capsule cars.....they’re almost never the most desirable variant of the model.

Like this one...,gorgeous, and I don’t expect it to be the 12 cylinder 750iL, but at least option it with the sport package if you’re gonna keep it in museum shape!

Or if you see a 1 owner Porsche 944 with 5k miles, it’ll always be the automatic transmission. Or perhaps a cherry 1988 Mustang LX driven 8000 miles by a little old lady whose son was a professional detailed and waxed it monthly.....$100 says it’ll have the 4 cylinder.

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Probably because they're almost always purchased


Mar 25, 2020, 10:08 AM

by non-drivers. A driver knows what to get and why.

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Exception


Mar 25, 2020, 10:15 AM [ in reply to Nnnnnggggghhhhhhh. That’s still the best looking 7-series ]

https://www.motor1.com/news/179659/1996-nissan-300zx-turbo-ebay/

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If that goes for $63k, it’s a bargain,


Mar 25, 2020, 10:17 AM

And yep, I realize how ridiculous that sounds.

If I had anything halfway desirable up for auction at the moment, I’d take that SOB down so fast it’d make BaT’s head spin. There’s no way all the money is at the table on these auctions at the moment.

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