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This all started about 2 years ago. I decided I was tired of driving a boring beat up 93 f-150. Gas was killing me and I really wanted to have a car instead. I started looking and I had always loved bmws since my grandpa had a e30 vert back when I was little.
I wanted a four door because I wanted a little more room. I began looking at e38s. Most were either in poor condition or overpriced.
Searching one day I came across a stock 540ia. Something about it caught my eye. So I began research on repair cost, reliablity, and reviews. Everything checked out. One day I googled 1995 BMW 540i and one of the recommended sites was for Charlie Kindel's 540i M-sport. http://www.kindel.com/bmw/540msport.html
. Whoa! I was in love. Now I once again started searching for parts to make the stock 540ia into a peusdo M-sport. Sport seats, m-pars, sport mirror, m-sport front and rear bumpers. I then decided to find my white buffalo of sorts, to find a M-sport. Searched CL in all the big cities. Found a few in Cali, and one in Miami that looked like it was Tony Montana's. Nothing close to me though. Then one day I came across an ad for one on ATL CL. The price was right and it was a dead ringer for Kindel's car. We exchange emails and calls and we decide on a time to meet up.
So I arrive at his home and overall the car looks good. It needs a new front bumper, the drivers bolsters are in rough shape, as well as normal wear and tear. The car was orginally bought in Connecticut. The po didn't have any service records before his ownership but had spent about 8k getting her right over the span of a couple years. The transmission was rebuilt around 130k (174k on it now). Suspension rebuild was taken care of as well. The edc was deleted and it was sitting on Eibachs and Billys. E-38 18x8f and 18x9.5r M-pars were on the car and the po was trying to sell the t-stars for 500 but they were completely ruined. Somehow a bag of fertilizier was left on them and melted the covers.
The test drive was conducted on a country road. As we headed into a turn I hit the brakes because I'm used to driving a huge truck. "No, don't hit the brakes." he says " Give it a gas through the turn." I follow his instructions and exclaim "Holy Sh@t!" He then tells me "Punch it" as we approach a straight. I do this tentively because I haven't bought the car yet. " No to the floor, there's a kickdown switch you have to push." he instructs me. Again I follow his words, and as I'm pushed back in my seat and again exclaim "Holy Sh@t!"
We get back and haggle on price. Go to the bank get the ca$h and sign the title over. NOW SHE'S ALL MINE!
This all started about 2 years ago. I decided I was tired of driving a boring beat up 93 f-150. Gas was killing me and I really wanted to have a car instead. I started looking and I had always loved bmws since my grandpa had a e30 vert back when I was little.
I wanted a four door because I wanted a little more room. I began looking at e38s. Most were either in poor condition or overpriced.
Searching one day I came across a stock 540ia. Something about it caught my eye. So I began research on repair cost, reliablity, and reviews. Everything checked out. One day I googled 1995 BMW 540i and one of the recommended sites was for Charlie Kindel's 540i M-sport. http://www.kindel.com/bmw/540msport.html
. Whoa! I was in love. Now I once again started searching for parts to make the stock 540ia into a peusdo M-sport. Sport seats, m-pars, sport mirror, m-sport front and rear bumpers. I then decided to find my white buffalo of sorts, to find a M-sport. Searched CL in all the big cities. Found a few in Cali, and one in Miami that looked like it was Tony Montana's. Nothing close to me though. Then one day I came across an ad for one on ATL CL. The price was right and it was a dead ringer for Kindel's car. We exchange emails and calls and we decide on a time to meet up.
So I arrive at his home and overall the car looks good. It needs a new front bumper, the drivers bolsters are in rough shape, as well as normal wear and tear. The car was orginally bought in Connecticut. The po didn't have any service records before his ownership but had spent about 8k getting her right over the span of a couple years. The transmission was rebuilt around 130k (174k on it now). Suspension rebuild was taken care of as well. The edc was deleted and it was sitting on Eibachs and Billys. E-38 18x8f and 18x9.5r M-pars were on the car and the po was trying to sell the t-stars for 500 but they were completely ruined. Somehow a bag of fertilizier was left on them and melted the covers.
The test drive was conducted on a country road. As we headed into a turn I hit the brakes because I'm used to driving a huge truck. "No, don't hit the brakes." he says " Give it a gas through the turn." I follow his instructions and exclaim "Holy Sh@t!" He then tells me "Punch it" as we approach a straight. I do this tentively because I haven't bought the car yet. " No to the floor, there's a kickdown switch you have to push." he instructs me. Again I follow his words, and as I'm pushed back in my seat and again exclaim "Holy Sh@t!"
We get back and haggle on price. Go to the bank get the ca$h and sign the title over. NOW SHE'S ALL MINE!
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