At $13,000, Is This 02 BMW 540i M-Sport an Eminently Good Deal?

With its six-speed stick and M-Sport choices, at this time’s Good Worth or No Cube BMW 540i has tons going for it. Let’s see if the worth makes this a Bimmer to beat.

When Chevrolet launched a brand new downsized Caprice in 1977 it represented a brand new period for the nameplate, reversing over a decade of increasing dimensions and ever extra ponderous efficiency. To christen this new period of higher packaging, efficiency, and effectivity, Chevy dubbed the brand new Caprice the “Basic.”

Oxymoronic as which will have been, the automobile nonetheless proved successful for the model, because the almost decade-later 1985 Chevy Caprice Basic sedan we checked out yesterday attests. Sadly for the vendor, fairly a number of of you discovered the automobile’s $8,500 asking value equally contradictory. Ultimately, that resulted in an 80 % No Cube loss for the sorta-big sedan.

It’s pretty simple to match yesterday’s Chevy Caprice with at this time’s 2002 BMW 540i M-Sport. In any case, they’re each rear-wheel drive four-door sedans powered by V8 engines.

That’s just about the place the similarities finish, although. And, I’d say that the Bimmer’s 290 horsepower M62 all-alloy V8 and slick Getrag 420G six-speed stick will make it a much more partaking whip than the 160-horse, three-speed slushbox Chevy. After all, you do you in such selections.

Based on the advert, this black over sand 540i sports activities 131,000 miles on the odometer, and remarkably for a BMW of this age, that odo nonetheless appears to have all its pixels intact. It appears nice on the surface and rolls on almost new Michelin tires wrapping a set of good-looking Model 66 alloys. Properly, that wheel rely even extends to the spare within the boot.

The inside exhibits some put on and tear on the seat leather-based and carpet. There’s additionally a minor concern with the usage of black mats in a beige inside, however that’s in all probability simply me. The remainder of the cabin seems to be in completely usable form and laudably inventory, proper all the way down to the stereo head unit.

The M-Sport bundle provides a sport steering wheel and seats to the combo. Again within the boot issues are tidy, though, there are a few instruments lacking within the lid-mounted package, so a demerit for that.

Per the outline, this clean-title automobile “wants nothing.” It’s claimed to have had simply two house owners over the course of its life and has at all times been garage-kept. The advert additionally mentions {that a} service and inspection had been been accomplished by a BMW service tech throughout the final month.

That each one appears fairly interesting and there’s a humorous factor about that enchantment. In the event you do a Google search of this automobile’s VIN, you get some fascinating outcomes. First to pop up is that this advert, naturally. What you then get is a bunch of “associated searches on subjects like “ 2002 BMW 540i reliability” and “2002 BMW m sport horsepower.” It appears a number of people have been checking this scorching sedan out.

There was loads of time for them to take action, because the advert has been up for 3 full weeks. That will point out an absence of curiosity within the automobile or a great little bit of trepidation over its $13,000 asking value. We are able to’t do something concerning the former, however the latter is why we’re all right here.

What’s your tackle this 540i and that $13,000 asking value? Does that appear like a value that ought to get a potential purchaser to tug the set off? Or, is the vendor simply capturing themselves within the foot?

You determine!

Phoenix, Arizona, Craigslist, or go right here if the advert disappears.

H/T to Jim Schurr for the hookup!

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