1997 BMW 850CI 2 Door Coupe - 44K Original Miles - 5.4L Engine - 1 Family Owned

1997 BMW 8-Series Description

For sale is a head-turning, 1997 BMW 850CI that’s been a part of my family since its purchase as a new car from the dealer in 1998. My father bought it as a 2nd car and he used it sparingly. My family gifted the car to me in late 2015. I had all the rubber parts replaced (belts, hoses, tires) as well as the fluids, along with whatever else I felt I needed (like a new A/C filter, mats, and batteries, of which the car requires two).

I’m selling it because although I love driving the 850 – it handles like a honey – I prefer to be in something bigger and less sporty so I just bought a Town Car.

The BMW 850CI has 44,456 original miles on it, and it’s never left Southern California so it’s never been exposed to extreme weather conditions. Or exposed to cigarettes, heavy perfumes, or food.

This car is considered a collectible: Spanning all versions of the 850 during its 10-year production, BMW sold only 4,782 of them to the North America market including Canada, and 22,800 were sold worldwide, including those sold in North America.

If you’re viewing this ad, I assume you’re familiar with the BMW 850CI and how it handles and the long list of features it has so I’m just going to give you the status of the car and its functionality. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

It’s mechanically sound - no leaks or error codes.

Engine is strong and transmission shifts smoothly.

It has automatic transmission with Steptronic (manual mode).

All power options work well including windows, locks, mirrors, seats, sunroof, and headlamps. (I replaced the headlamp bulbs as well as the assemblies so they’d shine bright on the road at night.)

The interior leather, carpet, and dash are clean with no cracks or tears. The leather on the driver’s seat shows some wear.

The car has heated seats (two settings), a specially designed A/C and heating system which blows super cold and comfortibly warm, respectively, and the original cradle for a “car phone”.

The radio works and has 12 FM presets and 6 AM presets and a weather bureau station, an operational 6-CD changer, and an operational cassette tape player.

Headliner has been professionally replaced.

Again, since I assume you’re familiar with the extensive comfort features the car has, I’ll give you two examples not highlighted on a list of options found on the internet: 1) All windows roll down with a single touch of each button, and both the front windows roll up with a single touch of each button. 2) The heating/A/C system is set up so if it detects the small particle pollution reaching a certain level outside, the system switches from taking in air from the outside to using circulatory air, AND it uses a special HEPA filter which I’ve had replaced. It seems like BMW thought of everything when they produced the 850.

The car has never been in an accident and has a clean title. The passenger side panel was repaired back in the day because my father got too close to the side of the garage while backing out. The repair was beautifully done.

The car has three known minor exterior blemishes.

The first is on the passenger side bottom rocker: Soon after purchase, freeway rocks scraped off the paint in the area. It measures 22cm x 2.5cm. There was a small touch up done.

The second, the windshield has 2 tiny chips. One chip measures 5 x 5mm and the other measures 3 x 1mm. They’ve never gotten bigger.

The third, a car parked next to mine, left a slight indentation and a mark on the driver’s side rear panel. The indent measures 19cm long and the mark superimposed on it measures 21.5cm long.

Some of the lights on the on-board computer don’t work but the computer has full functionality, and there are a few marks on the side of the driver’s seat back.

I will provide the car’s CarFax report upon request.

The car comes with the original manuals and associated information in the original zippered BMW case, in addition to three key fobs and one valet key.

This automobile is sold as is.The seller offers no guarantees and no warrantees.

Delivery and/or pickup of this vehicle is the sole responsibility of winning bidder.

Winning bidder to contact seller within 48 hours of auction closing to arrange payment.

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