1988 BMW Dealership Left Untouched

[schaef]

In 1988 the dealer, located on Royal Windsor Drive and operating under the name “Citation Motors”, had his license revoked for unknown reasons. They then moved to Toronto under the name “Downtown BMW” which in 2002 closed up shop. The owner, apparently a well off German business man, seemed to have no interest in selling the place, or even the inventory, as everything seems to have been left behind in tact.

http://www.endrasbmw.com/10/1988-bmw...eft-untouched/

[Black Stig]

OMFG that 6 series

DO WANT!

[Bobby Newport]

pretty cool but this is OT how?

[300ZXNA]

Wow. What a weird story. Considering the lack of dust on everything, there must be some level of maintenance occurring. Any OT'ers close to this that want to investigate?

[pandaboo911]

^dust is mainly human skin, if no people have been inside, there wouldn't be dust

Steal them, if the owner has left them there for 23 years he certainly wont miss them

[auto_pilot]

Wow...though I think a quick title check may yield who the owner is. Even if its in a Corp name, a little more digging should yield the owner.

Cool cars though...

[ChrisG]

Pretty sweet.

edit: find it hard to believe he'd just leave all those cars there though..

[Dylans3960ccs]

I hope it stays this way, the owner should make it into a museum. I know that I'd go to it.

[bimmerjph]

So are these all brand new cars w/ 0 miles on them?

[montaillou]

I'm wondering if this isn't a viral story, put out by BMW.

Checking the web, all mention of this lead back to one original source so there's no independent confirmation. Is there anyone in the area who could actually go by this location and verify that it exists?

Looking at pictures found on the original site, I wonder if all those could have been taken from outside.

[Kuane]

I would steal that 6 buy a thrashed 6 and start swapping VIN's

[JCooper]

^ than odom fraud will be on the papers... perfect!

[hellrot98m3]

2357 Royal Windsor Dr
Oakville, ON, L6J7X6
(905) 842-1811


somebody call them up

[MrGumby]

The 4Runner is a 96-01 judging by the taillights and the chevy pick up is anywhere from 93ish to 99 going off the side mirrors so the 2002 closing date is plausable. Interesting find.

[youngbimmer]

I bet all those 0 mileage cars would be worth a lot of money today............ especially that sixer.

[WHITEXi]

I like stories like this, I would buy those bimmers if I had the money.

[QuickSilv3r]

Very cool.

[lcjhnsn]

Of course if this were in the US, some miscreant would have broken in, robbed and vandalized the place.

[ih8fizzix]

If he opened a store in Toronto right after this Oakville store was closed, I wonder why he didnt take the remaining inventory there???

[ih8fizzix]

If he opened a store in Toronto right after this Oakville store was closed, I wonder why he didnt take the remaining inventory there???

[Okin]

Of course if this were in the US, some miscreant would have broken in, robbed and vandalized the place.

Well call me a Miscreant.... 'Cause I wanna get up in there!... however, I won't vandalize the place... just everything else you said.


And shush... cause if you could... YOU WOULD TOO!

[BamBamE34]

http://maps.google.com/maps?rlz=1C1A...ed=0CBcQ8gEwAA

You can see the E28 and E24 in the windows... I think someone is still maintaining everything (landscape, building). But isn't really messing with the cars... I want that E28.

[CoupeMagic323ci]

wow!!

[Lonoke]

I used to live in the city next to Oakville. The only BMW dealership that I know of in Oakville at that time was Buds BMW. It was on the South Service Road at Third Line

[Gogie]

I guess I'll have to check this place out - I literally live a stone's throw away! If I think of it I'll even try to take a picture or two and post them (if I can figure out how to do that).