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1988 BMW Dealership Time capsule

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For some twisted reason we're all attracted to the mysterious allure of an abandoned building. In Oakville, Ontario there stands a building that for a petrol head trumps even the eeriest of places. At only a stones throw away from our dealership in Ajax, Ontario we're surprised we haven't heard about this place before.

The story goes as follows. In 1988 the dealer, located on Royal Windsor Drive and operating under the name "Citation Motors", had his concession license revoked due to 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 intact. One hundred percent frozen in time is the only description that seems fitting when describing this ultimately interesting place. Read more: http://www.endrasbmw...left-untouched/

Fascinating stuff... I recall an article from a few years ago about a dealership in Cyprus that was closed in '74 when a conflict happened...still in preserved form years later, with new '74 Lancias and Alfas in the garage...

I love stuff like this.

Me too!

This story reminds me of the one about the AMC dealership that was posted around 2 years ago.

I wonder how many more are out there? I'd love to stumble upon one some day (in NJ, real estate is worth too much for old building left to sit, they're usually torn down and the property is sold off for another CVS/WalGreens/Starbucks/Wawa etc).

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