Old thread I know, alexideways, I was considering a 740i purchase as well, however, after reading your comments I am reconsidering.
My question though, is the maintenance on the 740i that difficult to perform? Or is it just the parts? I had a 89 325ic that I thought was fairly straight forward.
If you had to chose a year with the least fleas in the 95-01 range what year and why? Also from a maintenace perspective what is the best model going in BMW in pre 2003 models, but not too old?