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[QUOTE="Northbound, post: 2264551, member: 155"]
I think we're up to 8 cars for two people now or maybe I should say down to as at one point we had 11.

I've got a fondness for E38 (740/750) BMW's. In fact I hunt  low mileage ones simply because I think their the best looking and best example of BMW followed closely by the E39 and E28.

The cost to get in one is one thing, but you need to have the means to be able to proactively address maintenance needs. For example my 750 needed one rear shock, and I decided to replace both, change all fluids and new plugs and wires. So list for OEM Sachs shocks were $1700 each due to the SLS - I paid less. The V-12 has two notoriously hard to reach shocks so changing them is comically difficult which equals labor time. I can actually work on it but my arm is too big to reach into those plugs. I think the total bill was $3500 or something, maybe it was $4200 I can't remember. But for me I'd rather pay the occasional larger maintenance cost for something I love.

Go over to Bimmerboard and see what the issues are there's a ton of resources there.

Of course as folks have mentioned find a good indy that you trust. Only thing worse than a dealership is a bad indy.
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