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4.5 out of 5 stars

The Ultimate Driving Machine!

michaeljr5, 12/16/2011
1997 BMW 7 Series 740i 4dr Sedan
10 of 15 people found this review helpful

No doubt, the late 90's 7 Series were by far one of BMW's most beautiful cars ever! I bought my 97 740i with 175K miles on it. It's not in perfect condition, it's been a project car. If you're willing to shop around you can find good parts for really good prices. I replaced all four struts, upper, lower control arms, tie rods and sway bar linkage for about $1000. I did all the work myself. It has that stupid Nav system in it and it doesn't work. The bugger is that it's not wired like a normal stereo so replacing it is near impossible. All in all, this one is a rocket ship! I'd love to drive a new one!!!

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4.13 out of 5 stars

love it, but.....

glfahlcron, 01/25/2004
1997 BMW 7 Series 740iL 4dr Sedan
4 of 5 people found this review helpful

this is the ultimate driving vehicle...the only problem i have is when i have to put it in the shop for repairs. expect to dig deep... nevertheless, when i get back behind the wheel it seems all worth it.

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5 out of 5 stars

THE BMW 740IL

Jeerryy, 10/06/2003
1997 BMW 7 Series 740iL 4dr Sedan
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

ITS A GREAT CAR

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4.13 out of 5 stars

Bills Beemer

willie, 06/30/2005
1997 BMW 7 Series 740i 4dr Sedan
3 of 5 people found this review helpful

The car is very sound (structurally). Reliability is poor. Too many expensive repairs for a expensive car. (radiator, steering, backfire plate, window controller) Think twice about this cas due to high cost of repair.

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2.25 out of 5 stars

Piece of junk

lousy cat, 08/20/2010
1997 BMW 7 Series 740iL 4dr Sedan
8 of 18 people found this review helpful

This is the only car I have ever owned that literally falls apart before your eyes. BMW should be ashamed to put such a poor quality car on the market. It's only redeeming quality is that it looks good. The list of things wrong with my car are incredible for a car that has just over 100k on it BMW shame on you.

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