I drove a really clean 2 owner 2001 740iL today - sport. Actually, assumed it was sport. The 3.15 diff and higher tq converter is only on the 740i right, not on the iL? This had the bigger 4 spoke wheel, not the 3 spoke. Also was a 7/00 build so had the smaller nav screen. Still - very clean car in Anthracite / gray and all records - of particular interest the thrust arm bushing, valley pan and water pump and associated cooling items had all been replaced in the last 10K miles. Probably why they finally traded it in on a lexus!!

Dealer is asking $15,900 which is way too high. Probably worth $13K tho. I've seen the $10K cars and this one is not in that league at all. Clearly has been garaged. Front window recently replaced with BMW glass, so another nice beni.

The dealer with the wagon also has a 2002 silver / black 540i sport package with 55K miles on it too. Looks really clean in the pictures. And it has the rare fold down rear seat option which makes the storage situation better.

I fit my drumset in the G37 today. kick drum is a bit tight in the back seat, but works. so that means it would work in a E39 too. And would be no issue at all in a 740i or 740iL. Bike would fit in trunk of E38 with rear wheel removed, or in the E39 with folders w/o removing the rear wheel. It's a 20second difference, so not really a factor.

So there are now 4 cars I'm considering - haha:
- 2000 740i sport w/ 90K mi
- 2001 740iL sport w/ 90K mi
- 2002 540i sport w/ 55K mi
- 2003 540iT sport w/ 78K mi

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