hey bud i just recently bought a 87 735i in near mint condition (or so i thought) the body is mint, no i mean no rust, great paint and lots of up-grades, like new, bigger rad (important) and after market disk changer and tires that are worth 900$ each (new) still 80% anyways i paid 3000$ cdn which is pretty close to yours but after 6 months the power steering pump went witch also powers ther hydrylic brakes (abs) not too bad though only 200 cdn to replace i just did the work myself my air cond doesnt and never has worked, same with the cruise, not important to me though still has the power (those damn in-line 6's) anyways ur the first person i have told bout this so sorry if i rambled but it would be cool to know how urs is doing, ill poke my head in now and the to see whats up.I think u did pretty good cuz if u didnt i didnt lol
kenny