Um, as the founder of Midatlantic7s and having spent many years dealing with 7 series cars in particular (E32 and E38) I know a LOT of people with them, and the horror stories are overblown. Now, it's true that if something does go wrong wth the engine management, it's double costly, as it's specific and there are twice as many parts as normal, but the truth is, they tend to be a lot more robust than certain people give them credit for. True, they got better in the E38s, but there are a lot of daily driver V12 E32s with a lot of miles proving to be reliable. But people don't usually get online and complain about perfectly running cars, so you tend to only see the small percentage with issues. I see a lot more than that, dealing with the owner groups.