I LOVE my Pfaffs up to the 7570 which was the last of the German made Pfaffs in the late 1990s. I owned new 1220E, 1473 without the embroidery unit, 7570 used with embroidery unit and I now have a 2022. I also own a Quilters Baby Lock which does have the onboard IDT, but it does NOT work as well as any of my Pfaffs. There is just something about the smoothness of the way the fabric feeds through on the Pfaff vs the BabyLoc, that when I am getting ready to go to a 4 day retreat, I will always take my 2022, its lighter in weight and sews flawlessly. IF you could find a good used 1473 to 1475, I would HIGHLY recommend them. I am so sorry I sold my 1473 for the 7570, mistakenly thinking I was going to get into machine embroidery. The 7570 was a good machine, but no need to keep since I wasnt fully utilizing it. I dont know about your dealer, but you can occasionally find a 1473/75 on the online auction site or on some of the Yahoo sewing sites where you can buy/sell your quilting/sewing things. With all of my machines, I never had any issues with any of them and would just because I felt guilty for neglecting them take them in occasionally (say 2x in 12 years) for a tune up. The most I had to do was replace a light bulb.
Good luck in your search and please let us know what you end up with and how you like it.