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Samantha Tan Racing Featured On BimmerLife Podcast
BMW News, Community, Motorsport
It’s here! The third episode of the new BimmerLife Podcast features Samantha Tan Racing! Samantha Tan, owner and race car driver of Samantha Tan Racing, and Neil Verhagen, BMW factory driver for Samantha Tan Racing, join host James Crivellone to talk all about their experiences in the professional racing...
MINI Shows Its Cards With New Aceman
BMW News, Community, Lifestyle, MINI
Munich, Germany, April 24, 2024 – Creative use of space – reinterpreted: MINI celebrates the premiere of the first crossover model for the premium small car segment. The new MINI Aceman combines compact exterior dimensions with as much room as possible for occupants and an all-electric drive. The result is...
BMW Reveals Updated 2025 i4 and 4 Series Gran Coupe
BMW News, Community, Lifestyle
The current class is still in session for those wanting an all-electric or “mild-hybrid” 4 series from BMW. BMW just released the official information and photos for the refreshed BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe and BMW i4. While still featuring the large-grille design, the new 4s have been updated...
The Ultimate Driving Museum Announces MINIs To The Max Exhibit
Runs from May 1, 2024 till January 18, 2025 30+ rare and significant MINIs on display Located in Greer, SC. The Ultimate Driving Museum is a division of the nonprofit BMW CCA Foundation Presenting Sponsor- MINI USA Associate Sponsors – The Tire Rack, and Continental Tire Partner Sponsors –...
Turner Motorsport Second At Long Beach
The third round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on the Long Beach, California street circuit requires a change in mindset from the first two races of the season at Daytona and Sebring. The series goes from the two longest races on the calendar to one of the shortest...
A Very Fast Beach Party in Long Beach
BMW News, Community, Events, Motorsport
Outside of the Turner Motorsport truck, a young fan, clutching some team memorabilia, stands with his father, both peering in at the BMW M4GT3. Will Turner comes out to say hello and returns with drivers Patrick Gallagher and Robby Foley. They talk while the drivers sign the LIQUI MOLY...
BMW M Team WRT Goes 1-2 At Imola
BMW News, Community, Motorsport
The FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) held its second race of 2024 in Italy with a six-hour race on the Imola circuit. It was a fantastic day for the BMW M Team WRT entries in the LMGT3 class, while the team also showed they can be competitive with the...
Fixing Sharkie’s Broken E-Brake
Five of my cars (the Lotus Europa, Louie the ’72 2002tii, Bertha the heavily-patina’d hot-rod ’75 2002, the Bavaria, and Sharkie the ’79 Euro 635CSi) have been sitting in the space I rent in the warehouse in Monson since October 2023. As I wrote here, when I was out...
BimmerLife MiX Event Attracts BMW Enthusiasts
With over 300 BMW Car Club of America members, hundreds of classic and new BMWs, perfect weather, and a variety of enthusiast-centered events, the 2024 BimmerLife MiX Enthusiast Weekend set the bar for BMW celebration weekends. BimmerLife MiX, presented by Continental Tire, is BMW CCA’s annual event celebrating BMW’s...
Total Transformation: A 1986 325e That Turns Heads
Community, Featured, Lifestyle
A supportive community of automotive enthusiasts is not only a recipe for turning project-car dreams into reality, but also making lasting friendships. Solid wrenching skills certainly don’t hurt either. And when all of these elements combine, just like in the 1990 cartoon Captain Planet, the results are spectacular. Case...
BMW M Team WRT Goes 1-2 At Imola
BMW News, Community, Motorsport
The FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) held its second race of 2024 in Italy with a six-hour race on the Imola circuit. It was a fantastic day for the BMW M Team WRT entries in the LMGT3 class, while the team also showed they can be competitive with the...
Fixing Sharkie’s Broken E-Brake
Five of my cars (the Lotus Europa, Louie the ’72 2002tii, Bertha the heavily-patina’d hot-rod ’75 2002, the Bavaria, and Sharkie the ’79 Euro 635CSi) have been sitting in the space I rent in the warehouse in Monson since October 2023. As I wrote here, when I was out...
BimmerLife MiX Event Attracts BMW Enthusiasts
With over 300 BMW Car Club of America members, hundreds of classic and new BMWs, perfect weather, and a variety of enthusiast-centered events, the 2024 BimmerLife MiX Enthusiast Weekend set the bar for BMW celebration weekends. BimmerLife MiX, presented by Continental Tire, is BMW CCA’s annual event celebrating BMW’s...
Total Transformation: A 1986 325e That Turns Heads
Community, Featured, Lifestyle
A supportive community of automotive enthusiasts is not only a recipe for turning project-car dreams into reality, but also making lasting friendships. Solid wrenching skills certainly don’t hurt either. And when all of these elements combine, just like in the 1990 cartoon Captain Planet, the results are spectacular. Case...
BMW CCA Announces Partnership with Continental Tire
BMW Car Club of America and BMW Car Club of America Foundation Announce PARTNERSHIP WITH Continental Tire IN NEW MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA – BMW Car Club of America announced a new multi-year partnership agreement with Continental Tire of The Americas, LLC., creating a partnership that extends through...
Support Veterans And Get A Clean BMW
Getting your car detailed at your BMW dealership isn’t just a great way to get your Ultimate Driving Machine squeaky clean, but is also a way to support the 10th anniversary Team Red, White, and Blue’s Old Glory Relay and help U.S. Veterans. BMW dealers will donate $25 to...
E39 Tie Rod Replacement
I’m going to interrupt the story of the $115 Chinese-made Weber clone, as a) I still haven’t figured out the car’s hard-starting issue, and b) something more pressing came up. With winter hopefully behind us, I took an hour and gave my daily driver 2003 E39 530i stick sport...
What’s Neue is Neue Again
BMW News, Community, Events, Featured, Lifestyle
Nostalgia is a strong emotion. Think cover songs, or even cover bands. Think clothes. Think the instant film camera. And think automotive. How many brands have brought back a former model’s name years later? We can add BMW to that long list, but in this case, BMW is not...
BMW On Podium In Nürburgring 24 Hour Qualifier Race
BMW News, Community, Events, Motorsport
BMW teams were racing on the Nürburgring Nordschleife this weekend in Germany in preparation for the Nürburgring 24-hour race that’s coming up on in June 2024. Both ROWE Racing and BMW M Team RMG competed in the 24h Qualifiers over the weekend, which consisted of two four-hour races. The...
Celebrating Our BMW CCA Volunteers
Did you know next week (April 21 – 27) is National Volunteer Week? What a perfect time to shine a light on all the volunteers who give their time and talents to the BMW Car Club of America. Established in 1974 by President Nixon, National Volunteer Week is organized...
What Options Would You Have On Your 1995 M3?
BMW News, Community, Featured, Lifestyle
Unique BMWs have a tendency to show up at the front door of my shop, and last month an Avus Blue M3 found its way to us. Avus was a 1995-only color, and the backstory on this one was touching. The original owner had purchased it in 1995 and...
Successful SRO Season Opener For BMW Teams
BMW News, Community, Motorsport
The SRO GT4 America and TC America series opened their seasons at the beautiful Sonoma Raceway in northern California on April 6-7,2024, and it was a very successful weekend of racing for many of the BMW teams involved. The Sonoma race weekend got off to a slow start, as...
I Installed a $115 Chinese-Made Weber in My 2002 (Part II)
Community, Lifestyle, Resto & Mod
Last week, I described the hard-starting problem in Hampton, my 49,000-mile survivor ’73 2002, that led me to take the surprising step of removing its Weber DGAV (water choke) carburetor and buying and installing one of those inexpensive Chinese-made Weber clones. My logic was that I’d isolated the problem...
M Chapter Offers Chance To Show At Hilton Head Concours
BMW CCA’s M Chapter, BMW’s official M enthusiast club for the U.S., is headed back to the Hilton Head Concours and participating in the Car Club Showcase, on Saturday, November 2, 2024. Here’s your chance to be a part of one of the world’s most famous car shows by...
BMW’s Secret V16 From 1990 Revealed
Thirty-four years probably isn’t a record for keeping a prototype a secret, but BMW definitely waited a while to reveal it’s hidden second V16 prototype. Recently revealed at Techno Classica car show in Essen, Germany, and featured on BMW Classic Group’s social media channels, the BMW 750iL V16 Goldfisch...
Fixing Sharkie’s Broken E-Brake
Five of my cars (the Lotus Europa, Louie the ’72 2002tii, Bertha the heavily-patina’d hot-rod ’75 2002, the Bavaria, and Sharkie the ’79 Euro 635CSi) have been sitting in the space I rent in the warehouse in Monson since October 2023. As I wrote here, when I was out...
E39 Tie Rod Replacement
I’m going to interrupt the story of the $115 Chinese-made Weber clone, as a) I still haven’t figured out the car’s hard-starting issue, and b) something more pressing came up. With winter hopefully behind us, I took an hour and gave my daily driver 2003 E39 530i stick sport...
I Installed a $115 Chinese-Made Weber in My 2002 (Part II)
Community, Lifestyle, Resto & Mod
Last week, I described the hard-starting problem in Hampton, my 49,000-mile survivor ’73 2002, that led me to take the surprising step of removing its Weber DGAV (water choke) carburetor and buying and installing one of those inexpensive Chinese-made Weber clones. My logic was that I’d isolated the problem...
I Installed a $115 Chinese-Made Weber in My 2002 (part I)
Hampton, the 49,000-mile survivor ’73 2002 I bought from its original owner in 2019, has had a persistent starting problem. It seems that no matter what I do, the car is difficult to start. It’s worst in a cold garage after the car has been sitting overnight, but can...
The Lesson I Keep Learning
About ten years ago, I had an issue with “Kugel,” my departed ’72 tii. I’d just treated it to a new ignition system—freshly-rebuilt distributor, new points / condenser / cap / rotor, new Bosch red coil and ballast resistor, new plugs and wires. The car ran well for a...
A Surprise With the Ambient Temperature Sensor
Okay, I actually worked on a BMW this week. The media have been alerted. My daily-driver 2003 E39 530i stick sport had a problem that, when driven in wet weather, the ambient temperature sensor located up under the right front fender malfunctions, reporting the lowest possible temperature of, I...
