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2024 BMW EVs Get Big Rebates For April
According to a recent bulletin sent to dealers, and right on the heels of the recent reveal of the future BMW Vision Neue Klasse X, BMW will offer big rebates on current 2024 electric models through the end of April 2024. The rebates will range from $5,000-$7,000 with other...
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...
ROWE Racing Wins In France
The Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe (GTWCE) championship held its first race of the season at Circuit Paul Ricard in France on the weekend of April 4-7, 2-24, with a four-hour Endurance Cup round, becoming a great weekend for the ROWE Racing BMW team. There was no shortage of...
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...
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...
BMW Bringing M5 Touring to the U.S.
You read that headline correctly. BMW is bringing a new Touring model to this side of the Atlantic. The long-teased BMW M5 Touring (which we’ve expressed longing for in several articles here, here, and here) is finally coming to the US. BMW enthusiasts in the US often get to...
BMW CCA members descend on Grid Icons: NA Heroes
BMW News, Community, Events, Lifestyle
It’s always great to see BMW CCA members gather and enjoy sharing their cars and meeting new people. The recent Grid Icons: NA Heroes event provided BMW CCA members and others another chance to get together, this time in another unique location: Shoreline Aquatic Park in Long Beach. The...
Driver Training For The Armored BMW 7 Series
BMW News, Community, Lifestyle
We all want a bulletproof car from time to time. And you can indeed buy one from BMW with its BMW 7 Series Protection and BMW i7 Protection models, that feature armor-plated steel, safety glass, and other perks that help it meet the highest resistance class for civilian protection...
BMW 5 Series Named World Luxury Car For 2024
For the ninth time, BMW has won the World Luxury Car title from the World Car Awards expert jury. This time, the win goes to the BMW i5 as the leader for the premium executive class. The 13 cars competing for the title were assessed during test drives by...
Samantha Tan Racing Launch Party with BMW CCA
BMW News, Community, Events, Featured, Lifestyle, Motorsport
We would like to thank FCP Euro for supporting the BMW CCA and this column. With so many BMW owners and fans at this event and throughout the community, we know many will need new parts and resources. Check at the end of this column for a discount code...
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...
Don’t miss BimmerLife MiX April 18-21 in Greer, SC!
Get ready for one of the biggest BMW enthusiast events of the year, BimmerLife MiX at the world center of all things BMW in upstate South Carolina. BimmerLife MiX will celebrate the amazing mix of everything BMW with a special highlight on M, i, and X! This exciting event...
Act Fast: Sign Up For BimmerLife MiX Driving Events Today!
Have you signed up for BimmerLife MiX and our driving events at the BMW Performance Center yet? BimmerLife MiX is one of the biggest BMW enthusiast events of the year, taking place in Greer, South Carolina, the center for all things BMW! New for this year, 2 days of...
New MINI Cooper Debuts On The Streets of New York
The new 2025 MINI Cooper S had an unusual debut on March 26, 2024. Instead of starting off with the usual invite-only press event, MINI USA instead decided to celebrate MINI’s 22nd birthday in the U.S. by showing off the new vehicle on New York streets the night before...
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...
To Quick-Strut Or Not To Quick-Strut
One of the things on the punch list for the 183,000-mile 2008 Nissan Armada I bought as a tow vehicle / stuff hauler was dealing with banging and ox-cart-like ride emanating from the front. One of the nice things about buying this vehicle is that the main forum (ClubArmada.com)...