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BMW CCA Rolex 24 Corral and Hospitality Area, January 25–28, 2024
Join BMW CCA for a motorsport spectacle like no other, the Rolex 24 at Daytona. This 24-hour IMSA endurance race kicks off the IMSA season at Daytona International Speedway and is sure to provide a grueling start to the race season. The club package for the Rolex 24 at...
Did You Miss The Livestream With BMW Classic? Watch It Here!
On Friday, December 1st, hundreds of BMW CCA and Classic CCA members tuned in for an exclusive livestream with BMW Group Classic. BMW Group’s Head of BMW and MINI Club & Community Management Benjamin Voss and Werkstudent Club & Community Management Benedikt Allar took their Saturday evening (during a...
Swapping Winter Wheels In My AARP Years
First, to resolve my Who-Shot-JR-level cliffhanger last week (good lord my references are getting dated), that pesky misfire has not returned, so my desire to fix it before winter settles in appears to have been successful. And yes, I’m amazed as some of you are that I was unaware that there...
John Edwards Steps Back From Racing
John Edwards has been a BMW works driver for the last eleven years, but will be stepping back from racing in 2024 as he pursues a new career as a pilot. In his new role, Edwards is flying a Citation Latitude for NetJets, which goes a bit faster than...
M Chapter Exclusive: BMW Group Classic Webinar
Live from Munich: A virtual ///M tour with BMW Group Classic, exclusively for the M Chapter! Join us Tuesday, December 12th for a live webcast from Munich with BMW Group Classic, responsible for the preservation of more than 1,400 vehicles including the BMW brand, BMW Motorrad, MINI, and Rolls...
Last Call: BMW CCA’s Classic Dream Car Raffle
This is your last chance to buy Classic Dream Car Raffle tickets! Through Wednesday, December 6th, BMW CCA members can purchase a chance to win part of history during the 2023 BMW CCA Classic Dream Car Raffle. The prize car is a beautiful round-taillight 1973 BMW 2002—a model that...
BMW M Team WRT Announces First Drivers For FIA WEC Programs
BMW M Team WRT has been successfully racing the M4 GT3 in the 2023 season and will be adding their program with the M Hybrid V8 in the 2024 season, in addition to continuing with the M4 GT3. The team will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC)...
That Pesky Misfire (Part II)
Last week, I wrote about addressing an intermittent misfire in my daily-driver 2003 E39 530i stick sport that reared its head as cold weather rolled in, and how it resulted in my using my sister’s 2012 Honda Civic when the two of us needed to go to New York...
Celebrating Giving Tuesday With The BMW CCA Foundation
The BMW CCA Foundation is celebrating Giving Tuesday on November 28th in conjunction with charities around the world. Their motto, “Everyone has something to give, and every act of generosity counts” resonates with the Foundation as our giving pledge. The Foundation depends upon its generous donors to run its operations. Your thoughtfulness and generosity...
BMW Classics Take To The Track In Daytona HSR Race
Racing history is kept alive by the Historic Sportscar Racing series (HSR), which runs classic racing events on two of the most legendary circuits in the U.S., Daytona and Sebring. The Classic Daytona 24 Hour was held on November 1st-5th and included many BMWs on the entry list. The...
Save The Date: Exclusive BMW Group Classic Live Session For BMW CCA, December 1st
BMW CCA Members, Save the date for an exclusive BMW CCA live session with BMW Group Classic on December 1st, 12 p.m. EST (9 a.m. PST). It’s completely free with your CCA membership, you’ll just need to sign into bmwcca.org and visit this link: https://www.bmwcca.org/bmw-group-classic/live BMW Group Classic will...
Collector Chassis Showcase: E30 Ownership Comes Full Circle
Collector Chassis is an online platform for enthusiasts, hobbyists, and collectors to showcase, spectate, buy, and sell vintage, classic and special-interest vehicles. Through our partnership with Collector Chassis, BMW CCA members may list vehicles for free, and benefit from reduced selling fees, in addition to managing their own virtual...
Alphabet Soup: A Z3 M With An S65 V8
While it may just be a jumble of letters and numbers to some, to BMW enthusiasts in the know like Chris Leonida, a Z3 M with an S65 V8 is the most delicious kind of alphabet soup. Leonida, a management consultant (and avid BimmerLife reader) based across the pond...
Is This Your 2002? It Could Be!
Community, Featured, Lifestyle
They toss you the keys and as the vintage metal lands in your hands, it gets real. This is your car—your BMW 2002. You know it’s well-sorted as it doesn’t just simply run, it runs beautifully. There’s nothing quite like the sound of a refreshed M10 engine, being commanded...
Bringing The Exhibit To Life—The Ultimate Driving Museum And BMW Performance Center Team Up
On November 17th, The BMW CCA Foundation, home of The Ultimate Driving Museum invites you to join us at BMW Zentrum to celebrate BMW Motorrad’s 100-year anniversary and its prominence in the adventure-riding community. Thanks to their legendary durability and reliability, BMW motorcycles have been the first choice of...
Win A Part Of History: BMW CCA’s Classic Dream Car Raffle
Starting November 3, and running through December 6, BMW CCA members can purchase a chance to win part of history during the 2023 BMW CCA Classic Dream Car Raffle. The prize car is a beautiful round-taillight 1973 BMW 2002—a model that inspired the formation of the BMW Car Club...
Last Call! BMW M Fall Festival Weekend: November 3-5
There are only a few more days before our M Fall Festival extended weekend in Greer, SC! Have you signed up for the $199 BMW Performance Center driving session? If not, you should. Come drive their BMWs on track using their gas, their brakes, and their tires! Plus, take...
The Nostalgia Wagon
Community, Featured, Lifestyle
This isn’t a typical BimmerLife story as the main vehicular subject isn’t a BMW, but fear not, there are still BMWs, BMW CCA members, and the wonderful spirit of Club camaraderie in the mix. And if you have any love for RADwood-era proper-roof-length vehicles, this transformatory tale of Swedish...
First XM Label Red Makes An Appearance At Katie’s Cars And Coffee
The BMW XM is a very polarizing vehicle. It seems that most either love it or hate it—there’s not much middle ground. Regardless of your feelings for BMW M’s first standalone M model since the M1, we can agree that it tops the scales in four areas: presence, power,...
The Spirit of BMW CCA Club Racing Is Alive And Well
Community, Lifestyle, Motorsport
BMW CCA Club Racing was created to offer all BMW CCA members a competitive racing experience in a safe and fun environment, on some of North America’s most famous tracks. As the nation’s premier club racing organization for BMW CCA members, the organization puts mutual respect and camaraderie over...
Passing On A Project 2002tii
Community, Lifestyle, Resto & Mod
For decades, most of my automotive energy was directed at finding well-priced 2002s that had good bodies but were cheap because they needed one major repair that sidelined the car. A bad transmission, a blown head gasket, a seized engine—something like that. As the years passed and the value...
TouringFest—A Celebration Of Proper-Roof-Length Vehicles
The year 2023 has brought many noteworthy BMW-related firsts. To name a few, the LMDh BMW M Hybrid V8 hit the track, BMW Motorrad turned 100, and TouringFest was born. “What’s TouringFest?” you ask. It’s a multi-day event focused on a mutual love of driving long-roof BMW vehicles, with...
Updated! BMW M Fall Festival Weekend: November 3-5
All BMW CCA members are welcome to join the BMW M Fall Festival Extended Weekend! On November 3rd-5th, come celebrate the fall season with the M and X chapters for our last big face-to-face event to close out the year. In conjunction with the BMW M Fall Festival at...
Long Live The Car Forum—An International R3VLimited Meetup
Online automotive forums are a treasure trove of information written by enthusiasts for enthusiasts. While they may not have the pizzazz of more modern platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, or whatever else the cool kids are using these days, forums still have deep roots in the online automotive community....
BMW CCA Dream Car Raffle Episode 6—The Reveal And Last Call
The Dream Car Raffle Grand Prize BMW G80 M3 Competition xDrive built by Turn 14 Distribution is finished and looks amazing! In this final episode, viewers get to see the final product, showcasing all the details that make this build so special. One incredibly fortunate club member who is...
Swapping Winter Wheels In My AARP Years
First, to resolve my Who-Shot-JR-level cliffhanger last week (good lord my references are getting dated), that pesky misfire has not returned, so my desire to fix it before winter settles in appears to have been successful. And yes, I’m amazed as some of you are that I was unaware that there...
That Pesky Misfire (Part II)
Last week, I wrote about addressing an intermittent misfire in my daily-driver 2003 E39 530i stick sport that reared its head as cold weather rolled in, and how it resulted in my using my sister’s 2012 Honda Civic when the two of us needed to go to New York...
That Pesky Misfire
My 2003 530i stick sport has had a misfire that seems to rear its head annually when the temperature drops. I’ll start the car, it’ll idle a little rough, then the Check Engine Light (CEL) will come on. Usually, if I shut the car off and re-start it, it’ll...
E39 Trunk Harness Repair!
For the nearly eight years I’ve owned my 2003 530i stick sport, I’ve needed to unlock the trunk manually with the key, as neither the remote release button above the driver’s left knee nor the microswitch behind the rubbery pad above the license plate worked. In addition, whenever I...
Rene Gets Some R And R (Part III)
Last week, I took the valve cover off of Rene (my ’73 3.0CSi with the Frankenstein’s monster M30B32 533i engine with back-fitted L-Jetronic injection) and adjusted the valves, but when I was about to button things back up, I realized that I’d foolishly ordered the wrong valve cover gasket....
Rene Gets Some R And R (Part II)
Last week, I talked about how black oil and a bit of a valve train tick guilted me into giving Rene—the ’73 E9 3.0CSi coupe I’ve been blessed to own since 1986—some long-overdue R and R, which in this case meant repair and raintenance (writers can perform this sort...
