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Tune-In For Petersen Virtual Car Week August 12–16
We’ve teamed up with the Petersen Automotive Museum to create the world’s largest online car event! From August 12–16, over 25 hours of exclusive events, unveilings, auctions, and more will be premiered. On August 14, the Petersen will be hosting Virtual Legends of the Autobahn with your BMW CCA...
Is MINI The Unofficial Vehicle Of Nantucket?
With COVID restrictions in mind, local day-trips have become enticing this year. Over the weekend, my girlfriend and I embarked on one such spontaneous jaunt to Nantucket, Massachusetts, and with cases dropping in the state, we boarded the Grey Lady III en route to one of my favorite places...
Free 2002 Collector’s Pin For Every Two Raffle Tickets You Purchase!
From now until the end of raffle, we will be releasing collectable pins that will compose an exclusive, four-pin collector’s set that is only available through raffle! The 2002 is pin No. two of four that will be released throughout the campaign. Here’s how to get the 2002 pin:...
BMW Patents Joystick Device For Autonomous Vehicles
From Knight Rider’s K.I.T.T. to The Love Bug’s Herbie, pop culture has shown us that Hollywood’s self-driving cars may be way cooler than today’s, but they’ve also created unrealistic standards for the automotive industry in the process. Of course, we’re unlikely to have those same death-defying gadgets in our...
New M Performance Parts For Updated M5
These days, it seems just about every new BMW model gets its own array of M Performance parts. For the vast majority of the lineup though, these parts are almost exclusively superficial and aesthetic in their nature. You could perhaps make the case that swapping every carbon-fiber M Performance...
X6 M, X7 Selected By Ward’s 10 Best For 2020
The popular consensus in the automotive community is that BMW has done a great job with its latest crop of vehicles, including the likes of the X3, X5, 3 Series, and others. The X6, now available in its third generation, is also included in that group, and so is...
BMW Pioneering Sustainable Battery Cells
Hybrid and electric vehicle batteries; they’re one of the most divisive characteristics of the global switch to electrified transportation. Where are the key materials necessary for the production sourced? Does the supply chain that results in your hybrid or EV procure them ethically? What happens when the cells are...
BMW Wins In NLS And BTCC, Struggles In DTM
BMW racers won in the Nürburgring Endurance Series and the British Touring Car Championship, and finished sixth in DTM on a busy race weekend in Europe. Rowe Racing’s Nick Catsburg and Stef Dusseldorp in the #99 Rowe Racing M6 GT3 won the four-hour Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS) race on...
Edwards And Krohn Make GTLM Podium In Wet Road America Race
John Edwards and Jesse Krohn in the #24 BMW Team RLL M8 GTE finished third in the GTLM class in the IMSA WeatherTech Series race at Road America on August 2. Their teammates Connor DePhillippi and Bruno Spengler in car #25 finished sixth. The race was red-flagged after a...
X6 M, X7 Selected By Ward’s 10 Best For 2020
The popular consensus in the automotive community is that BMW has done a great job with its latest crop of vehicles, including the likes of the X3, X5, 3 Series, and others. The X6, now available in its third generation, is also included in that group, and so is...
Dream Car Raffle: Episode 4 Of The M5C Build Available Now!
Boasting 631 horsepower and 670 lb-ft of torque, the 1-of-1 M5 Competition Build by Turn 14 Distribution is one of the most powerful BMWs on the road. All that power means nothing if you don’t have the traction to put it down though. That’s why we have outfitted it...
BMW CCA Members Invited To Participate In BMW M Track Days
Our partners at BMW of North America are inviting BMW CCA members to unleash the unrivaled power of the newest, most dynamic models in the M lineup at BMW M Track Days, and they’re taking extra measures to provide an experience that is just as safe as it is...
BMW CCA Publishes Disease Waiver For Future Events
The BMW CCA looks forward to the return of events, gatherings, and friends as much as its members, but to ensure safety in all club activities, the BMW Car Club of America has published an optional disease waiver to be used by Chapters and BMW CCA event organizers to...
Dream Car Raffle: Special Drawing For Michelin Tires Ends Friday!
For every Dream Car Raffle ticket you purchase between June 27 and this Friday, July 31, at 11:59 p.m. EDT, you’ll receive one entry into the special drawing for a chance to win a certificate for a new set of Michelin Tires! The winner will be announced on August...
Sandlapper Chapter To Host Second Food-Drive Event In Upstate South Carolina
In our post-COVID world, events have become fewer and farther between, but that doesn’t mean BMW CCA chapters have given up their charitable efforts. For members in, and near, upstate South Carolina, the Sandlapper Chapter will be hosting their second food drive to benefit the food pantry of United...
BimmerLife Magazine Now Available Online
Last year, the BMW CCA announced the upcoming launch of BimmerLife magazine, a twice-yearly regional publication with the intent of, “Celebrating the BMW Enthusiast Lifestyle.” The first issues were sent out to club members across the country in the spring of this year, and the second set of issues is...
BMW Motorsport Announces M4 GT4 DTM Livery Contest
For the past few months, sim racing has been our only source of live racing action—up until fairly recently, that is. As many motorsport fans welcome the return of varied racing divisions across the globe, BMW is asking the enthusiast community to welcome back DTM with open arms and...
Free E30 M3 Collector’s Pin For Every 2 Raffle Tickets You Purchase!
This year, we are very excited to introduce a new raffle incentive! From now until the end of Dream Car Raffle ticket sales on October 2, we will be releasing collectable pins that will compose an exclusive, 4-pin collector’s set that will only be available through raffle! The E30...
Low-Mileage E46 M3 CSL Could Drive Six-Digit Hammer Prices
For many enthusiasts, the E46 generation of the M3 is regarded as one of the German automaker’s greatest engineering accomplishments. With 50:50 weight distribution, a buttery-smooth 3.2-liter inline six, and its inimitably raspy exhaust note, it’s easy to see how (and why) the E46 M3 has found its way...
Was The E38 The Peak 7 Series?
The E38 7 Series is widely regarded as one of the best BMW models of all time, and many enthusiasts consider it to be the high point for the automaker’s luxury flagship model. Although long since surpassed in terms of performance and technology, a clean E38 7 Series has...
BMW Rolls-Royce V12: Smooth Enough To Balance A Coin
We love the BMW V12. Proven exceptionally adaptable through four successive generations, BMW’s V12 has powered cars such as the 7 Series and McLaren F1, and has helped secure outright Le Mans victories on two separate occasions. These days, the BMW V12 focused more on luxury than performance, with...
Submit Your Videos For Virtual Legends Of The Autobahn!
DEADLINE EXTENDED! Submit by Friday, July 24, 2020! We’ve received a ton of entries, but want to give you time to share more. Let your Audi and Mercedes-Benz friends know, too! Join the Peterson Museum and Michelin for a Legends Of The Autobahn livestream and showcase your car in...
MX1 Enthusiast Weekend Postponed To April 9–10, 2021
The BMW Car Club of America today announced the postponement of this year’s MX1 Enthusiast Weekend, presented by Michelin, scheduled for August 14–15, 2020 in Greer, South Carolina. The BMW CCA is committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of our members, chapter leaders, board, staff, and guests, therefore,...
Dream Car Raffle: Episode 3 Of The M5C Build Available Now!
If you’ve been following the build of the 1-of-1 BMW CCA Edition M5 Competition by Turn 14 Distribution, you know that we’ve enhanced the sound, power, efficiency, and aesthetics of this amazing, no-expense-spared grand prize. But now, R/T Tuning has improved the handling and stance, thanks to the KW...
The Return Of Zelda, Sort Of, Again (Part II)
Last week I replaced the missing accelerator grommet in Zelda, my former Z3—now owned by my friend Kim—and wrote, “And with that, done. Fixed—completely. Running Z3, happy friend. My small corner of the universe is in balance.” I spoke too soon. Well, there was another repair that was a similar quick...
The Return Of Zelda, Sort Of, Again
We have a short one today: easy diagnosis, inexpensive repair, complete cure of the problem—just the way I like them. Life is so rarely like that. Back in April, I wrote about doing some work on Zelda, my former Z3, now owned by my neighbor and friend Kim. In...
Diagnosing Bertha’s Notchy Steering
After last week’s epic self-indulgent excursion into wheel-swapping (and I must apologize yet again about my dismissive mention of the Kumho Solus tires, because I drove the Kumho-shod Bavaria, tossed it into an entrance ramp, and they didn’t squeal; I don’t know what I was remembering, but I got...
The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Gold Basketweaves
This is a story about one 2002 finally getting the new shoes it wanted for 35 years, and the other getting its prettier hand-me-downs. And about me being totally wrong about what I said at the end of last week’s piece: “The Kumho Solus 185/70-13 tires I ordered from...
Louie Gets A New Suspension (Part II)
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how, while on the Nor’East 02er socially-distanced spring drive, I decided it was time to update the suspension in Louie, my Agave ’72 2002tii, because the floaty feel of the car’s 48-year-old shocks and struts and original springs was no longer quaint...
Lean Times
As I’ve continued working on Hampton, the 48,000-mile ’73 2002 I bought last fall, I reached the point on the punch list where the most pressing thing was what sounded like a simple driveability issue. On steady throttle at low to mid revs, it hesitated and buffeted slightly—enough to...
