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Shell Fill-Up Friday Winner: Nathan Camp!
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Congratulations to Peachtree Chapter member Nathan Camp, our latest Shell Fill-Up Friday winner! “I just joined the club earlier this month shortly after buying my first BMW,” says Nathan. Asked what inspired him to join the club, he said, “I’ve admired BMW cars for as long as I can...
Video: BMW CCA Oktoberfest Presented By Michelin
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What do you get when you combine 1,300 BMW enthusiasts, 700 cars, and more than ten days of driving and car-show festivities? Something like the 49th BMW CCA Oktoberfest presented by Michelin, the annual gathering of the BMW Car Club of America that was combined this year with the...
Video: BMW M5 Competition Raffle Car At O’Fest
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We’ve heard all about the BMW CCA’s Car Of Your Dreams raffle, but at the Club’s 49th annual Oktoberfest gathering last week, we got a chance to jump in the raffle’s grand prize car, the M5 Competition, with BMW of North America Product Communications representative Alex Schmuck. For his...
Andretti Closes Out Formula E Season In Brooklyn
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For a time it appeared that Stéphane Sarrazin, driving the #27 MS&AD Andretti car, would score points in the last race of Formula E Season Four in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. But Andre Lotterer, on a charge in hopes of saving the team title for Techeetah, demoted...
Clay, Mueller Score Am-Class Win In Portland GTS-X Race
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Randy Mueller and James Clay teamed in Mueller’s Epic Motorsports M4 GT4 to win the Am class in the first of two Pirelli World Challenge GTS-X races at Portland International Raceway on Saturday, July 14. They returned to finish second in class in the second race of the weekend...
Shell Fill-Up Friday Winner: Alicia Gordon!
Congratulations to National Capital Chapter member Alicia Gordon, our latest Shell Fill-Up Friday winner! Alicia’s post with her F82 M4 filling up at Shell station on the way to O’Fest has earned her a $25 gift card! Asked what she loves about Shell, she said, “Clean fuel that allows...
BMW Racers Score DTM Points At Zandvoort
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Philipp Eng’s fourth-place finish in Race Two was BMW’s best result of the DTM weekend at Zandvoort in the Netherlands. Augusto Farfus finished just behind him in fifth, and Timo Glock recovered from a stall at the start to finish tenth. The win, in a race which marked the end...
Resurrecting Bertha: A Swing And A Miss
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Last week, BMW CCA member Jonathan Selig saved the day by producing the valve guide I needed out of thin air. This enabled me to get the guide to the machinist who had Bertha’s head, who in turn got me the head back the morning of Friday, July 6—just...
Future BMW Models Underpinned By Two Modular Platforms
Underlying shared vehicle platforms are not a new concept by any means, and budget-minded, cost-conscious automakers continue their efforts with brand engineering to this day. Thankfully, the era of the Chrysler K car seems to be well behind us, and the latest modular versions of these platforms have done quite...
BMW Group Caps 35th Consecutive Quarter Of Growth
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BMW Group sales of BMW, MINI, and Rolls-Royce vehicles are continuing their forward charge through the spring and into summer, adding a 35th consecutive quarter of growth along with a best-ever June and first-half-year, with a record 1,242,507 deliveries, up 1.8% from last year. The month of June was...
The 10 Best Turbocharged BMWs
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BMW is on the cusp of a veritable sea change right now, with characteristics that were once hallmarks of the brand giving way so that new levels of performance, practicality and efficiency can be attained. Age-old traditions are ceding to new concepts and technologies—but those behind the corporate curtain...
Building The 330i “Smash Wagon”
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By Curt Wilson: A semi-voluntary job-related change of location had left me at an impasse. I moved from Las Vegas, where a day below 40ºF is a rarity—snow is an outright calamity—to Washington, DC, where pothole-ridden streets are common and surprise snowstorms in April aren’t much of a surprise....
Roadster Roadtrip: Satch Heads To O’Fest
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Las Vegas to Grand Junction, CO So far so good: After a smooth, hot run from San Diego to Las Vegas, we set out on Day Two for Grand Junction, Colorado. That’s a seven-hour drive—and you lose another hour when you cross into the Mountain Time zone. I thought...
Get It Right The First Time: Finding Correct Parts At A Fair Price
The title of this article might be a bit optimistic, but when it comes to keeping a BMW running, there is a certain science behind not going broke. It’s taken years to get it right in my case, but over the next few minutes you’ll have the chance to...
Get Ready For O’Fest: Download The BMW CCA App
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Headed to O’Fest? Make sure to download the BMW CCA app via the App Store or Google Play Store. Once downloaded, you can access the O’Fest schedule, maps, and more by clicking the events icon on the main page and then selecting Oktoberfest. The BMW CCA app also features...
Raffle Special Drawing: Michelin Tire Certificate
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Roadrunner Chapter member Jose Lam has won the first special-drawing prize of the 2018 Car Of Your Dreams Raffle! Jose has won a brand-new set of tires for his BMW thanks to our friends at Michelin. Congratulations, Jose! Current Special Drawing Prize: $1,000 Amazon Gift Card Purchase a raffle...
Classifieds Challenge: Compacts And Clubmans
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Our classifieds search continues! The last time we compared two vehicles from the BMW CCA Classifieds, it was two modern diesels. This week we’re also diving into two vehicles less common to the U.S. market, but at a more reasonable price point. In 1993, as the E30’s final convertible...
Sahlen’s Six Hours Of The Glen: First-Timer Recap
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Race fans know that there’s more to a race than the immediate performance of the teams—and at Watkins Glen, that was no exception. Brian Morgan has an extensive piece detailing the trials and tribulations of the racers on the track, but off it, there’s quite a bit of history and...
Vote For BMW CCA As ‘Best Club’ In Classic Motorsport’s Classies
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This year, Classic Motorsports Magazine is hosting their own reader’s choice awards called the ‘Classies‘. The BMW CCA is up for awards in a variety of categories, and the winners will be featured in the January 2019 edition of Classic Motorsports Magazine. Share your CCA pride by voting in...
Call For Article Submissions: Share Your Story
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At BimmerLife, we look to highlight all of the great things that happen in the BMW enthusiast community through stories and images. While we do our best to cover a variety of BMW stories across the country, inevitably there are some that we miss. Thats where you come in....
Video: BMW CCA Charity Hot Laps At Oktoberfest
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One of the most unique opportunities at any BMW CCA Oktoberfest, presented by Michelin, is the chance to see (and hear, and feel) some of the most famous racing BMWs in North American motorsports history. Every year the true enthusiasts at BMW USA Classic bring out a few of...
Is This BMW A Prototype Of The M4 CSL?
Did you know that you can still purchase a new M4 GTS? As I write this, there are at least eight examples described as new currently for sale at a handful of BMW Centers across the country—a couple are even offered at prices lower than the original MSRP of...
Ross Karlin Receives BMW CCA Friend Of The Club Award
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Ross Karlin has contributed his time, talent, and energy to the BMW Car Club of America at the chapter and national levels for decades, so it was only fitting that he was recently selected to receive the BMW CCA Friend Of The Club award—the highest honor that can be...
“Big M8” Meme Takes M8 GTE To New Heights
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For the BMW community, seeing the return of BMW Motorsport to the 24 Heures du Mans this year was a dream come true. On the ground, the excitement and support for BMW was overwhelming, with one of the strongest fanbases and quite possibly the most crowd-wielded flags. But as...
Detailed Photos: BMW M850i xDrive On Display At Le Mans
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In case you missed the barrage of social-media posts, the 24 Hours of Le Mans was held last weekend at the storied Sarthe circuit, and for BMW, this year marked a return to the legendary race after a seven-year hiatus. For some context on that gap, the team has...
Resurrecting Bertha: A Swing And A Miss
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Last week, BMW CCA member Jonathan Selig saved the day by producing the valve guide I needed out of thin air. This enabled me to get the guide to the machinist who had Bertha’s head, who in turn got me the head back the morning of Friday, July 6—just...
Resurrecting Bertha: So Close
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As I write this on the Friday evening before Oktoberfest, I stand on the precipice of either achieving jaw-dropping success in getting Bertha running well enough to drive to Pittsburgh on Tuesday and ensuring the continuation of my Hack Mechanic legend, or tucking my tail between my legs and...
Resurrecting Bertha: A Hundred Individual Projects
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Last week I took Bertha’s head off and took it to the machine shop. Two bad valves were found, which might explain the rough running that caused my friend Alex to sideline the car after it was stolen and recovered 26 years ago; it certainly explains why the car...
Resurrecting Bertha: The Decapitation
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Last week, I got Bertha—the 2002 I sold to my friend Alex nearly 30 years ago—running well enough to drive her out of the difficult-to-access garage where she had been languishing since she was stolen and recovered in 1992. Alex has long said that the car seems to have...
Resurrecting Bertha: The Extraction
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Having repurchased Bertha, the 1975 2002 I brought up from Austin in 1984, drove away from my wedding in on Labor Day of that same year, modified out the ying-yang, then sold to my friend Alex in the early 1990s because our just-purchased house in Newton had only a...
Resurrecting Bertha: Part One Of Hundreds
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I am a man to whom context is important; this is why some of my stories have a long arc. This one goes back 34 years, and it’s still unfolding. And the new part of the arc is likely to be like a roller coaster, so strap in. I...
