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BMW M Motorsport Sells The Best Used Cars: The Daytona GTLM Class-Winning #24 M8 GTE
BMW M Motorsport’s used car lot isn’t known for its throughput. Like diamonds, they control the release of their precious resources, making purchasing and owning one a special and exciting opportunity. BMW USA Classic Manager Thomas Plucinsky noted, “I only need the fingers on one hand to count the...
Central States Caravan to O’Fest in Palm Springs
Central Regional Vice Presidents Jeff Gomon and David Brighton have planned a three-day, 1,500-mile caravan from the central States to O’Fest in Palm Springs, California. They’ll be starting in Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday, September 24th and making overnight stops in Silverthorne, Colorado (September 25th) and Cedar City, Utah (September...
Every Day Should Be National BMW Appreciation Day
According to 16,000 people (and counting) on Instagram, yesterday, August 4, 2022, was National BMW Appreciation Day. I felt a bit bad for not knowing this, so I decided to Google it and find out more–when it started, what nation(s) celebrate this day, and what people are doing to...
Fixing the Clown Shoe’s Window… Finally… Sort Of
Ever since I bought my ’99 M coupe in early 2007, it’s had intermittent problems with the driver’s-side window either not rolling up correctly or making a banging sound at the top of its journey. I first wrote about it in a piece titled “Walking in Hack Footprints” in...
Stephen Cameron Racing Finishes Second At Road America
The Michelin Pilot Challenge championship at Road America this past weekend was the second of just two four-hour races on the schedule (the other being Daytona), but with the way some of the drivers were going out you would think it was a half-hour sprint race. The first half...
Paul Miller Racing Clinches IMSA Sprint Cup Championship At Road America
Paul Miller Racing has clinched the IMSA Sprint Cup Championship with a fourth-place finish in the GTD class at the Road America circuit in Wisconsin this past weekend. It was an impressive feat considering that it’s the team’s first year of racing the M4 GT3 with drivers Bryan Sellers...
M3 Competition Touring as 2022 MotoGP BMW M Award
2022 marks the twentieth year of the BMW M Award being presented to the MotoGP rider with the best qualifying results. If you’re not aware, MotorGP riders earn points based on their qualifying positions at each Grand Prix weekend. And since 2003, whoever has amassed the most qualifying points...
Goldilocks and the Three i4s
The recently announced BMW i4 eDrive35 is the newest member of the all-electric i4 family and will be joining the i4 eDrive40 and i4 M50 in the U.S. in 2023. The eDrive35 will be the least expensive trim level in the i4 lineup. Let’s see how this stacks up...
BMW CCA at Michelin GT Challenge Weekend
Come join CCA for IMSA weekend at VIR, August 26-28! This is the best and only way to watch all your favorite BMW race teams and only a few weeks away. All three race teams, RLL, Turner, & Paul Miller, are having great inaugural seasons with the new M4 GT3...
Members’ Rendezvous II: The Essex In Vermont
The BMW Car Club of America combines the spirit of the best driving machines in the world with the people that make them and this organization so popular—you, the members. And when we travel as a club and descend on a town like ducks on a pond, it is...
BimmerLife Rendezvous: Essex Photo Gallery
BMW Car Club of America members recently enjoyed the exclusive BimmerLife Rendezvous: Essex event. Read all about it in David Newton’s article here. Here are additional photos of the wonderful BimmerLife Rendezvous: Essex event from July 2022!
Chapter Newsletter Showcase: Rocky Mountain Chapter’s Motorsport Report
Welcome to the latest edition of BimmerLife’s Chapter Newsletter Showcase–a series that highlights outstanding BMW CCA chapter publications. This week we’re upping our elevation and traveling to the Rocky Mountain Chapter (RMC) to learn more about their quarterly magazine, Motorsport Report. RMC was founded in 1974 and they describe...
BMW Begins Development of New Test Tracks
Does anyone remember The Matrix Reloaded? It was nearly twenty years ago, so I don’t remember much. What I do remember was the highway scene. And I also remember all of the hype about the highway scene. They built a three-lane, 1.5-mile highway from scratch that cost $2.5 million....
Dorian Hicklin’s Restomod 1973 2002
You may recall seeing an Inka Orange ‘73 2002 making its way around the internet a couple of weeks ago. It’s BMW CCA member Dorian Hicklin’s restomod 2002 project that was recently featured on Jay Leno’s Garage. As the story goes, in April of this year, Leno saw Hicklin...
BMW Corporate Headquarters Turns 29 (Again)
Just kidding. BMW Corporate Headquarters (HQ) turned 50 this year, which isn’t really that big of a deal because we all know that 50 is the new 30. Am I right? Admittedly, I’ve been seeing photos of BMW’s HQ, which is located in Munich, Germany, for years, but I...
A Substantial Spark In Fully-Electric BMW Vehicle Sales
If NBA Jam’s Tim Kitzrow was announcing BMW’s fully-electric vehicle (EV) sales figures for Q1 2022, he would have said, “They’re heating up!” For Q2 2022 he would be saying, “They’re on fire!” Am I the only one who remembers that console game from the early 90s? Can anyone...
Dream Car Raffle: Win The BMW CCA’s First-Ever Hybrid Vehicle!
Hearing and reading about hybrid vehicles comes as no surprise these days, and the BMW lineup of vehicles is ever-expanding to offer more hybrid options. What could be an amazing surprise, however, is the opportunity to be the first lucky BMW CCA member to win a 2023 BMW 330e...
Don’t Panic! BMW’s Subscription Model Explained
For those keeping track, that is the second Douglas Adams reference I’ve made in the last two weeks. The “not panicking” part, not the part about BMW’s subscription model, which was big news this past week. If you read the headlines, you saw that BMW will start charging you...
Registration Open For M Intensive At Indy
The M Chapter and the National Capital Chapter of the BMW CCA are once again going to the world-famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway for an exciting opportunity to drive M cars at Indy! The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is one of the most famous tracks in the country, and now you can experience...
So Long, BMW i3, And Thanks For All The Fish
BMW’s i3 debuted at the International Motor Show in Germany in 2011. Production began a couple of years later in late 2013. Since then, 250,000 i3s have been sold worldwide. Over the nearly eight-and-a-half years of i3 production, there were a number of options and enhancements along the way....
BMW CCA Member Dorian Hicklin’s 1973 2002 Featured On Jay Leno’s Garage
BMW CCA member and 2002 aficionado Dorian Hicklin was recently a guest on Jay Leno’s Garage for a feature on his striking 1973 2002 restomod B-Sedan build. Dorian has been a BMW CCA member since 2002 (go figure), and currently belongs to the Los Angeles Chapter. He has owned...
Join BMW CCA at VIR for IMSA Weekend, August 26-28
The best and only way to watch all your favorite BMW race teams at VIR for IMSA weekend, August 26-28! All three race teams, RLL, Turner, & Paul Miller, are having great inaugural seasons with the new M4 GT3 and M4 GT4; be there to cheer them on! Get...
M Chapter Day Come To BMW Performance Center West
Attention BMW enthusiasts! The M Chapter is headed to the BMW Performance Center in Thermal, California on October 2nd for our M Chapter Day event. This is your chance to drive the current lineup of M cars using their tires, brakes, and gas! Scheduled during the end of O’Fest...
Win an M4 Competition xDrive in the Dream Car Raffle!
One lucky BMW CCA member will win the First Prize M4 Compeition xDrive in the 2022 Dream Car Raffle this year! One of the first M Competition models to feature xDrive all-wheel drive, the M4 Competition uses its 503 hp to go from 0-60 mph in 2.8 seconds from...
Chapter Newsletter Showcase: SunCoast Florida Chapter’s eWeekly
Welcome to the latest edition of BimmerLife’s Chapter Newsletter Showcase–a series that highlights outstanding BMW CCA chapter publications. This week we’re traveling to sunny Florida to check out the Florida SunCoast Chapter’s eWeekly. As the name implies, FSC eWeekly’s subscribers enjoy its carefully curated content on a weekly basis....
Fixing the Clown Shoe’s Window… Finally… Sort Of
Ever since I bought my ’99 M coupe in early 2007, it’s had intermittent problems with the driver’s-side window either not rolling up correctly or making a banging sound at the top of its journey. I first wrote about it in a piece titled “Walking in Hack Footprints” in...
Oh, Rob, Not Another Dead-Battery Column!
One of the questions I get over and over–and not just in the BMW world–is, “My battery is dead. What caused it? And what should I do?” Hey, at least it’s not “My car won’t start,” in which case I need to immediately triage it to battery-versus-cables-versus-starter-versus-fuel-versus-ignition. Dead battery:...
Sorting The Little Jobs, Waiting For The Next Big Thing
Last week I described buttoning up the ’72 2002tii that I’m helping sell for the original owner’s widow. Once I fixed what needed fixing and got it photographed, I submitted everything to Bring a Trailer, and they accepted it, I had nothing left to do with the car but...
Getting Down To The Short Strokes (The Mitzvah, Part IV)
This week I finished buttoning up Chris’ 1972 2002tii. Her husband, longtime Boston CCA member Jim Zagnafna, was the original owner of what they called “the baby,” and with his passing, I’m helping her sell it. I finished off the punch list of things that had to be completed...
The Trick To Replacing An Injection Belt (The Mitzvah, Part III)
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been writing about making my corner of the world a better place by helping two women who recently lost their husbands sell the 2002s that they wound up with. Last week I described helping find a buyer for the near-mint Malaga ’76 car...
The Mitzvah (Part II)
Last week I talked about the mitzvah (good deed) I was doing for two women—helping both of them sell the 2002 owned by their departed husbands. One sale I was handling directly; the other I was just advising on and publicizing. Things moved forward with both cars. Pam is the...
