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The Current Clamp
Community, Lifestyle, Resto & Mod
Last month, I wrote about installing electric air conditioning (a/c driven by an electric compressor) in my 1969 Lotus Elan +2. As part of that, I needed to take some careful measurements of the current drawn by the compressor, the evaporator assembly, and the condenser fans. I own three...
Driving a McLaren F1 On the Road Is an Amazing, Nerve-Wracking, Experience
The McLaren F1 has been out of production for more than 25 years, yet it’s still the definitive supercar.It’s shockingly small, smaller in every dimension and about 800 pounds lighter than a current Z4. And its engine, the S70/2 6.1 liter V12 is an unbelievable piece of engineering, making...
Jake Walker Wins Final Two VP Challenge Races At Road Atlanta
Jake Walker had a fantastic end to a fantastic season at Road Atlanta this past weekend, winning both VP SportsCar Challenge races in his #6 Turner Motorsport M4 GT3 at Road Atlanta. Walker delivered nine wins in twelve races in the GTDX class for GT3-spec cars and finished on...
Paul Miller Racing Wins Petit Le Mans, Claims IMSA Endurance Cup Championship
The ten-hour Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta is the traditional season finale of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship (IWSC). This weekend, in the 2025 edition of the race, Paul Miller Racing’s M4 GT3 came away with the win in GTD Pro and took home the class championship in...
This Manual E61 M5 Wagon Conversion Looks Incredible
The G99 M5 Touring might be the first long-roof M5 to come to the US, but it is far from the first one ever built. While we were stuck with sedans, the rest of the world got E34s and E61s with a back hatch. The E61 is the one...
Racing Lines: AutoSport Fabrication Supports 13 Cars at Watkins Glen
Peter Agapoglou’s Plainville, Connecticut, shop, AutoSport Fabrication, supported 13 racers—over 20 percent of the field—during the recent Watkins Glen Tire Rack BMW CCA Club Racing weekend. Roundel asked Agapoglou to describe what went into supporting that many cars at the event. Roundel: Tell me a little about your shop,...
The 2026 M2 Turbo Design Edition Is a Perfect Tribute
The 2002 is the definitive BMW. Balanced and communicative, it oozes all the qualities that are still considered synonymous with BMW, even if many of the modern cars don’t quite hold to that ethos. Still, if there’s one thing BMW does better than any of its German competitors, it’s...
Racing Lines: BMW CCA Club Racing Returns to Watkins Glen
The autumn Tire Rack BMW CCA Club Racing events at Watkins Glen always draw some of the largest fields in the series, and the races always deliver intense competition. The 2025 event, run in mid-September and hosted by BMW CCA Club Racing, remained true to form, drawing more than...
Fulfill Your Dreams and Buy This Amazing Collection of M Cars
After Oktoberfest, RM Sotheby’s Munich auction has to be the biggest event in the city this October. And because it is the Munich auction, that means there’s a focus on BMW, with an incredible collection of 22 M cars set to be sold, all of them at no reserve....
BMW CCA Events: Drifting Event, Foundation Zentrum ALPINA Event, BMW Performance Center Event
BMW Car Club of America, the official BMW enthusiast club, offers membership that includes access to hundreds of BMW-focused chapter, regional, and national events. Here are a few upcoming events that should interest BMW enthusiasts of all types! Find even more events on the official BMW Car Club of...
Take a Ride Around Laguna Seca in the Incredible 2006 BMW M3 GT2
The best decision the organizers of the Monterey Motorsports Reunion, the annual August gathering of historic race cars at Laguna Seca Raceway during car week, have made is the inclusion of more modern metal. Instead of Trans Am cars of the Seventies being the most modern, the rules now...
Racing Lines: BMW CCA Club Racing Returns to Watkins Glen
The autumn Tire Rack BMW CCA Club Racing events at Watkins Glen always draw some of the largest fields in the series, and the races always deliver intense competition. The 2025 event, run in mid-September and hosted by BMW CCA Club Racing, remained true to form, drawing more than...
BMW CCA Events: Drifting Event, Foundation Zentrum ALPINA Event, BMW Performance Center Event
BMW Car Club of America, the official BMW enthusiast club, offers membership that includes access to hundreds of BMW-focused chapter, regional, and national events. Here are a few upcoming events that should interest BMW enthusiasts of all types! Find even more events on the official BMW Car Club of...
Fiddling and Diddling Too Long on a Wagon
A few weeks ago I wrote about how, this summer, I foolishly passed on a unicorn E91 six-speed rear-wheel drive sport package no-nav wagon largely because it was in Salt Lake City. Now, as my penance, my Facebook Marketplace feed seems to be flooded by ads for cheap automatic...
A BMW Driver Won the BTCC’s Prestigious Jack Sears Trophy
The West Surrey Racing team (WSR) led by Team Principal Dick Bennetts has been the most successful team in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) over the last several years. The team had some success in the 2025 season but it was a challenging year. WSR had four BMW...
Tickets for CCA Hospitality at the 2026 Daytona 24 Available Soon
Community, Events, Lifestyle, Motorsport
It might only be October, but the 2026 pro racing season will be here before you know it. That means it’s time to get your plans set for the 24 Hours of Daytona to kick off the season of sports car racing. The 2026 race promises to be a...
This One-Owner BMW 318iC Has 384,000 Miles. You Should Buy It
Among all the bizarre listings for furniture and missed connections, there are some really great finds living on Craigslist. Like this 5-speed 318i Convertible with one owner and nearly 400,000 miles. This car has been in Story Vogel’s family since 1995, primarily driven by his late wife, Judi. You...
BMW CCA Recognition Awards Recipients Announced
Developed to recognize Individuals, Chapters and Businesses for their outstanding achievements. Throughout the history of the BMW CCA, outstanding individuals, chapters and businesses have supported The Club in many ways. It is appropriate that this passion, enthusiasm and commitment to The Club be recognized. The BMW CCA recognizes and...
BMW CCA 2025 Classic Raffle: Win a 1998 BMW E36 M3!
Enter to Win a 1998 BMW E36 M3 Sedan. The Ultimate Mid-’90s Dream Drive. Boot up your memories. This isn’t a throwback… it’s a time warp. We’re taking you straight back to the garage menu of Gran Turismo 2, the car-select screen of Need for Speed II, and the...
Celebrating BMWs at the Petersen Museum
It’s not too far of a stretch to suggest the Petersen Museum’s BMW Cruise-in, “BMWs and Bretzels,” September 28 was reminiscent of another Southern California icon, Disneyland. No, not in long lines or high-priced food/rides. In this case, it was that sense you get when you enter Disneyland and...
Selling Sharkie
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how installing electric air conditioning my 1969 Lotus Elan +2 pushed out nearly all BMW-related work for much of the summer. Last week, I got the system running. It’s not completely finished—there’s one big task I’ll do over the winter, and a...
BMW NA 50th Anniversary: BMW Bets Big on Carbon Fiber
If you were following the business news on March 16, 2009, you might have noticed an interesting transaction involving SGL Carbon, the world’s largest supplier of carbon fiber and carbon fiber products, including automotive brakes. On that date, the SKion investment firm spent approximately €140 million to acquire more...
BMW Issues “Park Outside” Recall For Some 2019-2022 Models
BMW issued a “park outside” recall for several 2019-2022 BMW models due to the possibility of an engine starter short circuit that risks a fire. Approsimately 200,000 vehicles are affected by the “Engine Starter May Corrode and Overheat” recall. Owners of the listed models are advised to park their...
Bimmer Invasion LA 2025 Was Even Cooler
BMW News, Community, Events, Featured
At Bimmer Invasion Los Angeles 2025, if you had a bingo card of all BMW topics, styles, models, themes, interests, and more, you would have shouted “bingo!” by noon and then “Blackout” by 12:30. And Bimmer Invasion did not officialy “begin” until 1:00pm! It would be hard not to...
Weekend With A Wagon
We’re now in the seventh generation of the M5, a history which goes back nearly forty years when the E28 M5 was first sold here in the US. I’ll forego the usual diatribe about how every generation has gotten bigger and heavier than the one before it and just...
Nobody Expects to Need a Diode
As I wrote about last week, I’m installing air conditioning in my 1969 Lotus Elan +2 using an electric compressor. A fair amount of work has gone into carefully designing and installing the new circuit that supports the compressor (which draws from 40 to 80 amps) in such a...
The Current Clamp
Community, Lifestyle, Resto & Mod
Last month, I wrote about installing electric air conditioning (a/c driven by an electric compressor) in my 1969 Lotus Elan +2. As part of that, I needed to take some careful measurements of the current drawn by the compressor, the evaporator assembly, and the condenser fans. I own three...
Fiddling and Diddling Too Long on a Wagon
A few weeks ago I wrote about how, this summer, I foolishly passed on a unicorn E91 six-speed rear-wheel drive sport package no-nav wagon largely because it was in Salt Lake City. Now, as my penance, my Facebook Marketplace feed seems to be flooded by ads for cheap automatic...
Selling Sharkie
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how installing electric air conditioning my 1969 Lotus Elan +2 pushed out nearly all BMW-related work for much of the summer. Last week, I got the system running. It’s not completely finished—there’s one big task I’ll do over the winter, and a...
Nobody Expects to Need a Diode
As I wrote about last week, I’m installing air conditioning in my 1969 Lotus Elan +2 using an electric compressor. A fair amount of work has gone into carefully designing and installing the new circuit that supports the compressor (which draws from 40 to 80 amps) in such a...
Electric Air Conditioning?
I’ve embarked on a project on my 1969 Lotus Elan +2 that some of you might find interesting. Not only am I retrofitting air conditioning into it, but I’m using an electrically-driven compressor. For the last few weeks, the project has consumed me, driving out all BMW-related wrenching. So,...
Circling the Wagons. Again.
I have a strong attraction to BMW wagons. I’ve had several as daily drivers, with varying degrees of success. The first was a ’99 E39 528iT 5-speed sport package car that seemed like a must-buy but was one of those cars that, when you bought it, it signed you...
