Before I went to my first BMW CCA Oktoberfest in 2017, I really had no idea what it was....
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Do you remember anticipating birthdays as a child? That anticipation often began about an hour after you wiped the...
I have good news and bad news–for me, not for you. Which do you want first? Okay, here you...
Have you ever driven around and found that crazy-good hidden gem of a restaurant, or heard a new song...
Four cars—a wagon, a sedan, a coupe, and a vintage car—walk into a bar…. No? Okay, how about they...
On March 14, the local pizza places sell pizzas for $3.14. If you let May the Fourth be with...
I’m going to need your help on this one, so get your keyboard ninja fingers ready for comments at...
How and why do you buy your cars? Are you a new-car person or a CPO buyer? Do you...
Tuesday night, 9 p.m. Hundreds of college students were on top of the parking structure, walking around countless cars...
This is an old car. Not just the oldest BMW at the weekend Cars & Coffee get-together, either; this...
I sold my last SUV for a wagon—a BMW wagon (er… Touring). But I have to admit that I...
I recently pulled up to a car gathering, and as I got out of my car with my camera...
The new BMW M4 GT3 is out… sort of. It’s been revealed. A few times. Or at least a...
I went to a wagon meet in Los Angeles earlier this month. AutoConduct hosts monthly themed meets for all...
Name all of BMW’s E36 variants. Wait—don’t cheat and look at the pictures here. Actually, this isn’t even all...
As recently as ten years ago, I had yet to visit a race track. I was pretty sure that...
I showed up at a race track. Broke an axle, and wasn’t even racing. Awesome. I should probably have...
They say that if you don’t look back at your car when walking away from it, you have the...
The sun peeked through morning clouds as I came around a bend. I soon saw Jerry Dotson’s 1938 327...
The E30 bug bit me four years ago, almost to the day. I’m glad it did, and I love...
When you hear the word concours, what do you envision? Scenes from Pebble Beach or Amelia Island? Million dollar...
Even with “new math,” one plus one is still two. But on Sunday, April 28, one plus one equaled...
“At about midnight the night before Legends, we had to pull the car apart.” Brandon Janssen might make folks from...
If you’re staring at a BMW 2002ti, you’re either in Europe or you’ve found one of the few that...
We couldn’t even count how many 2002s were on the lawn at Legends of the Autobahn and in the...
“I’ve had the car for almost four years now. I’ll be nineteen on the 29th of September.” If you thought there...
Many sources use 12,000 miles as the average number of miles the average person drives a car yearly, with...
They say “some’s good, more is better.” Golden Gate Chapter member Pedram Mehdiour realized that this year by adding...
This past week’s winner in the Fill-up Friday challenge was Choo Choo Bimmers Chapter member Brenda Terrell. Some of...
To a recent post of his BMW F10 535i six-speed, Mike Gessner added, “itpaystobeafuelrewardsmember.” But it was after he...