I’ve written multiple times about wanting an E91 unicorn wagon (six-speed, rear-wheel drive, sport package). These are exceedingly rare...
Author Archive for: rsiegel
A few weeks ago I wrote about the banging in the front-end of my 2003 E39 being caused by...
Back in early June, I posted a piece about looking at fitting pneumatic hood struts to my E9. In...
A few days after scoring a nice set of Style 82 wheels with fresh rubber on them and having...
As the old joke goes, time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. (BOOM-tish. I’ll be here...
Ever since I’ve owned it, the 2003 E39 530i sport that I’ve been daily-driving for a decade has had...
I’ve nearly made a career writing about what I call “The Big Seven”—the primary reasons other than a flat...
One of the issues with storing five cars 70 miles away in a warehouse in Monson, MA is that...
I probably told this story a decade ago when it happened, but I can’t find any evidence of it...
About six weeks ago, I took my sister to a doctor’s appointment at Boston’s Beth Israel hospital to check...
I’ve been having back issues for decades. Most of the time it’s just normal 68-year-old-man low back pain, kept...
Last month, I wrote about the sale of Bertha, the 2002 I bought in Austin in 1984 shortly before...
The red 3.0CSi with the tan leather interior and the Recaros I’ve owned for 40 years began life as...
Having the washer pump quit working on a vintage BMW, or buying a car where the pump is non-functional,...
Last week, I wrote about the whirlwind sale of Bertha to Craig B., who flew in from Austin on...
I’ve told the story of Bertha multiple times—how I bought it in Austin in 1984 because I wanted to...
As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, I missed The Vintage this year, something I’ve only done twice...
A friend messaged me this week with a fuel delivery issue on his ’76 2002. The car had the...
Well, Bertha and I aren’t going to The Vintage after all. I have a dear 84-year-old cousin with whom...
I haven’t had a lot of flashing in my past. Not that kind—I mean updating the software in a...
Back in November, I brought Bertha (my transmogrified ’75 2002 that I turned into a track car in the...
About 10 years ago, I wrote a piece about a ratty 850i six-speed that I could’ve bought for four...
I’m still not quite over my RSV (and thanks to those who have sent me get-well emails), and the...
I’m down with a case of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). Nasty bug. No fever or chills like the flu...
Ten years ago, on Presidents Day Weekend in 2016, it was bloody freezing out. To give myself something to...
One of the things that’s been on my to-do list for years with Bertha, my ratty resurrected transmogrified former...
We just got back from seeing our middle son Kyle in Santa Fe. He’s now separated from his wife,...
Four years ago, I had a problem with the right taillight on my E39. All of its functions—directionals, brakes,...
If you own a vintage car and live in one of the 10 states with annual motor vehicle inspections,...
Your reaction to this might be “Air conditioning work? In the middle of winter? Siegel, have you finally breathed...































