People drive BMWs for various reasons. I’ve always considered mine to be tools—each one performs best in a specific...
Tax-refund season is like a second Christmas, a holiday where good little boys and girls who paid their taxes...
Some of us have already found it, while others still search. Part of the population doesn’t even bother pondering...
Finally, Cassie, my beloved but overly ostracized 1996 328i, has found her freedom. Just in case you have not...
My wife, Betty, and I like road trips. It’s not that we don’t like to use the airlines, but—oh,...
The second-generation BMW 3 Series—the E30—has long been called “God’s Chariot,”earning this nickname because it is wonderfully communicative, responsive,...
Shower thoughts: We’ve all had them. They’re the sort of thing that seem really profound at the time, but...
Enthusiast debates relating to the use of premium high-octane gasoline are almost as old as the widespread availability of...
I missed it. Oktoberfest was practically in my backyard, and I missed it. Oh, the shame! At least it...
Every once in a while, something comes along that confirms some of your life choices. In the past week...
Last month I wrote about $3,000 beater cars. This month I decided to move up-market—a few hundred grand—to something...
It’s pretty wild to think about how many different permutations there are of the beloved E36 3 Series. Worldwide,...
This isn’t news by any means, but I think that the problem of inattentive drivers impeding or sometimes preventing...
During the past two few months, my car habit has been entirely dependent on the good will of others;...
Since 1996, a core competency of our local BMW CCA chapter—the Kansas City BMW Club—has been high-performance driver education,...
There is a segment of the automotive-enthusiast community that sees beauty where the rest of the world sees junk,...
Things don’t always turn out the way we intend them to, and that’s often a good thing. A few...
We’ve all had the thought while browsing online auto classifieds: Arrive via alternate form of transportation, purchase whatever vehicle...
In early April, I found myself flying into San Diego for a business trip, taking in the amazing view...
A few weeks ago, I read about the initial test of BMW’s new subscription program, Access By BMW. The...
Sometimes a car pops up for sale that is so good that you have to move on it—now! A...
There is something so very special—so very sacred—about that first visit to the garage after a long winter. I...
By the time I was able to drive—and just as important, modify my car—physical parts retailers were practically a...
I don’t get to drive my 135i particularly often. This was never intentional, and is instead the result of...
Do you know someone who, every holiday season, no matter how great a present that you think you found,...
Recently, we celebrated our ’95 BMW M3’s 23rd birthday. It looks really good for its age. Well, it looks...
Picking up where I left off last month, I was hunting for a snow- or ice-racing event in which...
My girlfriend is a therapist. Shortly before graduating with her Master’s degree, she decided to start shopping for a...
For years, I maintained the staunch belief that BMW and Audi, among other manufacturers, were withholding some of their...
I was fifteen or sixteen years old when the BMW bug bit. I was driving an ‘89 Honda Prelude...
