The sun peeked through morning clouds as I came around a bend. I soon saw Jerry Dotson’s 1938 327...
Over the years, I’ve written a number of articles and columns in which I complain about the inattentiveness of...
It feels like everything is changing—or maybe everything is just ripe for changing. My best intentions to get another...
Chassis fabrication aside, an engine swap is probably the most ambitious undertaking that many of us vintage BMW owners...
In January a new race car made its way into my fold. I’ll save the details for another story,...
The E30 bug bit me four years ago, almost to the day. I’m glad it did, and I love...
Late last year I wrote a column about the so-called single-BMW solution. The concept is simple: one single BMW...
Argh—I’ve got to fire my local auto-repair shop. I had high hopes for them after some reconnoitering visits showed a...
When it comes to automotive interior design, touch points can make or break a car. These human-contacted surfaces, from...
All of my vehicles seem to be red, with only two exceptions, my dad’s British Racing Green 1972 MG...
It won’t be long before models like the X3, X5, and X7 make up for the majority of sales...
How much time do you spend researching a part before adding it to your cart and clicking the Complete...
In July, I talked about a classic-car rally, one of few car rallies held in this decidedly strange year....
The BMW sport sedan, as we’ve come to know it, is supposed to check the usual boxes: the nimbleness...
BMW ownership is contagious (perhaps that’s not the best analogy in the current world, but it’s true). I’ve infected...
To be part of the BMW CCA means to be part of BMW history, and few activities make that...
As car enthusiasts, we often fantasize about our dream garage. I’m not talking about the structure itself—which should, of...
At the turn of this century, I was working at a dot-com in Seattle where our business model centered...
Last week, I bought a house—or, as your uncle on Facebook might chime in, my bank bought a house,...
The warm days of late summer have succumbed to the crisp days of autumn: Winter is coming. On the...
The Dakar Rally is the pinnacle of off-road endurance racing—thousands of miles of navigating untrodden desert dunes and the...
We used to talk about whether a car—or a motorcycle—was built with “49-state emissions” equipment, or “California emissions” equipment....
What’s your earliest memory with the BMW brand? When you think back to your first BMW, your first group...
As a child of the 1980s, I was started down the slippery slope of car obsession by the original...
Two winters ago, I found myself being coaxed out of my hibernation by my good friend Brandon Mindt, who...
There are times in our automotive journeys when we find ourselves at a proverbial crossroads. The itch for something...
I like driving in the American West. I like the vistas, and seeing a hill ahead that you won’t...
As a society, we’ve talked a lot about cities this year. It’s been too long since we’ve talked about...
Sometimes there are certain cars that you just connect with. It isn’t because they are the fastest, or the...
I want to like Formula E. I really do. Maybe it’s the high-pitched whirring that conjures up sound bites...
