Last week I wrote about taking Hampton, my survivor ’73 2002, on a road trip to Vermont, but only...
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Last week I wrote about Hampton, the 49,000-mile ’73 2002 I’d largely squirreled away eighteen months ago after it...
Last week I said that after finally getting Hampton, my low-mileage ’73 2002, running smoothly, I wanted to get...
The saga of the Baby, the 1972 2002tii that I helped the original owner’s widow sell on Bring a...
With the “mitzvah” 2002tii finally sold on Bring a Trailer, I didn’t think that the car would be here...
The story of “the mitzvah” (good deed)—my helping sell two 2002s for two local women who inherited them from...
A Little Surprise As The Baby Comes Down The Stretch (The Mitzvah, Part VI)
Rob Siegel, , Resto & ModMy friend Chris’ 1972 2002tii (aka the Baby), a car which her deceased husband, Boston Chapter member Jim Zanfagna,...
Ever take your car on a just-for-fun drive only to have a long list of minor annoyances significantly detract...
Eight weeks and two days after Bring a Trailer (BaT) accepted my friend Chris’ 1972 2002tii (her deceased husband’s...
Okay, I’ll admit that it’s been a slow week, repair-wise, because I somehow aggravated my fifteen-year-old back injury—either that...
I finally heard from Bring a Trailer (BaT) regarding the listing of “the Baby,” the original-owner ’72 2002tii that...
Last week, while describing how I fixed the window in my ’99 M coupe, I included the simple sentence,...
Ever since I bought my ’99 M coupe in early 2007, it’s had intermittent problems with the driver’s-side window...
One of the questions I get over and over–and not just in the BMW world–is, “My battery is dead....
You may recall seeing an Inka Orange ‘73 2002 making its way around the internet a couple of weeks...
Last week I described buttoning up the ’72 2002tii that I’m helping sell for the original owner’s widow. Once...
This week I finished buttoning up Chris’ 1972 2002tii. Her husband, longtime Boston CCA member Jim Zagnafna, was the...
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been writing about making my corner of the world a better place by...
BMW CCA Member Dorian Hicklin’s 1973 2002 Featured On Jay Leno’s Garage
Mike Bevels, , Community, Resto & ModBMW CCA member and 2002 aficionado Dorian Hicklin was recently a guest on Jay Leno’s Garage for a feature...
Last week I talked about the mitzvah (good deed) I was doing for two women—helping both of them sell the...
Last week I wrote about the alternator in my E39 dying. Just to finish that up, replacing the voltage...
Sigh. Today’s piece was supposed to be about doing, in the language of my people, a mitzvah (a good deed)...
In late April, I received an email from a writer/filmmaker who read a piece I wrote about the...
When last we saw Carter, the inexpensive, surprisingly solid, drop-everything-and-buy-it ’76 2002, I’d just replaced the rod bearings and...
Last week, my precious 3.0CSi, Rene—my favorite car ever—and I arrived safely at The Vintage. Nothing broke on the...
I ended last week’s piece by saying. “If I still had the stones I had five years ago, I’d...
When last we saw Carter, my hastily-purchased bargain ’76 2002, I was in the “getting to know you ”...
Last week, I wrote about the preparation of Louie, my ’72 2002tii, and the two-day, 1,500-ish-mile drive southish to...
For 2025, BMW’s electric 3-series models will mark the first use of the company’s Neue Klasse battery electric vehicle...
It’s been said that, as far as a balance between a low-stress trip and fodder for interesting articles, the...