T.S. Eliot famously said that April, with its expectation of rebirth and renewal, is the cruelest month. There’s something...
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Last week I wrote about the surprise of finding that the catalytic converter in my truck—the formerly mouse-infested 2008...
I’ll admit it: I’m obsessed with my new project car, the 244,000-mile 1998 five-speed manual M3 sedan that I’m...
My post-Thanksgiving week began with the rude discovery that some schmuck had cut the catalytic converter out of my...
Greetings, all. I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. Two weeks ago, I chastised people who automatically answer “It’s...
I’ve had my new-to-me 1998 M3 sedan with five-speed-manual, which I’m calling Project Concord, for a little over a...
Last week, I wrote about the tendency some 2002-advice-dispensing folks have to reply to every thunk, clunk, and rattle-related...
One of the things in life that bothers me is a lack of precision in description. After years of...
Last week I described patching the muffler on my ’73 3.0CSi, “Rene”, and preparing to drive it to the...
Last week I wrote about taking Hampton, my survivor ’73 2002, on a road trip to Vermont, but only...
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...