About six years ago, after my first book was published, I was giving a talk to the local chapter...
Resto & Mod
The older we get, the more things run together. I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling like the major...
Two weeks ago I found that Bertha’s fuel-pressure regulator—the aftermarket device taking the feed from the trunk-mounted electric fuel...
It was five years ago this week that the episode of the Great White Six-Speed Shark occurred. E31 prices...
Since I own eleven vehicles, it’s not my imagination that one of them always needs an inspection sticker. Statistically,...
With COVID-19 having cancelled virtually every large automotive event (indeed, it just officially drove a stake into the heart...
When I bought back and resurrected Bertha—the ’75 2002 I’d moved here from Austin in 1984, turned into a...
Last week I wrote about putting Hampton, the 48,000-mile ’73 2002, back in storage for a bit, and swapping it...
Congratulations to this week’s Garage Goals winner, Allan Sargony, a member of both the Everglades and M Chapters! Sargony...
As I wrote two weeks ago, I readied Hampton, my 48,000-mile survivor ’73 2002, for sale—but then, for a...
Congratulations to this week’s Garage Goals winner, Badger Bimmers Chapter member Dan Riley! Riley has won $25 gift cards...
I haven’t driven my 1973 3.0CSi much during the past few years. It hasn’t seen a multi-day, multi-state road...
I’m usually a pretty decisive guy regarding cars: I sell one, I buy another. I rarely fret over or...
Congratulations to this week’s Garage Goals winner, Blue Ridge Chapter member John Hartka! Hartka has won $25 gift cards...
As I’ve written many times before, a “good kluge” is one that saves money, is safe, and can easily...
Congratulations to this week’s Garage Goals winner, Los Angeles Chapter member John LaPorta! LaPorta has won $25 gift cards...
In the September 1991 issue of Roundel, I had a piece titled “Roadsters For 2002 Prices.” In it, I...
Congratulations to this week’s Garage Goals winner, Windy City Chapter member Jason Rybinski! Rybinski has won $25 gift cards...
Last week I replaced the missing accelerator grommet in Zelda, my former Z3—now owned by my friend Kim—and wrote,...
Congratulations to this week’s Garage Goals winner, Sandlapper Chapter member Tim Dennison! Dennison has won $25 gift cards from...
We have a short one today: easy diagnosis, inexpensive repair, complete cure of the problem—just the way I like...
Congratulations to this week’s Garage Goals winner, New Jersey Chapter member Kevin Broughton! Broughton has won $25 gift cards...
After last week’s epic self-indulgent excursion into wheel-swapping (and I must apologize yet again about my dismissive mention of...
Congratulations to this week’s Garage Goals winner, Great Plains and 2002 Forever Chapter member Jeff Davis! Jeff has won...
This is a story about one 2002 finally getting the new shoes it wanted for 35 years, and the...
Congratulations to this week’s Garage Goals winner, Golden Gate and E30 Chapter member Adam Mahoney! Mahoney has won $25...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how, while on the Nor’East 02er socially-distanced spring drive, I decided it...
Congratulations to this week’s Garage Goals winner, Motor City Chapter member Maki Mitsuya! Mitsuya has won $25 gift cards...
As I’ve continued working on Hampton, the 48,000-mile ’73 2002 I bought last fall, I reached the point on...
Congratulations to this week’s Garage Goals winner, Michael Washington, who is a member of three BMW CCA chapters including...