When you read this, I will be gone. No, not from this venue1, nor from this mortal coil2, but...
Loyal readers may recall when, about three years ago, the alternator in my 2003 E39 530i stopped charging when...
In my fourscore years on Earth, I’ve learned some wide-ranging skills, with an array of abilities from rudimentary to...
When the first X5 was introduced in 1999, I think there are few that would have guessed that BMWs...
In conjunction with BMWNA, the BMW CCA has the exclusive opportunity to celebrate several BMW anniversaries at one of...
Welcome to Tech Talk, where our resident BMW tech Nick Owen answers all your pressing BMW technical questions, frustrations,...
The Tail of the Dragon in the Great Smoky Mountains is one of the greatest roads in America. If...
Thirty-five competitors converged on Roebling Road Raceway near Savannah in December for the Tire Rack BMW CCA Club Racing...
Hindsight is always 20/20, and now that my car-sales business has been appropriately downsized and my service business closed,...
The next step in making Bertha the knock-around-drive-during-winter-if-there’s-no-salt-on-the-roads 2002 (which is, not coincidentally, what it already looks like anyway)...
The Mount Panorama circuit in Bathurst, Australia is one of the most dynamic and challenging circuits in the world....
For the Do-It-Yourselfers out there, I wanted to share a few tips I’ve picked up over my years of...
Celebrating your own 50th birthday is really not much fun; for me it was a black-and-white realization that I’m...
We’ve known for a while that 8 Series production was coming to an end, but we just didn’t know...
I’ve never been shy about driving my 2002s on long trips. Heck, when I bought them—the ’69 (Wolfgang) new,...
Last week, I was less than thrilled to find that Bertha’s low brake fluid was caused by it leaking...
For the next issue of Roundel, I asked former BMW exec and all-around car guy Bob Lutz to write about...
Welcome to Tech Talk, where our resident BMW tech Nick Owen answers all your pressing BMW technical questions, frustrations,...
The i3 and the i8 were massive departures for BMW. Both of these cars were more about efficiency and...
When Katrina and Eric Anderson left Georgia for South Carolina, they figured they were simply picking up a new...
I have two cars remaining at my business, the 2001 740i M Sport which I wrote about in March...
Last week, I punted the issue of brake fluid loss in Bertha, my ratty ’75 2002ti tribute car that...
If 2025 was the year of the Masterpiece, 2026 is shaping up to be the year of Evolution. As...
The 2026 BMW CCA National Capital Chapter & M Chapter wall calendar makes a great holiday gift and/or stocking...
Enter to Win a 1998 BMW E36 M3 Sedan. The Ultimate Mid-’90s Dream Drive. Boot up your memories. This...
The November Tire Rack BMW CCA Club Racing weekend at Road Atlanta featured close racing at the front of...
Last week, I talked about bringing Bertha (the ’75 2002 I bought in Austin in 1984, brought back to...
We all have favorites. Whether it’s a person, place, or thing, it doesn’t have to be rational. It doesn’t...
While 2025 isn’t quite over, we’re already getting excited for 2026. The Tire Rack BMW CCA Club Racing series...
Today is Giving Tuesday, the global day of generosity. At the BMW CCA Foundation, we have one mission: Saving...
