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    The FrankenThirty Gets a Mini Road Trip

    By Rob Siegel

    Two weekends ago was Indigenous Peoples Weekend here in Massachusetts and in Vermont, and that allowed Maire Anne and I to engage in one of our most treasured activities—an annual visit to Manchester, Vermont to see our dear friends Jon and Eileen. I worked with Jon for over 20 years in my engineering job doing unexploded ordnance detection, and Maire Anne and I played in a band with him for even longer. Whenever we see […] The post The FrankenThirty Gets a Mini Road Trip appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    550e xDrive: Clinical Capability

    By David Haueter

    There are several different models in the BMW 5 Series lineup, ranging from four and six-cylinder gas-powered models up through all-electric and hybrid models. Power outputs range from 255 to 717hp and prices go from just over $60,000 to over $120,000. There’s a lot of choices depending on your needs, but one of the most intriguing may be the plug-in 5 Series that isn’t an M5. The 550e xDrive sits toward the top of the […] The post 550e xDrive: Clinical Capability appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    The Mini Column | Does Not Compute

    By Melissa Cunningham

    During my hour-long commute in my 2021 F54 John Cooper Works Clubman, I use the infotainment screen for GPS through Apple Car Play. The screen would stop the app and reload the main infotainment screen, so I had to manually load the navigation app again. This force stop happened intermittently. One trip it never happened at all, and on another it could happen four times. I learned to live with the annoyance, but eventually I […] The post The Mini Column | Does Not Compute appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    BMW Out of FIA WEC Championship Fight After Barcelona

    By David Haueter

    BMW still had a chance at the FIA WEC Hypercar championship in the penultimate round of the season at Barcelona this past weekend, but a one-two finish by Toyota clinched the manufacturers championship for them and assures that a pair of Toyota drivers will also win the drivers’ championship. BMW M Team WRT is now left fighting for third and fourth positions in the drivers’ championship and second in the manufacturers running with one race […] The post BMW Out of FIA WEC Championship Fight After Barcelona appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Sam Craven and Random Vandals Racing Win SRO GT4 America Championship

    By David Haueter

    The final two races of the 2026 SRO GT4 America season took place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the weekend of October 9th-11th, in what turned out to be a championship-winning weekend for Random Vandals Racing driver Sam Craven, who won the very competitive Pro-Am class drivers’ championship on the strength of nine podiums in thirteen races, including five wins. Craven wrapped the championship up with a second-place finish in the first race at […] The post Sam Craven and Random Vandals Racing Win SRO GT4 America Championship appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Tech Talk | Comfort Access and a 1 Series Brake Conundrum

    By Nick Owen

    Welcome to Tech Talk, where our resident BMW tech Nick Owen answers all your pressing BMW technical questions, frustrations, and issues. Have a question for Nick? Email him at techtalk@roundel.org. Let’s get into it. Comfort Access Issues I have a 2021 BMW 430i (G22) VIN WBA53AP01MCG74655 with comfort access option (S322A). It worked well until a few weeks ago. Now, no aspects of comfort access are working. I got error codes: 80410B – Driver LF antenna […] The post Tech Talk | Comfort Access and a 1 Series Brake Conundrum appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Watch This Cheap Z4 M Roadster Get Fully Brought Back to Life

    By Nico DeMattia

    One of the more forgotten M cars is the Z4 M Roadster. There was only ever one generation of the Z4 M, and it came in both coupe and convertible form. But despite its uniqueness, it never garnered the same praise or enthusiasm as other M cars of its time, like the E46 M3 and E39 M5. Which always struck me as odd, since the Z4 M has the same brilliant engine as the E46 […] The post Watch This Cheap Z4 M Roadster Get Fully Brought Back to Life appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    BMW M Wants to Keep the Manual For As Long as Possible

    By Nico DeMattia

    BMW is one of the last car companies offering manual transmissions. And the folks at BMW M want to continue offering manual transmissions for as long as possible, but it does admit that it’s getting harder and harder to do. At the moment, you can get a manual in the BMW M2, M3, and M4, but the Z4 M40i is dead so that’s gone, so that’s it for U.S.-based Bimmers. BMW CEO Frank van Meel […] The post BMW M Wants to Keep the Manual For As Long as Possible appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    The BMW Concept 7 Protection Is the Latest Armored Luxury Car for People Who Live Dangerously

    By Nico DeMattia

    BMW is no stranger to armored cars. Many of its more expensive models, like the 7 Series, X5, and X7 are often bought by people who regularly need security details. Whether it’s important heads of state, big-time businesspeople who are susceptible to robbery, or perhaps folks with less savory careers, there’s certainly a market for BMWs that can withstand some light-to-medium gunfire. BMW’s latest attempt at an armored luxo-barge is the Concept 7 Protection, which […] The post The BMW Concept 7 Protection Is the Latest Armored Luxury Car for People Who Live Dangerously appeared first on Bimme…

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    An Interesting E21 320i For Sale

    By Rob Siegel

    I was going to write about driving the FrankenThirty up to Vermont with Maire Anne last weekend, but just before we left, I looked at a car that I thought I might be able to do a service to the community by alerting them to its presence. If you’re like me (and many of you are), when I see an ad for a well-priced vintage BMW that’s only 15 minutes from my house, I feel honor-bound […] The post An Interesting E21 320i For Sale appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Here’s How You Make an E39 M5 Better Than New

    By Michael Bird

    Brian Marks’s E39 Touring project set the internet and BMW CCA community on fire in 2019, with its record-setting Bring-a-Trailer auction. Brian took his 2003 540i Touring and, in several steps, converted it into what became a manual transmission, supercharged S62-powered rocketship that sold for $72,000. That’s more than the car cost new and, as far as I know, more than any other 5 Series touring in the U.S. has sold for—short of the new […] The post Here’s How You Make an E39 M5 Better Than New appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Turner Motorsport Wins GT World Challenge America Championship

    By David Haueter

    The final race of the SRO GT World Challenge America championship (GTWCA) took place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the Indy 8 Hour race, which was also the final round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge championship (IGTC). Turner Motorsport came in trailing the leaders in championship points but came away with the GTWCA Pro class drivers’ title for Robby Foley and Justin Rothberg. Unlike the previous few years, Team WRT did not compete in […] The post Turner Motorsport Wins GT World Challenge America Championship appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Bumper Crop of BMWs In Club Racing at Watkins Glen

    By David Haueter

    The Tire Rack BMW CCA Club Racing series visited legendary Watkins Glen International in New York on the weekend of September 25th-27th, which was the series second event there this year. The first took place in May. The September race at “The Glen” was a national event and had the largest turnout of the year so far. There were 77 cars that competed in the feature race on Saturday, which was the most on an […] The post Bumper Crop of BMWs In Club Racing at Watkins Glen appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Tech Talk | Dash Squeaks and A/C Issues

    By Nick Owen

    Welcome to Tech Talk, where our resident BMW tech Nick Owen answers all your pressing BMW technical questions, frustrations, and issues. Have a question for Nick? Email him at techtalk@roundel.org. Let’s get into it. Squeaky Dashboard I own a 2011, 335i E93 with the M Sport Package. At 15 years old and 59,500 miles on the clock, it has developed a squeak in the dashboard. I hardly hear it driving with the top down and the […] The post Tech Talk | Dash Squeaks and A/C Issues appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Self Propelled | More Imported Automotively-Appropriate Terms

    By Mike Self

    I have fun with words. I guess that’s the writer in me, wanting to learn new words both to increase my own vocabulary, and to make my writing more interesting. Periodically I slip in a slightly obscure word or two into my column—sometimes as a tool for a better description and other times just for fun. English is interesting enough, what with lots of homonyms, homophones, and homographs (see, I slipped a couple in right […] The post Self Propelled | More Imported Automotively-Appropriate Terms appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    BMW Will Share More Generic Parts With Other Automakers to Keep Costs Low, Quality High

    By Nico DeMattia

    Parts sharing is a commonplace in the automotive world, always has been. Why develop unique window switches for each model, when you can just create one kind and have every car you make use it? However, what’s less common — but still very much done — is having multiple automakers use the same part. Typically, this is done for things like sensors or fuel pumps, which are made by OEM suppliers like Bosch or ZF, […] The post BMW Will Share More Generic Parts With Other Automakers to Keep Costs Low, Quality High appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Check Out the Impressive Engineering Under the Skin of a BMW M4 DTM Racer

    By Nico DeMattia

    I’ve always been fascinated by DTM cars, and touring cars in general. I love the idea of making race cars out of road cars, even if they’re far more bespoke nowadays than they used to be. In this case, we get to check out the the F82 BMW M4 DTM, the only one in North America, at the Peterson Automotive Museum. And while it didn’t start out exactly like the M4 you can buy, it […] The post Check Out the Impressive Engineering Under the Skin of a BMW M4 DTM Racer appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    The 2027 BMW iX4 Packs 428-Mile Range, iX3 and iX4 Get 603-HP M60 Version

    By Nico DeMattia

    BMW launching a new SUV coupe is as inevitable as the sunrise. And this is the latest, the BMW iX4. As expected, it’s very much a coupe version of the iX3; it’s built on the same Neue Klasse chassis, uses the same battery pack, and is powered by the same powertrain. Aside from its sportier roofline and reduced practicality, it’s basically the same car. Although, it does launch with a range-topping M Performance variant, the […] The post The 2027 BMW iX4 Packs 428-Mile Range, iX3 and iX4 Get 603-HP M60 Version appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    E30 Horn Repair (Part II)

    By Rob Siegel

    Last week, prior to getting the FrankenThirty inspected, I found that the horn didn’t work. I stepped through the necessary electrical troubleshooting to rule out the relay and its wiring to find that the horn contact behind the steering wheel itself was broken. I kluged it into functionality by putting the spring and the pin contact in a stiff section of heat-shrink tubing, but I knew that this wouldn’t hold, and set myself searching for […] The post E30 Horn Repair (Part II) appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    We’re Taking a Final Drive in the G80 M3. What Do You Want to Know?

    By Travis Okulski

    The 2027 model year marks the end of the line for the G8X generation M3 and M4. These models have been, without question, the most popular M3 and M4 models ever made, but now they’re leaving to make way for the next generation M3s, one electric and one gas. For our final issue of Roundel this year, we’re celebrating the 40th anniversary of the M3, and as part of that, got our hands on a 2027 […] The post We’re Taking a Final Drive in the G80 M3. What Do You Want to Know? appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    The Navigator | A Collector’s Conundrum

    By BimmerLife Contributor

    The paradox of restoration was rattling around my brain the other day. This neuronal ricocheting of appreciation and curiosity was triggered by an event that has become a May ritual for me, the first non-avian sign of spring, the Alfa Romeo Club Hill Climb in the quirky Wisconsin town of New Glarus. By Dave Farnsworth Unlike other, more notable, hill climbs, this one is very relaxed and competitive leanings are discouraged. How discouraged you might […] The post The Navigator | A Collector’s Conundrum appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Paul Miller Racing Wins IMSA GTD Pro Championship, BMW M Team WRT on GTP Podium in Finale

    By David Haueter

    The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IWSC) came down to the wire in the Petit Le Mans finale at Road Atlanta, a 10-hour race that has a reputation for drama. This year’s edition did turn out to be a very dramatic race, with Paul Miller Racing snatching the GTD Pro championship while BMW M Team WRT finished on the podium in GTP. The Paul Miller Racing team led the GTD Pro championship for a good part […] The post Paul Miller Racing Wins IMSA GTD Pro Championship, BMW M Team WRT on GTP Podium in Finale appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Auto Technic Racing Wins IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Championship

    By David Haueter

    The Auto Technic Racing BMW team came into the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge (IMPC) finale at Road Atlanta leading the GS class championship with the #27 M4 GT4 EVO and drivers Stevan McAleer and Austin Krainz. They capped off a great season by finishing on the podium in third to clinch the championship, which was their first in IMSA competition. There were four different teams that had a good shot at the IMPC championship in […] The post Auto Technic Racing Wins IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Championship appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Check Out the Millionth M Car and Take a Quick Look at the Electric M3

    By Travis Okulski

    On September 18th, at 4:35 pm local time in Munich, BMW hit a pretty wild milestone: the one millionth M car was built. And this is real M cars, not M Performance or any other off-shoot of M with a badge but not the numbers to back it up. Coming 40 years after the first E30 M3 rolled off the line in Munich, the legend has now adorned one million cars. That’s quite the benchmark. […] The post Check Out the Millionth M Car and Take a Quick Look at the Electric M3 appeared first on BimmerLife.

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