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    Tech Talk | X3 Steering Clicks and Repair Manuals

    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. E83 Steering Wheel Clicks On my 2004 BMW X3 E83 (I am the only owner, well maintained all its life), the steering wheel makes a plastic, tinny type of click when turning the steering wheel off center either clockwise or anticlockwise, in […] The post Tech Talk | X3 Steering Clicks and Repair Manuals appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Richard Hammond Built a BMW M3 Tribute Car Out of an E90 335i

    By Nico DeMattia

    Richard Hammond and Co. decided to create their ideal BMW M3 out of an ordinary 3 Series. The idea was to create a tribute, a homage of sorts, to all of the M3s they’ve loved over the years. So they started with an E90, since it’s one of the best, and built on it to create their perfect “M3.” And in this new video, you can see that the results are pretty impressive. The BMW […] The post Richard Hammond Built a BMW M3 Tribute Car Out of an E90 335i appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Special Edition One-of-One BMW M3 Honors the Legendary Alex Zanardi

    By Nico DeMattia

    The world tragically lost Alex Zanardi earlier this year. Zanardi was a racing legend, a Paralympian, and one of the world’s most inspiring humans. He was one of BMW’s longtime racing drivers, even after he lost both of his legs in a horrific racing accident. So to honor the man who did so much for the brand, on what would have been his 60th birthday, BMW created a special edition, one-of-one M3. It’s simply called […] The post Special Edition One-of-One BMW M3 Honors the Legendary Alex Zanardi appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    BMW i3 Touring Might Actually Keep the Beloved Rear Window Hatch

    By Nico DeMattia

    BMW has slowly been killing off one of owners’ favorite features: the rear window hatch. For decades, BMW “Touring” wagons had rear window glass that would open independently of the tailgate, so you could quickly toss small items into the trunk without opening the entire hatch. But in recent years, as new Touring models released, they’ve been losing their window hatches, like the current 5 Series and M5 Touring. Thankfully, it might be coming back […] The post BMW i3 Touring Might Actually Keep the Beloved Rear Window Hatch appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    2002tii Sway Bar Bushing Replacement

    By Rob Siegel

    Last week, I brought Louie (the Ran When Parked car) home from storage to deal with two issues—a hard-starting problem and a too-stiff front suspension that was driving me nuts. The hard-starting was solved pretty quickly. As I said last week, the workaround had been to connect a jumper wire from battery positive to the hot (“15” or “+”) side of the ignition coil. Since this always made the car start instantly, the issue had to […] The post 2002tii Sway Bar Bushing Replacement appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    We Spent Time With BMW’s Head of Project for the X5. Here’s What We Learned

    By Travis Okulski

    During the recent first drive of the 2027 X5, I spent a good chunk of time with Michael Ahlers, BMW’s head of project. Ahlers has been an engineer at BMW for about 30 years, and in that time he’s touched nearly every model line BMW makes. Ahlers led all aspects of development for the fifth-generation X5, so who better to sit with to learn a little more about the car? Plus, just before the drive, […] The post We Spent Time With BMW’s Head of Project for the X5. Here’s What We Learned appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    BMW iX3 Crushes Its Competition In Recent 70 MPH Highway Range Test

    By Nico DeMattia

    What’s the EV battery equivalent of “No replacement for displacement?” Maybe something like “No power like a kilowatt hour?” I’m still workshopping it. Anyway, whatever that saying ends up being, it can be applied to the BMW iX3. Bavaria’s new midsize electric crossover beats all of its rivals when it comes to range, and it does so the old-fashioned way: size. Its battery pack is simply bigger than everyone else’s, which gives it a far […] The post BMW iX3 Crushes Its Competition In Recent 70 MPH Highway Range Test appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Philipp Eng and BMW M Motorsport Part Ways

    By David Haueter

    Philipp Eng has been a BMW M Motorsport factory driver for the last eleven years but will no longer be with the team in the 2027 season. Eleven years is a good run for any race car driver to be with the same team or manufacturer, and Eng has had a lot of success over the years with BMW. Eng’s connection with BMW goes back to his early days of racing. He started out in […] The post Philipp Eng and BMW M Motorsport Part Ways appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    BMW Wins GT World Challenge Europe Championships

    By David Haueter

    BMW had a huge presence in the GT World Challenge Europe (GTWCE) championship in 2026 with the M4 GT3 EVO, with multiple entries from Team WRT, ROWE Racing, Paradine Competition and KPX Motorsport competing in both the Sprint Cup and Endurance Cup races. Team WRT had already wrapped up the Sprint Cup Silver class championship earlier in the year with drivers Matisse Lismont and Ignatio Montenegro, but BMW teams took home more trophies after the […] The post BMW Wins GT World Challenge Europe Championships appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Tech Talk | The Technician Shortage

    By Nick Owen

    This may seem controversial, but my take on the industry wide “technician shortage” is that techs just don’t want to work for dealerships anymore. I’m trying not to come off harsh, but if you happen to have caught wind of the latest conversations about technicians in the auto industry, you would learn that the current hot topic is the difference in pay (to the technician) based on whether or not the job is covered under […] The post Tech Talk | The Technician Shortage appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    This Engineer Turned a BMW i3 Into a Hilarious Pickup Truck

    By Nico DeMattia

    It’s pretty tough to come up with unique car builds in the age of the internet. Search YouTube, Reddit, or Instagram, and you’ll almost certainly find dozens of people working on the same “unique” project you’re dreaming up. But this one might actually be pretty unique. I’m not sure anyone before Michael Pick looked at a BMW i3 and thought “That could be a pickup truck.” Thankfully, Pick not only thought it, but did it. […] The post This Engineer Turned a BMW i3 Into a Hilarious Pickup Truck appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    BMW and Rimac Are Partnering On Two More EVs After the i7

    By Nico DeMattia

    Earlier this year, BMW announced that it partnered with Rimac to make the battery pack for the newly facelifted i7. Over the past few years, Rimac has been one of the most impressive makers of high-performance batteries and powertrains, in its record-shattering Nevera supercar. So it’s cool to see BMW look to Rimac for battery help. And that partnership will continue to grow, as the two brands are partnering up on two more cars, according […] The post BMW and Rimac Are Partnering On Two More EVs After the i7 appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    BMW Once Made a Five-Door Version of the E36 3 Series Compact and Never Told Anyone

    By Nico DeMattia

    BMW’s a sneaky little bugger of a company. It’s made so many cool and unusual cars, various prototypes formed in the beautiful minds of mad geniuses, but showed almost none of them to the public. There’s a vault somewhere in the underbelly of BMW Group’s Classic center that has a bunch of them, and the Bavarians have been slowing bringing some of them out. Who knows how many more there are. The latest secret car […] The post BMW Once Made a Five-Door Version of the E36 3 Series Compact and Never Told Anyone appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Exercising the Smaller Hoard

    By Rob Siegel

    Last July, instead of going alone to the warehouse in Monson where I store five cars like I usually do, my wife Maire Anne drove me and a friend there because I wanted to bring back the M Coupe and the FrankenThirty. The intent was three-fold—I wanted to bring the M Coupe home with the intent of selling it, to have the FrankenThirty around at the house and use it as the knock-around no-worries member […] The post Exercising the Smaller Hoard appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    BMW Signs Off On the Electric M3 In The Latest M Electrified Episode

    By Nico DeMattia

    BMW M has been hard at work getting the first-ever electric M3 ready. It’s a huge moment for the brand, and the industry as a whole, as it will be the first all-electric M3. Hell, it’s the first all-electric M car of any kind. And since the BMW M3 has always been the quintessential compact sport sedan, it going electric is a big deal. So BMW needs to get it right, and it’s been putting […] The post BMW Signs Off On the Electric M3 In The Latest M Electrified Episode appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    A Mad Genius Created an E90 M3-Powered 1 Series M Convertible and It’s For Sale

    By Nico DeMattia

    Some mad genius in the UK created what might be the most hilariously fun Frankenstein BMW. It started out life as a pretty pedestrian little cruiser, a UK-market 2009 BMW 120i M Sport Convertible. So it looked cool and handled well, but had a tiny engine and uninspiring performance. Then someone had the bright idea to completely replace all of its important guts with those from an E90 M3. So it’s like an even better […] The post A Mad Genius Created an E90 M3-Powered 1 Series M Convertible and It’s For Sale appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Marco Wittmann Third in DTM Championship

    By David Haueter

    The DTM championship wrapped up the 2026 season with a pair of races at the Hockenheimring on the weekend of October 9th-11th. When all was said and done, Marco Wittmann came away as the highest placed BMW driver at third in the championship. Wittmann had a shot at the driver’s title going into the last race of the season at the Hockenheimring. With a third-place finish in the first race, he finished ahead of championship […] The post Marco Wittmann Third in DTM Championship appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Jens Klingmann Wins Italian GT Sprint Championship

    By David Haueter

    Jens Klingmann and Italian race tracks go really well together. The German BMW works driver clinched his third Italian GT Pro class drivers’ championship in the last four years behind the wheel of a BMW Italia Ceccato Racing M4 GT3 EVO. He did it with a trio of fellow BMW works drivers who supported him as co-drivers throughout the season. Winning his third championship didn’t come easy. It was a tight battle in the points […] The post Jens Klingmann Wins Italian GT Sprint Championship appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Tech Talk | Reliability and Accidental Wiper Operation

    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. BMW Reliability Despite the thousands of engineering feats and beautiful design, handling and braking, why aren’t BMW more reliable compared to many other brands? My son has a Honda Pilot with over 230,000 miles, nothing leaks. Same with pretty much any Toyota […] The post Tech Talk | Reliability and Accidental Wiper Operation appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    Quick Thoughts After Driving the New i7

    By Travis Okulski

    For 2027, the 7 Series got one of the most comprehensive mid-cycle refreshes (life-cycle impulse in BMW-speak) in BMW history. The LCI 7 doesn’t just have a new and vastly improved front and rear end, but the interior is also almost entirely new, adopting the screens, steering wheel, and nearly everything from the Neue Klasse. I spent a little time in the i7 last week, in both the front and the back, and came away […] The post Quick Thoughts After Driving the New i7 appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    2027 BMW X5 and iX5: First Drive

    By Travis Okulski

    I’ve never thought so much about door handles. The 2027 BMW X5 and iX5 have a new door handle concept, dubbed winglets, that appear near the base of the windows. They are elegant and keep the lines of the doors extremely clean, which gives design new freedom. They’re clever, avoiding unintended touches that could accidentally open the door, though they are also the physical handle in the event that the door cannot be opened. Available […] The post 2027 BMW X5 and iX5: First Drive appeared first on BimmerLife.

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    BMW iX5 Range Gets Bumped to 450 Miles Ahead of Its Official Release

    By Nico DeMattia

    The BMW iX5 isn’t even on sale yet and it’s already getting a bump in range. When BMW first announced the iX5, it was quoted as having 435 miles of range, which was an official EPA rating. However, BMW is now claiming that it will have 450 miles of max range, even though the EPA hasn’t officially confirmed that. According to Inside EVs, BMW claims that the EPA rating is coming soon but when it […] The post BMW iX5 Range Gets Bumped to 450 Miles Ahead of Its Official Release appeared first on BimmerLife.

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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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