On November 16, 2024, the BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter enjoyed a fantastic day filled with cars, camaraderie, and discovery, starting with a gathering at Sandia BMW’s Wheels and Coffee. The beautiful weather provided the perfect backdrop as members reconnected, admired an impressive collection of BMWs and exotic cars, and shared their automotive Read More
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2024 Karl Fox Memorial Fall Tour to Mesa Verde and Telluride
By Rob Anthony The 2024 BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter Karl Fox Memorial Tour on October 12th and 13th returned to our traditional format of iconic destinations, local restaurants, and stunning scenery, paired with thrilling roads in the southwest. 9 BMWs and 14 participants met up at the Apache Nugget Travel Center just north Read More
September 2024 X Drives America Handoff at the VLA
While you might know it from the 1997 movie Contact featuring Jodie Foster, BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter members learned the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) outside of Socorro is much more than just a neat movie backdrop during our September drive. On September 22, 2024, 12 New Mexico BMWs met in Socorro for the westward drive Read More
It’s Possible to be TOO ENGAGED!
By Gregg Mich Some might say I am too engaged with BMW! Let me try to explain. It all started 25 years ago when I was a young professional trying to figure out what I wanted to do in my career. But first, we had more pressing needs – we needed a second car because Read More
July 2024 Cardinal Point Drive to Jemez Springs
By Scott Wagner, Photo by Donnette Wagner The BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter July 2024 Cardinal Point Drive North gathered at the Nambe Falls Travel Center on US 84 near Pojoaque, NM at 9:30 am, July 13, 2024. With 16 club members in 9 BMWs, the drive headed north on US 84, before turning left onto Read More
June 2024 Santa Fe Tech Session
On June 8, 2024, the BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter rolled up their collective sleeves and got hands dirty learning about the basics of maintaining our classic BMWs, led by chapter President Phil Undercuffler. First up was demystifying what could easily be perceived as the arcane art of valve adjustments, diving under the Read More
May 2024 BMW Clean Car Show – NM Veterans Memorial
Turnout was good for the BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter annual Clean Car Show on Sunday, May 26, 2024 at the beautiful New Mexico Veterans Memorial Park in Albuquerque. The event included a “People’s Choice” competition and also served as a fundraiser for the New Mexico Veterans Memorial Foundation which oversees functions at the Memorial Welcome Center and Read More
2024 Spring Tour to the NM Museum of Space History in Alamogordo
By Curtis Holloway The BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter April 7, 2024 driving adventure started in Socorro where we met our northern contingent on a brisk Saturday morning. At 8:45 am we headed off down I-25 towards US Highway 380. We had a fun spirited drive on the 85 miles east heading Read More
Lifelong Escape
An Original Owner’s 2002 Odyssey By Jeff Brinker My odyssey began with the 1968 Road & Track Road Test of the new BMW 2002. I was finishing high school in Easton, PA, and had struck a deal with my parents that if I accepted a full scholarship at Rutgers (rather than a more expensive Ivy Read More
March 2024 Cardinal Point Drive West to Bibo, NM
The journey with the BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter Cardinal Point Drive West to Bibo, New Mexico on March 9, 2024, started from the parking lot of Los Lunas Walmart. Joined by numerous cars from the Albuquerque BMW Zs ZSCCA Area Group, we enjoyed the opportunity to reconnect. Our caravan embarked on an exhilarating Read More