By Dan Jones Imagine yourself driving an F1 car down a short straight at 175 mph as you approach a 75 mph corner. You stab the brakes and immediately scrub 100 mph from your speed in preparation for the corner. The F1 brakes do a magnificent job of dissipating the massive amount of energy involved, converting Read More
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November 2022 Sandia BMW Tech Session
The BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter held a Technical Session at Sandia BMW on Thursday evening, November 17, 2022. After munching on pizza, Sandia BMW Marketing Coordinator Cameron Berenger-Russell made available a 2022 M4, a highly modified E46 M3 and BMW’s electric flagship, the 2023 iX for our perusal. BMW Genius Nick Herrera and Shop Foreman Read More
2022 Karl Fox Memorial Fall Tour
By Christina and Rob Anthony The BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter held its annual Karl Fox Memorial Fall Tour on Saturday, October 22 and Sunday, October 23, 2022. This year’s tour featured a route that wove through the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Northern New Mexico with multiple historical and culinary stopsduring what Read More
Borderland Drive to Ruidoso
By Jim Storch The day’s drive started on October 16, 2022 in El Paso at Lowes on Transmountain at 8 am, where Bob (335i) met up with John (740i) and family and Robert (X5M) and his family. The skies were a little overcast and they had some rain coming up US54 at the border Read More
Meet NM BMW CCA Member Sue Johnson
By Sue Johnson It was Spring 1999 when my husband and I became BMW owners for the first time. A friend of ours’ lease was about to expire and he offered to sell it to us. One drive with the top down, windscreen up and the smell of Russian olive blooming and birds singing convinced Read More
September 2022 Chapter Visit to the Santa Fe 2926
The BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter visited the annual New Mexico Steam Locomotive & Railroad Historical Society Open House on Saturday, September 24, 2022. Attendees gathered in the parking lot beforehand to kick tires and have the inevitable BMW talk. We then proceeded as a group to the Open House to see the Santa Fe 2926, Read More
2022 Drive 4 Corners Tour
By Jim Levandoski Drive 4 Corners was started about 12 years ago for BMW CCA members from Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico to meet each other with a group drive aimed to be a laid back weekend focused on driving mountain roads and exploring the region with other enthusiasts. Texas chapters were also represented. Read More
July 2022 Taos Enchanted Circle Drive
It wasn’t planned this way, but the BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter Taos Enchanted Circle Drive on July 16, 2022 was a New Mexico True 50 Jahre BMW M celebration with all cars participating either ///M or ///M Sport Package equipped. After appreciating the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge from the nearby meeting point on US 64, the group powered its way on Read More
June 2022 Chapter Ice Cream Social
Bill Warren, the owner of I Scream Ice Cream, pulled all the stops for the BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter Ice Cream Social on Thursday evening, June 30, 2022. He kept the business open later than normal to maximize parking available to the Chapter. It was a family-friendly event as I Scream Ice Cream is probably the best Read More
2022 BMW Clean Car Show – NM Veterans Memorial
The BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter resumed its annual Clean Car Show on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at a new venue – the beautiful New Mexico Veterans Memorial Park in Albuquerque. The event had been on hiatus for two years during the pandemic. The event also served as a fundraiser for the Read More