Photo Courtesy of Albuquerque Isotopes BMW CCA New Mexico Chapter members had fun providing BMW convertible rides for women athletes around the baseball field during a pre-game ceremony for the Women In Sports being honored in front of over 12,000 fans at the Albuquerque Isotopes baseball game on April 30, 2022. Shown above is NM Chapter Read More
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Meet BMW Master Technician Guada Garcia
BMW Master Technician Guada Garcia has garnered quite a following in the local BMW community with many positive comments on social media and word-of-mouth endorsements. Guada works for Independent Vehicle Service (IVS) in Albuquerque where he is their go-to for BMW and Porsche service, diagnosis and repairs. He holds multiple ASE and NAPA Autotech certifications and especially enjoys diagnosing technical issues. Read More
2022 Trinity Site Tour
By Rob Anthony On April 2, 2022, 12 BMWs and 23 participants joined the BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter for a tour of the Trinity Site, where the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16th, 1945. Participants drove from as far away as Farmington to the North and El Paso Read More
Nitrous Oxide Bimmer
Photos by NM Chapter Photographer Jason Collin Sometimes what we do to personalize our BMW’s take on visceral qualities like the pleasing “gurgle” of a tuned BMW M62 V8 exhaust or the kick in the pants one gets when nitrous oxide increases the engine’s power output by allowing fuel to be burned at a higher-than-normal Read More
March 2022 Sacramento Mountains Tour
By Sue Johnson On March 12th and 13th 2022, BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter members from the northern part of the state headed south from Albuquerque via Quarai National Monument to Carrizozo to meet up with the club members from the southern part of the state and El Paso. After a Read More
BMW Safety Recall on 2006-2013 Models
On March 2, 2022, BMW issued a safety recall on the Positive Crankcase Ventilation (PCV) valve heater in some N51, N52, and N52K engines. Approximately 917,000 BMW 1 Series, 3 Series, 5 Series, X3, X5, and Z4 models produced between January 2005 and October 2013, are potentially affected. The problem is the Positive Crankcase Ventilation Read More
February 2022 Cardinal Point Drive – Chloride NM
On February 12, 2022, the New Mexico Chapter of the BMW Car Club of America held a tour to the ghost town of Chloride, New Mexico. 13 cars and 23 participants joined the drive from Truth or Consequences along the northern branch of the Geronimo Trail National Scenic Byway into the remote Black Mountains of Read More
BMW E85 Z4 Cold Air Intake Installation
By Dan Jones Many members of the BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter enjoy personalizing their BMWs including performance enhancements that are considered “Do It Yourself”. One such DIY modification is adding a Cold Air Intake (CAI) system. BMW has done an excellent job in developing the original air intakes to be as Read More
Life With a BMW i3S BEV
By Dan Jones The 2021 BMW i3 Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) is as much a breakthrough vehicle today as it was in 2014 when it originally came out. It has a carbon fiber reinforced advanced composite body structure (without metal, bolts or welds – like a Boeing 787 Dreamliner) and an all-aluminum chassis module with Read More
December 2021 Chapter Visit to the US Southwest Soaring Museum
The BMW Car Club of America New Mexico Chapter had an interesting and informative visit to the US Southwest Soaring Museum in Moriarty, NM on December 18, 2021. The adventure started with a meetup at the Smith’s on Central and Tramway near the mouth of Tijeras Canyon in southeast Albuquerque. Participants gathered to catch up with one another and ‘kick tires” Read More