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
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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
November 2021 Cardinal Point Drive – Gilman Tunnels, Jemez
The NM Chapter of the BMW CCA visited the Gilman Tunnels during the Cardinal Point drive through the Jemez mountains on November 20, 2021. The tunnels were built in the early 1920s by the Santa Fe Northwestern Railway to haul timber from the Jemez mountains to a sawmill in Bernalillo and were used by logging trucks through the early Read More
2021 Karl Fox Memorial Fall Tour to the Gila
By Phil Undercuffler Did you know you can see the Very Large Array from at least seven miles away? Maybe further, but that’s the point at which I first noticed the large white disks on the horizon as we drove East on US 60 near the end of the New Mexico Chapter of the BMW CCA Read More
Meet NM BMW CCA Member Rob Anthony
New Mexico BMW CCA member and BMW CCA Garage Goals Winner Rob Anthony has a Dakar Yellow E36 M3. His first BMW, which he bought his freshman year of college, was a 1995 318i (E36) and he has been an E36 guy ever since – (he’s had 8 so far). He daily drives a “driver quality” 215k Read More
Chapter Visit to the Wheels Museum
The New Mexico Chapter of the BMW CCA visited the Wheels Museum on Saturday, September 18, 2021. The Wheels Museum is located on the site of the historic Santa Fe Railroad Shops in downtown Albuquerque. After mingling outside in the parking area, attendees got to wander at will through the museum. The collections there embrace the history of the Santa Fe Read More
Meet NM BMW CCA Member Shiv Patel
NM BMW CCA member Shiv Patel lives in Rio Rancho, New Mexico where he went to high school and is an Information Technology Specialist at Rio Rancho Public Schools. He drives a Jet Black 2009 128i with the Sport Package, and currently has almost 169,000 miles on it. He says “It is my daily driver, Read More