May 1998 BIMMER

Behind The Wheel: Farewell to the Inka 2002
by Mike Webb
With racing quickly eliminated, I put the 2002 into daily service and enjoyed the hell out of it.

Under The Hood: Catching Up and New Features
by Greg Scott
Each month, I will select a photo of a member's car to print in the BIMMER.

The Road Ahead: Give It A Try
by Neil Schneider
With so many activities to choose from its hard to know what events to attend. I have an answer for you: attend all of them!

Crushing The Cones: New Sponsors
by Fred Beck and John Mansfield
The Grand Prize, to be awarded by a drawing at the end of the autocross season, is a brand new BMW Mountain Bike, provided by the Massachusetts BMW Dealers Group.

Your Car: Barbara Bluestein
Barbara's 1996 328is was featured in this month's Women Only Tech Session.

New Members: May
by Barry Tarr
Welcome to 52 new members!

BIMMER Features

Back To The Future
by Robert Parsons
I lost control and started the search for a certain car that I thought would be fairly easy to find.

Women Only Tech Session
by Ann Marie Weber
After the oil changes, the ladies had one more task to master: how to use the odd looking jack that comes with our cars!

Dyno Day
by Tom Tate
I am here to tell you that the noise when not moving is absolutely painful. Not the volume but the noise. It sounded like everything was about to come apart.

Boston Chapter Mailing List
by Mike Webb
In the continuing effort to improve communications (and lower costs), we are asking the membership to send us your email address.

What does "BMW" Mean To You?
by Betty Lou McClanahan
I promised some researchers at BMW's FIZ in Munich that I would collect feedback from American BMW owners.

Special Online Features

Pipeline: May 1998
by Mark Luckman
Although we were originally going to offer M3 Convertibles, the Board allowed the Executive Director to switch to the M Roadster for this year's raffle.

Driving the Internet Highway: May 1998
by Michel Potheau
Many people ask the same question, over and over. This leads to Frequently Asked Questions being posted on many sites.

Event Calendar

For the latest information about upcoming events please see The Ultimate Calendar. For a complete listing of all events please see the 1998 event listing.

May 1998

• Sunday, May 3: Boston Chapter Autocross Series
• Saturday, May 9: Underbody Tech Session
• Saturday, May 16: Spring Cleanup at Sansossio Auto Body
• Wednesday, May 20: Second Quarter General Meeting
• Monday, May 25: Caravan To Lime Rock
• Sunday, May 31: Boston Chapter Autocross Series

June 1998

• Saturday, June 6: Wheels Tech Session at Rim & Wheel Works
• Saturday, June 13 through Sunday, June 14: Summerfest '98!
• Sunday, June 21: Boston Chapter Autocross Series

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