All cars have stories

February 9, 2022 No Comments erik Uncategorized

Jealousy is all relative, I suppose, but the beginnings of my story and relationship with my now 1991 BMW M3 began fairly abruptly in the winter of 2013, when a local car forum friend picked up a new-to-him 1988 Zinnoberrot on Natur S14B23 powered BMW M3.    Showing up at his

The “Hawk” Vintage

November 4, 2019 No Comments erik Uncategorized

Vintage is a fairly loose term these days, with anything from just a few years of age and beyond technically falling under the umbrella, Racing is also one of these loosely defined words with many possible meanings, contexts and uses. Combining the above though, vintage racing narrows the scope to

Buying a car that’s ‘not for sale’

June 13, 2018 No Comments erik Uncategorized

Over the last 14 years, I have bought what must amount to about 80 vehicles, 100+ if you count parts vehicles, motorcycles for sure. Often times, when these transactions occur, the process begins with an online ad. Be it Facebook, eBay motors, Auto trader, Car gurus, or even the odd

The Polar Run “It’s not a run, it’s a rally”

January 4, 2018 No Comments erik Uncategorized

Here in Minnesota, we as residents find a lot of ways to keep ourselves occupied through the frigid skin cracking cold that we’re so used to between November and March every year. Most take up a hobby like cooking, woodworking or something equally productive to pass the time and keep

Spiritual successor title and the 1 series M coupe

December 11, 2017 No Comments erik Uncategorized

BMW, the company that for decades touted themselves as producers of “The Ultimate Driving Machine” produced some of the best driving, money no object cars and even today sneaks through several offerings that are truly best in class. In the late 2010s though, BMW was going through some serious changes

Setting up for a more congruent social ecosystem

December 16, 2016 No Comments erik Uncategorized

First off, thanks to each and every one of you for making my YouTube channel as popular as it is, and for being one of the more sophisticated comment bases on that site. From very humble beginnings filming all about the cars in my fleet, the maintenance and modification that