By Nate Risch
04/15/2014
A silver orb glows in the night sky, a patchwork of scars and ruts adorning its face. A crimson shadow creeps across to slowly suffocate the lunar shimmer. The blood moon rises.
And it’s tax day. Surely, this is a sign—a higher calling to do something great. The only logical interpretation: Take a half-day off of work and go test-drive some BMWs. Well, it was the only logical conclusion I could come up with, at least.
By Nate Risch
04/08/2014
I am very open and honest about most things. I’m not a very good speller, and when it comes to cooking, I’m lacking in talent. On the flip side of the coin, I’m also a really bad liar. If you’re engaged in a conversation with me, you’re probably going to get as much of the truth as I can tell, and then I’ll fumble about in a lie.
By Nate Risch
04/01/2014
The end of March means that the San Diego Chapter will be holding its annual high-performance driving school at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway. I have been attending this great event for the last few years, but this will be the second time in a row that I will be there as a volunteer instead of a student.
By Nate Risch
03/25/2014
I hear one complaint all too often: There are too many BMW models. BMW is diluting the brand and forgetting the performance-driving segment that made it successful in the first place. Could this be true? In the U.S. market, BMW offers over 100 models, if you include every variant. Why so many—why all those vehicles aimed at families and urbanites and young people, instead of just us manly track drivers?
By Nate Risch
03/18/2014
Our Car Of Your Dreams raffle was a topic at the recent BMW CCA Board meeting, held in conjunction with the Chapter Congress in Dallas. You might think that CCA Board members might not care all that much about the raffle, since they are not eligible to win anything. I, too, am ineligible—but I am always excited by the raffle, partly because I always wonder if other people’s dreams are the same as mine.
