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Bmw Enthusiast's Companion: Owner Insights on Driving, Performance and Service (Paperback)

by Bmw Car Club of America (Corporate Author)
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Product Description
For more than 25 years, informed BMW owners have relied on Roundel, the magazine of the BMW Car Club of America, to make their "Ultimate Driving Machines" more ultimate. Now a selection of articles on driving, performance, service and tech tips have been collected in a single book. Whether you drive a sporting 325iC or the uncompromising 850CSi Sport Coupe, this book will serve as a valuable maintenance guide, performance handbook and technical reference source, to help you understand and care for your BMW.

BMW owners and BMW Car Club of America members provide specific information for your BMW:

-Valuable insights and technical information ranging from basic service

tips to advanced driving theory-written by BMW owners and club members

specifically for BMW cars.

-Inside secrets on maintaining, preserving and caring for your BMW. Find

out how to properly wash and wax your car without damaging the paint, and

how to reset the service indicator lights.

-Driving techniques ranging from basic car control to choosing apexes on

the track. Discover whether your car understeers or oversteers, and how

weight transfer affects traction and vehicle dynamics.

-Learn the difference between torque and horsepower, how to select the

right tires for your BMW, which performance modifications work and which

ones don't.

Organized and indexed for quick access and easy use, this book contains extensive driving and performance tuning information. Favorite articles and series are bundled together, such as On Driving and Shade Tree Topics.

"BMW Enthusiast's Companion" is a must-have for all BMW owners and enthusiasts.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 328 pages
  • Publisher: Bentley Publishers; illustrated edition edition (July 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0837603218
  • ISBN-13: 978-0837603216
  • Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #190,765 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great coffee-table book, September 24, 2001
A great book which covers history of BMW cars, very specific technical details and troubleshooting, informative message posts, and very amusing comics. A very appropriate title. I wouldn't buy this as a service manual (though it does have some great tips, see the Bentley service manual if you need a great tech. manual). An excellent book which I am still enjoying.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Good for "old school", November 18, 2004
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This is a well established book with a very credible track record, however, it is misleading having the hood of a BMW E36 on the cover. The E36 is a modern BMW by all standards; this book has about three two-paragraph articles on that car while all the other stories and pages pertain to the E30 (1983-1992) and earlier cars. If you are the owner or if you are fascinated with how to work on cars older than 15 years, this book is for you.
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30 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, by BMW enthusiass for all auto enthusiasts., December 4, 1998
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This book is a collection of articles written for the BMW Car Club of America magazine. It answers many questions about driving and maintanence of BMW automobiles. Much of the information should be of interest to anyone who enjoys a fine car and driving though, not just the BMW owner. It is full of many interesting topics.
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