My son Bradley and I are looking for a classic four-door manual as a run-around car for him. I mentioned this to SCMer Brad Miller, and from his vacation home in Paris he started sending me links of possible choices. One that caught our immediate attention was a 1990 Mercedes […]
Blogs
Keith’s Blog: Ro Ro or Container from Germany?
I’ve found a car in Germany that interests me — a 1990s Mercedes. It is a nice driver, but not a concours example. It’s been decades since I bought a car from Europe, and I would like your advice. Millions of cars come to the U.S. each year ro-ro (roll-on, […]
Keith’s Blog: A Tale of Two Slushboxes
At a certain point during my recovery from my stroke, I decided to look for classic cars with automatic transmissions. While universally loathed by enthusiasts — including me — I hoped that maybe I was just overlooking what might be a decent motoring experience. I bought two automatics. The first […]
Keith’s Blog: My Favorite Things
Last week I asked you to pick four cars for a $500,000 collection. Your many and diverse answers can be seen below this blog. This week I’ll tell you what my three-car collection would be, and why. I’m not setting a price boundary for myself, as market value has nothing […]
Keith’s Blog: Your $500k Car Collection
We do this exercise every so often. I offer a target and you start throwing darts. We played the original version on an SCM tour bus headed to the vintage Monaco GP. I think our target then was $25,000. Times have changed. Here’s today’s challenge: Tell us your four-car collection […]
Keith’s Blog: BMW E30 vs. Volvo 240
There’s been plenty of discussion about how Bring a Trailer has changed the world of collecting. The simplest example goes back to the early days of SCM. When we wrote about a Ferrari Dino selling at Barrett-Jackson, the magazine was the only place that sale would be covered in any […]
Keith’s Blog: My Lotus Ate Its VIN
SCM Editor-In-Chief Jeff Sabatini recently took our 2006 Lotus Elise in for its every-two-years emission testing. We expected it would be routine, as it powered by a modern (by our standards) Toyota engine. It failed. But not because of emissions issues. On the printout we got from the Oregon Department […]
Keith’s Blog: Adults at Play: The Oregon Festival of Cars
Any show or club meeting is just an excuse for like-minded people to come together. You might bump into me at the next meeting of the Portland Aquarium society looking for some long-finned zebra danios. Or at the Oregon Reptile Show where I got our last three crested geckos. If […]
Keith’s Blog: Which Car for Bradley’s Next Trip?
The Oregon Festival of Cars is coming up next weekend. The brainchild of SCM’s Legal Files contributor John Draneas, it’s a relaxed way to spend a weekend in Bend, OR, looking at old cars and chatting with friends. It also marks the unofficial end of “car season” in our area. […]
Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #70 – Colleen Sheehan – Partner at Ferraris Online
This week on Sports Car Market Magazine’s Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight, Ferrari expert and dealer Colleen Sheehan of Ferraris Online joins us to discuss her fascinating introduction to the classic car business, her first run across the stage at Pebble Beach, their interesting range of current offerings and what it’s […]