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One of the great features of online auctions is their transparency.  You can see how many times a car has been listed, read all the comments for each listing, see what the previous high bid was and whether the car sold or not. Also, at least with Bring a Trailer, by clicking on the bidder’s…

There’s a new classic car tour here in the Pacific Northwest: The Emerald Invitational, conducted by Vintage Underground, a high-end restoration facility located in Eugene, OR. This is an all-inclusive tour, with accommodations and dining included, happening July 6 – 10. It’s limited to just 35 cars, built before 1974 (or by application). I have…

Two cars with ultra-low recorded miles have shown up on BaT recently. They couldn’t be more different. The first is a 2001 Mercedes-Benz SL600, from the Turtle Garage collection and owned by SCM contributor Philip Richter. It has just 187 miles and is being represented by well-known Mercedes-Benz expert Dean Laumbach of Neptune, NJ. As…

All the R129 fanatics heads are exploding as this 187-mile car surges towards $200,000. Where will it end? A one-year digital sub goes to the closest bid comment without going over. 

It’s not as if I needed an excuse to spend more time looking at and thinking about online auctions. Every day I get notifications popping up on my phone informing me about new listings for all the various models I am tracking. Now there is another way to keep up with online auctions on a…

For the first time in my life, I have walked to the edge of a precipice and taken a step back. As I have noted earlier, I am signed up for the Oregon Porsche Club’s annual NW Passage tour. Last year I did the 1,500 miles in our fifty-year-old 1971 Jaguar E-type V12 coupe, and…

My son Bradley is signed up for this year’s ORPCA (Oregon Region of the Porsche Club of America) Spring NW Passage tour. It’s a five-day, 1,200-mile romp through the Pacific Northwest for 40 cars, with no model year or marque requirements – although most of the cars are late-model Porsches. The June event begins with…

I recently had the pleasure of joining Alex Porter and the Bring a Trailer team on the BaT Podcast. I covered my automotive history from driving a tractor as a child, to buying my first car for $30 when I turned 16. I talked about some of the cars from the SCM fleet, including the…

Here’s a worthy goal for 2025: Get a couple of driving buddies together and make plans to use your cars. I was recently at the holiday dinner for the local Porsche club, Oregon Region PCA (ORPCA), where organizers announced that they had held 55 driving events last year. In 2025, they hope to host 70.…