The 44th annual Barrett Jackson Scottsdale Classic Custom Car Auto Auction was over the top "custom-diculous". There were so many outrageous vehicles on display and up for auction, many offered at no reserve. Some sellers would not gamble with their prized possessions and therefore chose to offer their cars for bid with a set reserve.
In the end it really didn't matter that much, as thousands of buyers came to the desert with pockets bulging and various brands of sunscreen. The drive was gorgeous, not just sunny gorgeous,but even the air and the mountains reaching up into the pristine skies above the valley were as well. It's no wonder so many professional major league baseball franchises have chosen the greater Phoenix area (including Glendale, Peoria, and Scottsdale) as their spring training homes away from home. It was breath taking!
I'll give you a personal recent experience of just how gorgeous it was in Scottsdale during "Auctions" week..... but first I have to get there!
As it were, I was driving to the auction area from northern California, in my 21 year old Corvette.
Passing thru Palm Desert CA and beginning to notice all the interesting looking cactus lining I10 and the mountains circling around the basin like valley. You really have to entertain yourself our of these desert highways, just ask Don Henley of the Eagles. Yes, I did keep myself entertained. It was a pesky little Audi A8 coupe, white and as soon as I noticed it in my rear view mirror. I knew immediately, it was game on!! Man, you gotta love that American muscle under the hood when a German snowmobile comes flyin' up your behind, like he's being chased by his girlfriends Daddy. There's nothing like a good old road race to elevate your resting senses and the cat in the Audi had
certainly gotten my attention. As they say, "Hammer Down" and it was a blast. I got it up around 110 a couple times every hour and before I knew it, I was zipping thru Avondale, AZ. Hmmm..where NASCAR 's Jimmy Johnson and his buddies race a couple times a year. I had to get to Pheonix pretty quick to pick up Mike Stinson of Insignia Auto at the airport...no sweat right.... one more shot at the German snowmobile and I'd be there..AND on time. Cool!
More about my trip and auction to follow in a couple of days.
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