News From Pebble Beach

Interesting times here at the week of Pebble Beach collector car festivities!

After a late drive up Highway 1 from Morro Bay to Big Sur where I am staying, I was reminded that on my "to write list" is an article about driving in fog and safety.

Actually, on the to write list will also be:

• An article about eBay's new pricing tool for collector cars which is a fun tool for getting actual car sale prices for collector cars. This is a very similar tool to Mota's own Price Your Car. Huh!
• Another article about Hagerty Insurance and their recent gift to McPherson College in Kansas which has the country's only auto restoration degree. They gave $1.3 million in scholarship funds!
• The Concorso Italiano and one collector/restorer I met who paid $400K for a Ferrari 250 about a year ago, restored it and expects to get $1.5 million for it soon!
• The Gooding Auction Preview (which I am going into shortly).
• The RM Auction tonight in downtown Monterrey.
• The Rolex Monterrey Historic Races tomorrow at Laguna Seca Raceway.

Steve Haas, another Mota Mouth, is also here attending events so expect a few articles from him and what he has seen.

Overall, I am listening and learning a lot about the collector car culture and have enjoyed meeting and talking to these collectors about their everyday car choices. So glad that I came other than the fact that it is foggy and freezing.

Michelle Naranjo

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