[bmalone]

Actually, I was pretty happy with the results. We all have a different mindset when we go into these things and there are things that people don't know about a given car.

I was hoping for 135 and I did think I had a realistic chance to get it. In my case, the no reserve auction was the correct method. I was not bringing the car back, I had a great run time (by virtue of NR), and I had lots of interested bidders.

What I noticed was that values were off about 20% across the board and that was kind of my expectation initially, borne out by what I saw. So, the 110 was consistent with a 20% haircut.

I think the one thing you all do not know about the car is that it cost exactly 81K to put on the road. So, you can see why I was happy and why I also chose a NR auction.

I will say I was happy with the promotion R&S did on the car. Like every car across the block, I felt not enough time was given - and I definately felt there were more dollars left before I had to leave. I was told they would shoot for 135 and was a little disappointed they didn't do more to close in on that number. But, as I said, I was treated the same way as everyone else and I understand they have an auction to run.

Not to mention, the process from the staging line onward was tremendously exciting and I had a fantastic weekend with good buds.