Barrett Jackson

The auction has begun.

One observation: Steve Magnante knows his E36 M3.

There is something I don't like about Barrett-Jackson and I can't put my finger on it. I haven't liked them for a long time.

Its that I just don't enjoy watching it. I like Mecum a lot better.

a sweet custom '65 Dart w/ hemi transplant just went for $30K

Rich guys bidding on cookie cutter muscle cars and trailer queens = yawn.

Oh goodie... Just keeps me from surfing over there to see what is on.... Guess I will watch "The Accused" instead...

Tues and Weds are the days to watch. The cars sell for prices that make you feel like you could almost afford one.

SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: Its that I just don't enjoy watching it. I like Mecum a lot better.

Until they get down to the special cars and charity cars I like Barrett better.

SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: There is something I don't like about Barrett-Jackson and I can't put my finger on it. I haven't liked them for a long time. Its that I just don't enjoy watching it. I like Mecum a lot better.

It's like hanging out with the guy that brags about how much money he has in his car instead of the guy that enjoys his car.

I like Mecum too. I still like Barrett but MUCH more so on the lower dollar days.

Barrett Jackson is the great Satan, and it shows it's ugly head when the guy down the street with the rusted pile of crap '67 Mustang 6 cylinder coupe watches this on tv, and then decides that his car is worth $100k because he saw a '67 Shelby 427 Mustang go for that price at auction.

When you put rich guys in a room it becomes more about egos that the cars themselves. They could be auctioning ice cream sandwiches and it wouldn't make any difference in that environment, they'd overpay just the same. And then of coarse, ice cream sandwiches everywhere would inflate in value, and therefore be kept out of the hands of everyday ice cream sandwich enthusiasts, the same way it has happened to the vintage car market. I say F' You, Barret Jackson!

Ok, I'm done rambling now

Was it just that it was Tuesday?

I usually like BJ, but I recorded it and began watching after 10:00 and watched it all in just over an hour. I fast forwarded thru most of it. there would usually be only one car to watch between commercials. The rest was fluff and tales about tomorrow. The few times they had multiple cars they were uninteresting.

As I do hate what its done to car prices, its like a car show I can see from my couch. Mostly I like the sounds of an auctioneer, it's great noise to me.

That and it's a tradition that me and pops watch it. And spending time with pops is cool with me.

Magneto is involved with Blowjob Jackof-er..Barrett Jackson? I like that guy.

I love Barrett Jackson. It doesn't bother me that it's a bunch of rich guys throwing money around. I could care less. I enjoy it just for the cars, and sometimes it's fun to watch those rich guys just throw money on top of money for the hell of it.

Sure, some people watch the show and then think their rusted hulk is worth 5x what it is. But if that's the case, then they're not really car guys anyway.

Biggest thing I hate about BJ is they cut away when the cars I am most interested in go across the stage.

I was trying to think of a smooth way to work BJ and Amy Lassiter into the same sentence, but I took an antihistamine last night and my head is thick this morning.

Can you imagine how much fun Magnante is to hang out with?

spitfirebill wrote: I was trying to think of a smooth way to work BJ and Amy Lassiter into the same sentence, but I took an antihistamine last night and my head is thick this morning.

Yeah, and the really scary part about it is that she's married to that old man auctioneer with the glasses, Spanky. How'd he land a chick like that?

carguy123 wrote: I usually like BJ

Careful, someone might take that out of context...

since I lost all interest in muscle cars I don't care.

BTW...Steve Magnante does indeed know his stuff. Is he still at Hot Rod? I haven't picked one of those rags up in 5 years at least

A lot of unique stuff pops up at BJ. I REALLY wish I had been there to pick this camper up! http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=624&aid=403

I'll probably watch a bit of it, but I really hate the commentary. Steve Magnante strikes me as very knowledgeable on just about everything made domestically. He does seem to lack background on some of the imports that come up, but that's not really his thing as far as I can tell. The rest of them just seem like they're paid by the word.

Magneto does a junkyard article on occasion for CarCraft. He'll find some odd car and barf out every conceivable fact for 2-3 paragraphs. Awesome.

I certainly like idea of cars being saved and restored, however the 'standard' for being 'restorable' seems to be getting higher, not lower.

On various shows I see cars that are decent drivers being torn up for parts, or tossed aside as 'junk'. Seems only the one with perfect bodies and/or super rare options get saved.

Rob_Mopar wrote: It's like hanging out with the guy that brags about how much money he has in his car instead of the guy that enjoys his car.

I like that quote right there.

I agree pretty much with everybody here. A bunch of rich guys with too much money but I love seeing the cars anyway so I watch. I watched Tuesday evening and felt that they may have had a slightly better selection than the past few years........ it wasn't just one Mustang/Camaro/GTO/Corvette after another, although there were still a lot of them. Looking forward to the Packards, Dusie and other 30s/40s/50s American iron scheduled to cross the block later this week.

Aeromoto wrote: Barrett Jackson is the great Satan, and it shows it's ugly head when the guy down the street with the rusted pile of crap '67 Mustang 6 cylinder coupe watches this on tv, and then decides that his car is worth $100k because he saw a '67 Shelby 427 Mustang go for that price at auction. When you put rich guys in a room it becomes more about egos that the cars themselves. They could be auctioning ice cream sandwiches and it wouldn't make any difference in that environment, they'd overpay just the same. And then of coarse, ice cream sandwiches everywhere would inflate in value, and therefore be kept out of the hands of everyday ice cream sandwich enthusiasts, the same way it has happened to the vintage car market. I say F' You, Barret Jackson! Ok, I'm done rambling now

+1000 Those shows suck because some jack off now thinks his car is worth a billion dollars because it is old.