The Daily Vroom

Good Morning Vroomers,

What a week. Over 1,100 cars sold across the major platforms, racking up more than $42.4 million in total sales. And Friday alone delivered fireworks with two seven-figure results a $1.26M Porsche GT3 RS 4.0 on PCarMarket (their highest sale of the year) and a $1.263M Lamborghini SVJ 63 on BaT. That’s the kind of high-stakes action that gets people talking.

But there was more to it than just big numbers. From no-reserve gems and quirky customs to million-dollar icons, last week had range. And this week already looks just as compelling. In today’s newsletter, we break down the psychology behind relisting a car on a new platform, spotlight a bold 997.2 C4S with no reserve, and take a closer look at a few listings that turn heads for very different reasons — including a turbocharged tube-frame monster that looks like it escaped from a video game.

Let’s get into it.

The Psychology of a Second Listing

We see it more often now. A car runs on one platform, misses reserve, and then shows up weeks later on another site hoping for a different outcome. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t. The key is whether anything has changed.

This 2000 Ferrari 360 Modena is a great example. Rosso Corsa over black. Gated six-speed. Recent major service. The kind of driver-grade Modena that sits in the sweet spot for people who actually want to use their Ferrari without worrying about every rock chip.

Last month it hit $97,000 on Bring a Trailer before stalling below reserve. Commenters were divided. Some thought the number was fair for the mileage and wear. Others said it should have gone higher. Either way, it didn’t sell.

Now it’s back, this time on Cars and Bids. Same car. Same seller. Similar photos. It’s a smart move if the reserve is lower or the strategy is different. But if not, the odds start to drop. Buyers might not say it out loud, but when a car makes the rounds too many times without selling, it can start to feel shopworn. The buzz fades. The urgency disappears. And a new listing can begin to look like old news.

That said, auction outcomes hinge on more than just presentation. A seller’s appetite to sell matters too. Maybe the first round was a test run with a high reserve. Maybe the seller really just believed the car deserved more. And maybe they still do. That’s their right. But you have to assume/hope the team at Cars and Bids had a conversation about the last run and how to play this one differently.

There’s also the question of whether anything here actually needs to change. Maybe it was just a quiet day the first time. Maybe the right buyer never saw it. Maybe this time is different.

Still, the psychology of a second listing is complicated. It doesn’t always signal desperation. Plenty of buyers might’ve missed the first auction entirely or just weren’t ready that day. A new platform, a fresh audience, and a different energy can all change the trajectory. But only if something feels different.

It’s less about how many times a car is listed and more about how it's positioned. If the reserve is adjusted, if the presentation feels sharper, if the seller seems more ready to let it go, then that second run can be the one that lands. But if everything feels exactly the same, bidders start to wonder if the result will be too.

We’ll see soon enough which direction this one goes.

No Reserve Auctions To Keep An Eye On

One-owner. Six-speed. No reserve.

This is how you sell a car when you're ready to let go. No games. No posturing. Just a clean, rare-spec 997.2 C4S cab in Porsche Racing Green with Sand Beige leather and 35,000 real miles.

I don’t usually spotlight cabriolets, but this one checks the right boxes. It’s the updated engine with no IMS concerns, it’s got the widebody stance, the right gearbox, and it wasn’t treated like a collector piece, it was driven, serviced, and looked after. You want a 997.2 you can actually use, this is it.

Listing it without a reserve tells me the seller knows exactly what they’ve got and is ready to move on. The write-up reads like someone who’s owned the car long enough to stop romanticizing it and start being practical. That usually makes for a smoother deal.

There are cars you drive, and there are cars you make an entrance in. This is the latter.

It’s got the presence of a mafia boss and the proportions of a skyscraper. Long, black, and unapologetically from an era when excess was elegance, this 1991 Silver Spur II drips with 90s cool. The winged goddess. The lambswool rugs. The picnic tables. All here. All intact.

Forget subtle. You don’t buy this to blend in, you buy it to roll slow and get noticed.

Not everyone’s got the garage or the nerve for something like this. But someone’s about to walk away with a whole lot of Rolls for not a lot of money.

If ever a car whispered Côte d’Azur cool, it’s this one. White over tan, hubcaps over steelies, refreshed paint, retrimmed seats, it’s not trying to be a museum piece. It’s just quietly confident in its own style. The kind of Pagoda you park roof-down at a cliffside café and walk away from slowly, knowing everyone’s watching.

And it’s no reserve, which means it will sell. But that only makes the lack of seller responses more frustrating. There are real questions sitting unanswered about defects, ownership, registration and that doubt eats away at bidder confidence. It doesn’t take much to shave thousands off the final number, and in this case that means money left on the table not just for the seller, but for the platform too.

If I owned this, I’d be answering every comment like my next vacation depended on it.

There are fast cars. There are weird cars. Then there’s this.

Built by hand with a Subaru heart and Mad Max spirit, the Exotruck GR is a full-send fantasy that somehow exists in the real world. Lightweight tube-frame chassis. 400-plus horsepower. All-wheel drive. A Garrett turbo and six-speed manual. The thing does zero to sixty in under four seconds and looks like it was assembled in a garage by a maniac who knows what he’s doing.

And that’s the point. This isn’t a polished collector car. It’s not a weekend cruiser. This is something you strap into. Something that looks like danger and drives like freedom. The builder spent nearly $50,000 on parts alone. The engine is tuned but leaves room for more. The cockpit is digital, harnessed, and ready.

This isn’t for everyone. But it doesn’t want to be. It’s for the person who parks it next to supercars and gets more attention. Who hits boost in third and laughs like a cartoon villain. Who doesn’t need comfort or convention because they already have taste and a spare set of gloves.

With a current bid in the teens and no reserve, someone is about to make their world a lot more interesting. The only question is whether they’re brave enough to drive it everywhere. Or smart enough not to.