Once again, January in Arizona seems to set the mood of the collector car market for the year to come. Records were broken and some great cars changed hands. Of all the cars out there during these auctions, the one that I lusted after was this Ferrari F40. Of course I didn’t buy it…LOL..I didn’t have a spare $800k sitting about.

Of course this sale sets a high for this super car and must make the seller happy, but it is also kinda sad. Here is a car with ONLY 284 miles. Seriously. Imagine all the stories these previous owners could have told….and the turns are curves they could have cruised. All the gas stations stops that would have thrilled other motorists (I imagine with only 284 – this means perhaps the car visited the gas station ONCE in 22 years). O’well. Perhaps the new owner might see fit to drive it….

Ferrari F40 at RM Auction in Phoenix, Arizona

I can’t believe it is almost that time of year! The collector car auctions are just weeks away! Over the next week or so, I’ll be posting some information on how 2012 will be a little different from past years.