Our trusty Carina went to auction at Blackbush today along with most of the fellow challengers. We couldn’t be there in person, but the Bangers4BEN guys were Tweeting the results and.. she only went for £190.
Yes, that is £90 more than we paid, but it was still disappointing. Even damaged Carinas are going for £300 or more on eBay so our expectations were higher. The limitation with auctions is that it all depends who is there on the day. Evidently there were no cabbies in the crowd at Blackbush for Carinas are a favourite of theirs and LINTO had another 100,000 late night, city centre miles in her.
The upside of the auction is no hassle having to wait for buyers to call, etc.. Still, £190 feels like a missed opportunity except for whoever bought it. They got a bargain.
All the money for the car, plus the £250 entry fee, went to BEN. With almost 30 teams, some of whom achieved four digit sale figures at auction today – the key thing is we raised some cash for a good cause and had some fun along the (very long) way.
Thanks for following our little adventure. There is already talk of a bigger and better Bangers4BEN in 2010. Despite today’s disappointment, I am sure we’ll be there.
Scott
