Munich Evolution

Took the 1969 Aston Martin DB6 Volante out for cars and coffee yesterday.

Another one of those cars I saw driving around the streets of London as a little kid in the 70s and thought, "Imagine"

Damn, yes, I do pinch myself often

We need more color in the world, people.

This weekend's transport stood out in local car parks, even in the rain :-)

If you are watching the FIA World Endurance Championship racing in Austin Texas, next weekend, you will see the wonderful Levi livery on the BMW copied from ............ guess who :-)

Ok, I am not usually good at these "anniversary" things, but ten years since what has to be the greatest personal car event for this kid who dreamed big.

Dreaming one day of visiting America, reading car magazines, thinking maybe even one day visiting Pebble Beach Concours. Then imagining what it might be like to show a car or have a car race at Laguna Seca during car week.

Pebble Beach and the whole of Monterey Car Week, including Laguna Seca, celebrating BMW was 2016. I took five cars down in total, three to the track, Olympic CSL Rally car (only factory-made CSL Rally car) - Levi CSL, iconic history as the Dutch National Racing Team CSL - and JPS 635 CSI, only one I believe that has turned wheels on a US track.

Then for Pebble Beach Concours, the blue BMW Batmobile CSL, which came second in a serious, tough class for the year of BMW only beaten by a $1m restoration on a 507 and the Peter Gregg/Frank Stella M1 Art car.

What a weekend - what a memory !!!

Make sure you dream big kids.

Many you saw on the Pebble Beach tour photos, here many of them are on the lawn yesterday

Before the big day tomorrow, a large parcel of things that caught my eye at both RM and Broad Arrow auctions.

Apologies for the amount here

Friends - the best free car show in the world is the Thursday Pebble Beach tour.

To see all these cars doing what they were meant to do is just wonderful, amazing, beautiful- pick any superlative; it fits.

Things to tempt us all at Goodings Christie this time

Car week has started; be prepared to be inundated with things that catch my eye.

First stop Bonhams auction

German car day at our Cars and Coffee this weekend, really great turnout.

While Porsche ruled the roost this year, and they are always great to see, the Olympic Rally CSL and a few other BMWs held their own in wonderful company.