{"id":2053,"date":"2009-01-15T22:50:58","date_gmt":"2009-01-16T05:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=2053"},"modified":"2013-03-03T11:41:48","modified_gmt":"2013-03-03T18:41:48","slug":"breakfast-with-mr-ferrari-lamborghini-rob-myers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/breakfast-with-mr-ferrari-lamborghini-rob-myers\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakfast with Mr. Ferrari, Lamborghini &#038; Rob Myers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fbreakfast-with-mr-ferrari-lamborghini-rob-myers%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F01%2Fimg_0288_3.jpg&amp;description=Breakfast+with+Mr.+Ferrari%2C+Lamborghini+%26+Rob+Myers\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[2053]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/breakfast-with-mr-ferrari-lamborghini-rob-myers\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/breakfast-with-mr-ferrari-lamborghini-rob-myers\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Breakfast with Mr. Ferrari, Lamborghini & Rob Myers\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/breakfast-with-mr-ferrari-lamborghini-rob-myers\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Breakfast with Mr. Ferrari, Lamborghini & Rob Myers&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/breakfast-with-mr-ferrari-lamborghini-rob-myers\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/breakfast-with-mr-ferrari-lamborghini-rob-myers\/\" data-text=\"Breakfast with Mr. Ferrari, Lamborghini & Rob Myers\" data-desc=\"It's no wonder RM Auction is celebrating their 10th year in Arizona with \"Automobiles of Arizona\" at the Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona. Accepting my invitation to their Media breakfast I arrived slightly more bright-eyed and bushy-tailed then the next writer and photographer because this was my first\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_0288_3.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_0288_3.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2053]\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2057\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Ferrari and Lamborghini on the lawn at Arizona Biltmore for RM Auction\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_0288_3.jpg\" alt=\"Ferrari and Lamborghini on the lawn at Arizona Biltmore for RM Auction\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s no wonder RM Auction is celebrating their 10th year in Arizona with &#8220;<a title=\"RM Auction's big Arizona Event\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rmauctions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Automobiles of Arizona<\/a>&#8221; at the Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona. Accepting my invitation to their Media breakfast I arrived slightly more bright-eyed and bushy-tailed then the next writer and photographer because this was my first time to look behind the scenes. Tucked in a small ballroom with other friends from the <a title=\"Phoenix Automotive Press Association\" href=\"http:\/\/phoenixautopress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix Automotive Press Association<\/a> (PAPA) I got to meet the kind folks running RM and hear what Rob Myers founder and former president ( Ian Kelleher was recently promoted to President) had to say about the state of the Collector Car Market.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 150px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Georgia; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; color: #bf571d; text-align: right;\">&#8220;At least if it&#8217;s in my garage, I can&#8217;t get Ponzi&#8217;d out of it!.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p>Mr. RM took the podium with a smooth stride and turned to show a friendly smile. Here&#8217;s a man that enjoys what he does. Reflecting back to 1976, Myers remembered his first trip to Barret Jackson. Back then, he says, &#8220;It was a hobby.&#8221; He remembered buying a Mustang for about $1000 and driving it back to the RM home base back in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Meyers estimated that nearly a quarter billion dollars will exchange hands in Arizona this week. Sound crazy? He&#8217;s not speculating that RM, Barret Jackson and the other auctions he spoke well of would clear that kind of money, (although the auctions are a healthy $150M chunk of it) he was referring to all the peripheral money and side deals being made all over the valley.<\/p>\n<p>Take a cruise down to the <a title=\"Scottsdale Car show on Saturday\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/ViewEventImages\/Swanee%20at%20the%20Pavilions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scottsdale Pavilions on Saturday<\/a> night during Auction Week and you&#8217;ll see a huge turnout of cars with bunches of them for sale. Then, how about the revenue from the hotels and bars? And don&#8217;t forget the local classifieds that are jam packed with classic cars for sale because everyone knows, the right people are in town: Buyers. If you can&#8217;t sell your car this week, you won&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_0307_2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2053]\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2060\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Corvette Grand Sport Roadster for sale at RM Auction\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_0307_2.jpg\" alt=\"Corvette Grand Sport Roadster for sale at RM Auction\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a>Telling us of a $1M car deal done in the hotel bar, Meyers asks us, mostly rhetorically, &#8220;How&#8217;s the Collector Car Market? It&#8217;s great! Good cars always bring good prices. It&#8217;s a good investment too&#8230; at least if it&#8217;s in my garage, I can&#8217;t get Ponzi&#8217;d out of it!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As I listened and took notes between laughs enjoying how well Rob Myers knows his business, he offered more proof of a strong collector car market by casually mentioning the 3 years of work booked for RM&#8217;s elite car restoration business in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>RM&#8217;s got it all for their clients: Hospitality, a full range of services and of course, they get the cars. In this strong collector car market, I can&#8217;t wait to see what the Corvette Grand Sport goes for.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fbreakfast-with-mr-ferrari-lamborghini-rob-myers%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Breakfast+with+Mr.+Ferrari%2C+Lamborghini+%26+Rob+Myers\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/breakfast-with-mr-ferrari-lamborghini-rob-myers\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/breakfast-with-mr-ferrari-lamborghini-rob-myers\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Breakfast with Mr. Ferrari, Lamborghini & Rob Myers\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/breakfast-with-mr-ferrari-lamborghini-rob-myers\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Breakfast with Mr. Ferrari, Lamborghini & Rob Myers&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/breakfast-with-mr-ferrari-lamborghini-rob-myers\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/breakfast-with-mr-ferrari-lamborghini-rob-myers\/\" data-text=\"Breakfast with Mr. Ferrari, Lamborghini & Rob Myers\" data-desc=\"It's no wonder RM Auction is celebrating their 10th year in Arizona with \"Automobiles of Arizona\" at the Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona. Accepting my invitation to their Media breakfast I arrived slightly more bright-eyed and bushy-tailed then the next writer and photographer because this was my first\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email It&#8217;s no wonder RM Auction is celebrating their 10th year in Arizona with &#8220;Automobiles of Arizona&#8221; at the Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona. Accepting my invitation to their Media breakfast I arrived slightly more bright-eyed and bushy-tailed then the next writer and photographer because this was my first time to look behind the scenes. 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