Editorial

Go to any cars & coffee, and you’ll hear owners bragging about “time capsules” and low miles. It’s far less common (and often a lot more interesting) to see cars that have been used, driven, and enjoyed. In fact, we sometimes call out an automobile’s high mileage in the title of the auction as a badge of honor. In conversation with our friends at Pennzoil, we began musing about rewarding the current owners of the machines on BaT that have taken the “long may we drive” ethos very literally. We’ll be sending each of them a rebate good for up to 6 quarts of any Pennzoil motor oil, redeemable at one of their local auto parts stores.

It’s been a few years since we released a BaT Charity Calendar, and after a couple rounds of books and some cool collaborations with The Piston Foundation, we decided to produce another round of calendars, this time for the benefit of Feeding America, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that will be receiving 100% of the full sale amount, with all production and printing costs covered pro-bono. Feeding America is a nationwide network of food banks, food pantries, and local meal programs doing the good work of helping people meet their most basic needs at a time when that’s getting harder for many families. Get the 2026 BaT Charity Calendar here.