Success Stories

This Success Story comes to us from BaT member dustydangler24, who won this Porsche 930 Turbo Slant Nose from FinestVehiclesTraded in a December 2025 BaT auction:
I had been waiting a long time for the right slant-nose to come up for sale, and when this 1988 911 Turbo cabriolet M505 finished in Grand Prix White over Lipstick Red appeared on Bring a Trailer, I immediately knew it was the one. There was simply no way I wasn’t going to win it. A bunch of bids came in early, and I’m not going to lie—I had a moment of “uh-oh, this may get away from me.” But it landed right where I expected it to, and the rest was history.

Today’s Success Story, from BaT user kwaz023, concerns the 1965 Triumph TR4 that he won from BaT-MaN in a December 2025 BaT auction:
Much like purchasing our house over a decade ago, there were a lot of swings and misses as it related to my BaT experience. There were a handful of cars that I bid on; however, I always seemed to be outbid at the last minute. The only advice I could provide to those in a similar situation is: “persevere.”

BaT member WrayG3 won this 1995 Honda Del Sol VTEC, which came to BaT for the second time in April 2025 with The_Dude_Abides. WrayG3 recently wrote in with an update:
This particular Del Sol caught my attention the first time on Bring a Trailer in November 2023, a year and a half or so before I acquired it as a BaT Alumnus car in April 2025. The first time it showed up, I had just started a family and a new business (G3 Motorsports), and the timing wasn’t right to add another toy. I sat back and watched the car move on to its new home. I’ve been a Del Sol owner since 2004, currently own a 1995 Si that was my first car, and this example was my holy grail. Being a one-year-only color, Isle Green Pearl was the rarest of the bunch and only available on B16 VTEC Del Sols.

BaT member pevans has built himself a home garage of sorts around his BaT wins, which include a 2002 Panoz Esperante purchased from Techno, this 1991 Porsche 944 S2 sold by Pipoto, this 1986 944 Turbo auctioned by jmtwilson, Indy Car carbon-fiber bodywork offered by IvantS8, a quarter midget racer project listed by Markwins123, and his partner’s 1992 Porsche 968 cab bought from Local Partner motorcarmarketusa.
pevans writes:
I wanted to send you a different kind of Success Story. I’ve been building onto my existing garage, and while we were hanging up some wall art, my partner in crime—Brenda—made a remark: this was a garage that Bring a Trailer helped build. I stopped what I was doing and looked around. “Well, I guess it is,” I replied.

This Success Story comes from BaT member curlyjoe, who won this JK Wrangler Rubicon Hard Rock Edition from gb70 in a March 2025 BaT auction:
I recently won this 2016 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Hard Rock Edition on Bring a Trailer, and the entire experience was fantastic. My 17-year-old daughter has always dreamed of owning a Jeep, so I decided to surprise her as a reward for her hard work in high school and her acceptance into a great college. This Jeep, with only 17,000 miles, finished in stunning Granite Crystal Metallic, was the perfect choice.

This Success Story comes to us from BaT member vplukas101, who won this 2008 Land Rover LR3 SE from Fwatraveler in a December 2024 BaT auction:
Where to begin? My wife and I volunteered to host an exchange student for the school year. California was the state she wanted to see the most, so we planned a trip. For 15 years I had wanted to buy a car from the West Coast and road trip home, but it had never happened until I had the good idea to bid on an LR3 and oops, I won the auction!

BaT member Scotty_G2020 wasn’t able to make a planned fly-and-drive trip after winning this 1994 Volvo 850 Turbo from silverarrowcarsltd back in June 2020. In 2022 he was able to make good on his cross-country intentions, and now he’s here to tell us his story.
I bought my 1994 Volvo 850 Turbo on Bring a Trailer, and it eventually led to the road trip of a lifetime. I hope this story inspires more people to hit the road in the cars they love. The car has an incredible origin story: it was a one-owner daily driver that had spent nearly a decade tucked away in a garage in Blaine, Washington. The seller, @silverarrowcarsltd, carefully brought it back to life the way any car person would: replacing the fuel system, water pump, and other essential items to make it roadworthy again.

This Success Story comes to us from BaT member mustangman7, who won this 2007 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 fire rescue truck from testdummypilot in a March 2025 BaT auction:
I would like to tell everyone about my very first BaT interaction and purchase. I saw this Suburban on the site and instantly fell in love. I restore and show off old emergency vehicles, and this truck perfectly fits the bill as my first fire-related vehicle.