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Fortunately, they invited PistonHeads along for an evening of story telling, food munching and podcasting for our new and exclusive club: 98 Collective.Here's how it all went down...🏎️ Sell your car on PistonHeads auctions: https://www.pistonheads.com/sell/auctions🎟️ Get your Annual Service 2026 tickets: https://www.pistonheads.com/events/annual-serviceChapters:0:00 Intro0:26 Welcome Girardo’s Peter Macalpine!10:00 What’s in stock at Girardo?21:09 What is Girardo & Co?25:25 How’s the collector market looking for classics and modern classics?39:25 Two car buying challenge48:00 Cars that are as good to drive as everyone says they are, and ones that aren’tFOLLOW US: 🗣 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pistonheads 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pistonheads 🐦 X: https://twitter.com/pistonheads\n"},"annotations":[{"id":439292,"startTime":170.98,"endTime":177.54,"type":"car","title":"DBR9","url":"/cars/aston-martin/dbr9","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/2005_Aston_Martin_DBR9_-_Flickr_-_edvvc.jpg","quote":"...tually sitting in the showroom right now. 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