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I think I can pretty much picture the person buying a car like this, and the funny thing is I suspect you're picturing the same person :)

What I can't quite figure out is whether they woke up one morning saying, "Today is the day I buy a 1956 Chevrolet Nomad," or whether this is one of those cars that appears while you're aimlessly scrolling through auctions and, twenty minutes later, you've mentally rearranged your garage to make room for it.

Because that's the thing about a Nomad. Nobody really needs one. Nobody sits down with a spreadsheet and concludes that a two-door station wagon from 1956 is the sensible thing to do. There are faster classics, more practical classics, and certainly cheaper classics. Yet somehow, nearly seventy years after Chevrolet built just 8,103 examples for the model year, they still have the ability to stop people in their tracks.

This particular car looks exactly how I'd want it to look. Burgundy over a black and white interior, a 350 V8 under the hood, an automatic transmission, and perhaps most importantly, it doesn't appear to be trying too hard. I like that.

Not every classic needs to be restored to within an inch of its life and rolled on and off a trailer a few times a year. This one has a cracked piece of glass, the heater core needs replacing, and the seller openly describes it as looking great as a daily driver. In a world where every other listing seems to claim concours-level perfection, there's something refreshing about a car that's simply honest about what it is.

And what it is, is cool. That's really the problem with cars like this. They don't make much sense until you're standing next to one, or worse, you've spent half an hour looking through the photos convincing yourself that maybe you've always wanted a Nomad and just didn't realize it until today.

Judging by the bidding, there are at least a few people currently having that exact conversation with themselves. Honestly, I can't blame them.

Modern Porsche bargains are a funny thing. Everyone agrees they're bargains. Everyone agrees they're an incredible amount of car for the money. Then the auction ends, the reserve comes off, and suddenly everyone remembers they're not buying a used Camry.

Take this 2017 Porsche Panamera Turbo currently live on PCarMarket. When I first looked at it on Tuesday morning, bidding sat at just $2,700. I remember thinking there was absolutely no chance it stayed there, and sure enough, it didn't. By the end of the day, bidding had climbed considerably, which isn't surprising when you stop and think about what this car actually is.

Less than ten years ago, this was a roughly $150,000 Porsche flagship. It has a twin-turbocharged V8 producing 550 horsepower, all-wheel drive, a PDK transmission, and enough room to comfortably carry four adults while hitting 60 mph in around 3.6 seconds. In other words, it's the sort of car that can spend all day cruising down the interstate and then embarrass a surprising number of dedicated sports cars when the opportunity presents itself.

The problem, of course, isn't buying one. It's convincing yourself that a car which once sat at the very top of Porsche's sedan range can now be had for a fraction of its original sticker price.

We've all seen this story play out before. The first owner absorbs six figures of depreciation. The second owner gets all of the performance. Thankfully, that also means the third owner has an opportunity to buy one of the great all-around cars of the last decade for pennies on the dollar.

This particular example appears to have led a relatively easy life, showing fewer than 40,000 miles and finished in a tasteful Volcano Grey over Black and Chalk specification. There is some dashboard leather shrinkage noted in the listing, which, if we're being honest, is hardly the end of the world on a nine-year-old German luxury car. More importantly, the car presents extremely well, comes with service documentation and all the ingredients enthusiasts tend to look for.

And that's what makes cars like this so fascinating. The market still hasn't quite figured them out. They're too old to be the latest thing, too new to be collectible, and just complicated enough to make prospective owners hesitate before placing that next bid. Yet every time one comes up for sale, people find themselves asking the same question.

What else can I buy for the money? The answer, frankly, isn't much.

There are faster cars. There are more practical cars. There are certainly cheaper cars to maintain. But there are very few that combine comfort, performance, technology, and a Porsche badge quite as convincingly as a Panamera Turbo.

My guess is this one continues to wake up as the auction enters its final hours. Cars like this always do. Because while enthusiasts may spend a lot of time talking about maintenance costs, they also understand value when they see it.

And make no mistake about it, a 550-horsepower Porsche flagship with less than 40,000 miles is a lot of value.

I love auctions like this one because there isn't a whole lot going on.

It isn't the most exciting car in the world. There aren't 200 comments arguing about originality. Nobody is calling it "investment grade." In fact, most people probably scrolled straight past it.

Which is usually where things start to get interesting. This 2010 Saab 9-3 is currently sitting at just less than $5k with a few horus remaining. It's an automatic. It's front-wheel drive. It isn't a Viggen, a Turbo X, or even a wagon. It's just an honest, 65,000-mile Saab with a clean CARFAX, recent service history, and no reserve.

And that's the thing. Cars don't always have to be exciting to represent good value.

For potentially a very decent price, someone is potentially about to buy a turbocharged Swedish sedan that will probably outlive a number of much more expensive modern cars. Better yet, the seller appears to understand the assignment. The ECU repair is documented, the imperfections are photographed, and another Saab owner has already jumped into the comments to say he'd happily buy another car from him.

Frankly, I'd rather see this than another seller telling me their Ferrari is "one of one." (how many more one of one’s can I see!!)

My guess is this won't be a $4,667 car for much longer. It rarely works out that way. But if you're looking for a reminder that there is still value in the enthusiast market, I'd suggest spending a few minutes looking at this Saab.

Not every interesting auction needs to have six figures attached to it.

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