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I dunno. Always was curious about auctions but you're up against the best. The other problem with auctions from a consumer economics standpoint is the item sells for the highest estimated value of all participants.
Experiments have shown that people produce a large range of estimates, for example, the quantity of jellybeans in a jar. Any individual estimate is likely wildly off, but the average of all estimates tends to be accurate.
In an auction, the highest estimate wins. My worthless anecdote is my BIL bought a 2012 Nissan Leaf for my parents at auction. In my view, paid too much, because the battery is at 2/3 capacity.
Regarding OBD, I've got no experience with OBDI. I drove a '69 Beetle, '80 Dodge Ram van, 1976 CB750, and '85 Volvo 240 in my high school years. Went straight to a 1996 Subaru Legacy as my first vehicle purchase (having driven the family fleet prior to that).
I bought an OBDII reader for $99 on sale back then. Nowadays I use a $5 ELM327 and Torque to read codes. I find it easy since it will tell you exactly which cylinder is misfiring when replacing the crappy coil packs on a Lexus ES300.
I'm surprised a 5 digit LCD was never standard equipment on vehicles to show the codes. Probably increase the cost of the vehicle $4 including a pushbutton to cycle and clear the codes.
Anyhow, saw the Goo Goo Dolls last night and piled into a friend's Pacifica hybrid along with 5 others. I like it. Probably get one when dealers are desperate, or buy a used one... but I'd still rather get an old Model S with 7 seats, or a Y, or X if by some miracle those were ever lower priced.
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