Quote Originally Posted by rspears View Post
Shine & Bob, you're both 100% right and I should have just ignored the urge to rant. I've got nothing against the guys who're paying six & seven figures for the super collector cars, for as you say they were sharp enough to amass the big bucks to let them play in that playground. An example of my pet peeve is the announcer, talking about a car that just hammered for $20,000 saying, "Now you may think that $20,000 is too much for a 1966 (fill in the blank) that's a very nice driver, but it's a [I]very nice (repeat) with lots of nice features, and for only $20,000 you can say that you bought it at Barrett Jackson", as if that adds value. That, to me, is a load of caca, and I'd say that buyer's values are out of touch with reality.

Now I agree that at that moment in time, the "value" of that car was $20,000, and actually $22,000 with the buyer's premium, but to think that it's truly "worth more" because it was purchased at Barrett Jackson? Not to me, and I'll shut up now.
All so very true, Roger, and I agree; that sort of stuff does not usually impress me in the least, and I would most likely dismiss it as pure vanity. However, I think that if someone picked up that "nice driver" for a decent price, and then took it to their local cruise, or show and shine, and let it be known that they had gotten the car from B-J, it might just impress the he&& out of some folks - braggin' fodder for the unwashed masses.

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