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Old 01-26-2014   #6
XfireZ51
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Chicagoland, IL
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Default Re: Time to face the music.

Watched a bit of Chasing Classic Cars last night. Involved a Bonham auction.
People bidding 28k for a Good a Humor truck. It dawned on me that this is so much less about the cars and the fun we get out of them, and so much more about controlling or owning something no one else does. It's a power thing, and I don't mean horsepower. Yes some people will finally buy the car they've been saving up for because they either had one when young or wanted one. They're going to recapture their youth one time before they die. Good for them. But the money guys couldn't care less. The ones that drive the prices look at it as a commodity to be traded. The experience of driving it doesn't enter into the equation. And so owners like us are disappointed because we simply don't understand that. I don't put guys like Seinfeld or Leno in this category. They clearly are passionate about their cars. But you don't see them flashing around Barrett Jackson like Hendricks does for example.
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