More Barrett-Jackson head-scratchers

#11

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 11:27:06 -0700, Cogentin <user (AT) example (DOT) net> wrote:

Quote:

matt borland wrote:
1970 LS6 Chevelle drag car = over $1,000,000

'67 GT40 = well under half that

Not that the GT40 was worth more than it got,
but compared to a Chevelle, ANY Chevelle...
I don't care if Big Daddy Don Garlits conceived
his children in the back seat of the damn thing,
over a million?!

I gotta say the streamliner bus was cool as hell,
but not $4,000,000 cool. Screeeeew that!

Maybe my '72 Honda CB350 will go deeper
into four figures this year! Better get a rag out
and polish that patina up a bit... Somebody has
to be nostalgic for it! Come on boomers, bring
cash!

I must be missing the 3 Ferraris or they haven't
shown them yet.

-Matt- "..."

I thought that Chevelle was REALLY nice - for about $85,000 - if only
for the historical racing value. I watched several hours and I just
could not believe what I was seeing. I'm not easily shocked - but are
these people so rich and so STUPID that they would cough up that kind of
coin for muscle cars? WTF?? And if the answer's "You know, things just
get so whipped up into a frenzy by those pros at Barrett-Jackson" well,
maybe they'd like to see how worked up I can get them over my 1987 Chevy
Suburban (only $42,000!), my 12 year-old HP Laserjet 4+ (a STEAL at
$7,300!) and of course my incredible collection of porn on VHS (over 45
tapes at only $87,435!!)

And then, these foolios store those cars away like bottles of Bourdeaux
so nobody can see them, hear them, etc. ("Drive it?? Are you stoopid?")
until either the market gets even more laughably ridiculous and they can
make a quick and juicy profit, OR they resell them quicker and you have
like this "lazy susan" of the same cars on the block over and over. I
happen to like muscle cars a lot, so I do want to see them and hear
them, but even if I were filthy rich I wouldn't be buying "all the ones
I ever wanted", not at those prices. I'd get a lot more happiness out
of a couple Ferraris, MAYBE one nasty old mid-Sixties 'Vette so I could
smoke some rubber once in awhile, lots of high-quality wine, booze, and
cigars, and a leetle bit of beachfront real estate.

I remember when the bottom fell out of the exotic car market; could the
same thing be not too far ahead for these lunkheads?

(Yeah, Allan Jones, I'm talking to you! How about buying a couple Jenny
Craig franchises instead - and visiting them frequently? No wonder your
son looked so happy ... at the rate you're going they'll all be his in a
couple years!)

I mean ... "The Howard Hughes Germ Car"???? WTF WTF WTF WTF!!!!!

"Insanity adds value."
http://news.thomasnet.com/IMT/archiv...gineers_o.html

Quote:

C'mon, Bob Varsha - 'fess up! You feel exactly the same way. You do.
You know you do.

Your LJ 4 will spit out diamonds before Varsha expresses an unscripted
thought.

#12

Creamy Goodness wrote:

Quote:

Your LJ 4 will spit out diamonds before Varsha expresses an unscripted
thought.

To me, perhaps ... I am pretty sure (pretty naive in your book) that
he's allowed the margin of calling it like he sees it most times.

Then again, a job in the public eye IS still a job, with something to lose!

--
If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck
Norris you may be only seconds away from death.

#13

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:43:47 -0700, Cogentin <user (AT) example (DOT) net> wrote:

Quote:

Creamy Goodness wrote:
Your LJ 4 will spit out diamonds before Varsha expresses an unscripted
thought.

To me, perhaps ... I am pretty sure (pretty naive in your book) that
he's allowed the margin of calling it like he sees it most times.

He's never going to face the camera and describe the B-J auctions as
what they are: A bunch of pot-bellied yahoos sword fighting with
their checkbooks.

#14

matt borland wrote:
<<If I had $4,000,000 and _had_ to spend it on _one_ car, I'd uhh...

I can't think of any. It just seems too ridiculous.>>

An early Alfa? '32 Monza, perhaps? And isn't spending $4 million on
anything rather ridiculous? Even multiple anythings?

C.

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