<VV>B-J

[Tony Underwood]

At 05:26 hours 01/27/2006, Padgett wrote:

>> >> While watching the Barrett Jackson auction a couple of nights ago, I was
>> >> very disapointed in a comment one of the TV announcers made.
>
>Keep in mind that B-J is not about cars, it is about trophies and to 
>a lesser extent it is about toys.


BJ is about people who have far too much money and not enough sense.


It's also about driving the prices of '60s musclecars so far out of 
the realm of reality that nobody is ever gonna be able to afford to 
nab the car they dreamed about having in high school but couldn't 
afford it then...  far worse now.


How about a 426 Hemi Cuda convertible that will sell for SEVEN 
significant figures.   BJ is out to make the 426 Hemi simply out of 
reach for anyone except Bill Gates.  Or an A-12 optioned Roadrunner 
(440x6) that sells for 200K when the car only cost 3100 bucks brand 
new.   Some of these people are loony... or they need a coke habit or 
something.    It's as if they're engaging in a contest to see who can 
spend the most money...

But, it needs to be for a car with "matching numbers".    Good 
grief.   Egos on parade is all it is.   That... and convincing the 
goober in Franklin County watching on his satellite dish that the 
rusty  beat and battered Dodge Challenger in back of the feed barn is 
suddenly worth 50,000 bucks if it has an engine in it that will run 
and a seat to sit on.


>Many will never be driiven. Most will never be driven anywhere near 
>their design limits. Even fewer of the new owners ever could 
>approach the design limits. B-J is entertainment, not factual and 
>the mistakes are legion (but all have learned lawyer-speak).


I stopped watching a while back.


The cars they tend to feature the most are things I care diddly 
about; the stuff I wanna see gets sold during commercials which are 
NUMEROUS.    It's reality TV that flies in the face of reality.

I'll be watching something else, like "My Classic Car".


tony..
tony..