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Originally Posted by HealeyRick
Funny, I was just reading about street racing on Route 231 in this thread you may find interesting: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...#post-14871809
Regarding whether this sale was a "scam" I'd probably term it as the long-accepted sales technique as "puffery". For the difference, go here: html://smallbusiness.chron.com/difference-between-false-advertising-puffery-66945. |
Rick, that's assuming this was even a sale in the true sense of the word. My guess is that it was a shill buyer for the original owner of the car, not a real sale. All designed to raise awareness and publicity for the story and no doubt upcoming project based upon the story. That starts with "puffery" then goes into scam territory. This whole thing reeks to high heaven. A guy who goes overboard bids $250 - $300K on a $200K car because he has that kind of cash and he throws reason to the wind because he can and he's enamored with the car. A guy who throws down a million cash for a $200K car because he likes it? I'm not buying it. Not for a second.
As for 231 racing, darn they were great times. Lots of great memories racing "The Maroon Ghost".
