QOTD: More Money Than Sense?

You know the type: it’s the one who starts their ad with “RARE!” and ends it with “I know what I’ve got!!!1!” No matter what type of cars you’re into – classic muscle, JDM imports, or modern supercars – there’s almost always one person in the crew who thinks what they own is worth a king’s ransom.

Never, though, have I even seen someone so massively, incredibly, ginormously overvalue their car like this seller.

Look, there’s nothing wrong with setting an asking price more than your car is worth. At the very least, it gives you a bit of negotiating room. At worst, it leads to the thing sitting in your driveway (or worse, your lot) until it celebrates its next birthday.

But this Caprice, listed on eBay by the seller for $300,000, is priced like something I’ve never seen. Painted refrigerator white, it does appear to be perhaps the cleanest Box Caprice I’ve ever seen. According to the seller (in ALL CAPS, natch), this is a handbuilt one-of-one prototype, with “definition technology” and “to much to list.” Erm, okay.

According to a few other internet sleuths, this same car was offered for sale in the past, once for 10 millions dollars and another time for 1.5 million dollars.

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I recall, ages ago, driving with a high school buddy trying to find a good car for that year’s demolition derby. A mid-80s Grand Marquis appeared, parked in the weedy ditch outside the owner’s home in a one-road town. The owner, an older gent, ambled out and spoke to us about all the “good parts” still left on the car. Keep in mind, this not-so-Grand Marquis was rustier than an anchor.

“I’ll take four for it…” the white-haired man said, chainsmoking unfiltered Player’s.

Four hundred bucks, I thought. It’s a start, if I can get him down to two fifty…

“…but I suppose I could go down to $3,500.”

Needless to say, we beat feet back to the truck. What’s the most gonzo-priced car you’ve ever happened upon?

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