Make no mistake about it, Wayne Carini is no COLLECTOR...he is a FLIPPER in the purest form. Would be a boring show if he didn't sell anything and just bought cars to hang on to. I think he's a straight shooter that may keep a very small percent of stuff he buys but will eventually sell within 6 months. I enjoy watching the program but they never divulge what he pays for most of the cars. I wonder what Velocity pays him a year to do the show... I'm sure its a pretty penny.
He's both a collector and the owner of an exotic car dealership. I think they are pretty up-front about that on the show, unlike a lot of the dreck on the History channel. In a lot of cases, he doesn't own the car - he's being paid to 'represent' the owners and help them sell it. They do call that out on the show as well.
When I stopped by his shop, it was a Thursday afternoon. No cameras, no filming. Roger was in the garage working on an old MG and Wayne was wandering around checking on the progress of a few other projects. Pretty much just running the business.
Anyway - I think the idea of the show is to expose people to some rare and beautiful cars. In that sense I find it much more tasteful than, say American Pickers where they pretend to find things in some hoarder's barn and show you how much "profit" they sold it for. Showing the car auctions is a way to give people a sense of the actual value of the vehicles they feature on the show.
Jim
