Those are just the young'uns selling the old, beat up, not worthy of a higher price rides that are left. Wait til someone wants a cherry original, they will pay more than that. Besides, that's the price of a kids car. You can tell the age of the boys by the price of their toys - I said that! LOL
As far as I know, he got his feelings hurt about something and left. He went thru some hard times after he lost his beloved Lynette