looks like someone put too much money into a car and actually thinks he should get that much back out of it... also, based on the cars i see in the garage, he probably thinks that he's giving someone a deal because only junk cars cost under $100k...
of course there is also the possibility that the wife told him to sell his favorite car but she has no idea what it's worth, so now he's all like "golly gee, honey, i tried to sell it but no one will give me what it's worth. i guess i have to keep it"...