^ I think he's gone into witness protection. I read those Rennlist comments, they were scathing indeed. He tried to close the thread but they were so pissed at him that they started a new thread to give him another whack.
Rennlist 996 forum can be a brutal place...
So theStone did him three favors, he sold him the car at fair price, bought it back at a fair price and asked him not to print the article that seriously tarnished his cred as a writer.