I noticed that the cars were being taken off the stage as the bidding was still going on, I didn't know about the three minute rule but I thought it was wierd. I didn't think of the "time is money" aspect.
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I don't ride in it, I drive it.
I didn't time any of the breaks and didn't know of the 3 min rule...but with this in mind now it seams a little weird that many times when they returned from a short 2 min or so break they had just sold a car we never even saw hit or leave the block... Perhaps some people did get a little screwed out of their time??