Like I said in my first post, I was wasnt mad at all and was flattered....then you guys got me all fired up that I got ripped off !!!!

Its all your guys faults !!!!
Steve....I didnt meant to make accusuations that Primedia/PHR sold my stuff. That was not my intention. I know you wouldnt do that on purpose, but who knows where that digital image gets shuffled and shown around and who could get ahold of it. I was more curious about how they got it. My apologies for any hurt feelings.
I apologize to all the people at Primedia and PHR .......
As for my friend posting it.... I have absolutely no problem with him posting it and getting paid for the image (even though its next to nothing on Shutterstock.com). Thats not a problem for me at all. He's a good friend and takes great pictures. I just didnt know he had posted that particular image. He has quite a few of my car, but most of them we never submitted to PHR etc, so thats why I though that pix came from Primedia/PHR. As for the compensation and them altering the image and using it in an ad....thats up to him if he wants to make a stink about it.
So now I'm back to being flattered that they used my car eventhough they changed the rims... I dont really care. Hopefully I can get some commercial swag/posters etc, but I'm cool with them using it.