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I think "the way it works" is that the bubble magic works best on you when you have never owned an example of the affected car. If you have it makes no sense to you...
We never owned a 250GTO when it was new, I bet there's some guys who think the world has gone insane when they sell for 20Mil, but we accept it as normal...

I have owned an SC and no, beyond 25K makes no sense to me either.
I have owned a 356 and no, beyond 35-40K makes no sense either.
I've owned a couple long hoods, and anythign beyond 40K I don't get either.
Etc...

But if you have never owned a speedster and they are 500K or more, well, this is what they are. In isolation if an Early S is worth $200K, then an SC is absolutely worth 30-40 ! despite the production numbers. It's pretty close in feel and performance (not identical but as close as you're gonna get for the $)

It gets funny (and somewhat self regulating) when you hit modern cars - the cayman mentioned above is a great example ! A 20-30K cayman is a lot of car vs an SC and I would not think twice about getting that over an SC if it had an IMS fix (it doesn't) or the later engine without IMS. Or a 912....