I've always wondered why the LA used car market isn't heaven for buyers; so many cars leased for two years and then exchanged for new models, there should be a glut of near-mint sports cars and overstuffed couches on wheels.

Then I get to Moscow and I'm told there's a thriving market for used cars from the US in Russia. My informant says cars from California are especially common since they arrive in such good condition. LA's precious natural resources are being shipped across the ocean for use by the post-Soviet nouveau riche! Of all the nerve.