Wayne Carini seems like a d*ck on the show

Wayne may be a d*ck for good reason, but what he does in the show intro is also part of making good TV to get the audience engaged and follow the episodes. I thought same as you, but if you watch CCC regularly -- I just watched most of the Christmas marathon -- Wayne admits that he's a control freak. He's explained in several episodes that a car's provenance, the way it's been handled or restored, and the market, can affect it's value or sale at auction. So, one wrong detail can take tens of thousands off a car's price, for instance, or an auction could go wrong -- and there've been a few of those in the show where Wayne lost his shirt on a car. He's also an expert that people count on to give them the straight-up details on why they should purchase a particular car, instead of just stroking them. During the marathon, one thing several people said about Wayne was that he's a straight shooter and honest. There were several episodes where Wayne was totally compassionate towards people and their car situations, like the sisters near Seattle who wanted to sell their dad's Deusenberg, or the wife of his late friend who sold his Morgan to Wayne just to keep it nearby. I understand from the show that Wayne has one daughter in college and his other daughter is autistic, which may explain what you saw. I have a friend whose son has Asberger's, which is related to autism, and it's a handful to live with, so Wayne has got to have an iron will some days just to make it through. There was the one episode where he bought a Bimbo Racer that his dad restored so it could be sold for charity to benefit autism. So, yeah, Wayne is a d*ck, because he has to be. But he also has a heart of gold. This definitely makes the show worth watching, in my opinion.