ya there hav been times when ppl got found out. on SHO, over a year ago a dude said he had a S/C '99 Si, so for 6months he was braggin about it & ppl asking for tech help. then all of a sudden another guy came on & busted him, he doesn't even own a car. & another guy said "this is my car & chick" living in west TX, & it turned out 2 b VTECgirlon17s' pic of herself, & she busted him cuz she lives in Cali.
i've met several ppl, from Austin alone, who hav been published, the black RX-7 w/ green stickers & the chameleon S14 240SX & others were in Primedia publishings, & all of them were cool guys.