Ya I live about 10 min from that place. Absolute joke and i have never heard anything good come of that place. I am not even sure how they are still in business. I guess most people don't check a car out like you did.
This is the TT bike. The key is being aerodynamic.
This is a race bike. More geared toward comfort and being a light as legally possible.
http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/news/images/astana_bike_angle_hi.jpg
Also what REX said.
I dunno what your smoking because they msrp for under 9k. I work at a dealer now. His TT bike was stolen with retails for 8.5k. I can't imagine the bike of his that was stolen being worth more that 10k.