An incredibly valid point. I'll share a relativity story...
My other new hobby is playing the Violin. I'm on a mailing list for adult
beginners and one guy came on complaining that the $49 violin outfit he
purchased on eBay would require at minimum a $25 set of strings to make it even
playable, and why is this hobby so damn expensive, etc. etc. A guy replied
exactly the same thing, it's all relative. Turns out he's an autocrosser too,
out of South Carolina or somewhere (Bob Rogers?). He was complaining that a
set of autocross tires is nearly $1000 these days and can be ruined by one bad
flatspot. Another guy replied that $1000 is nothing, his last violin was $250K
and he still needs to upgrade from there to remain competetive for the
orchestra seats.
I cringed at paying $185 for a SET of tires for the Pro. :) Any compound from
any of four manufacturers. I put the kart in the back of my cheap 6 cylinder
Dakota and got 19mpg the whole way down to Atwater and back. I don't
understand why people complaining about costs don't just run F125. The shock
revalving bills are much cheaper too!
--Darren
p.s. They have annuals in England :)
"Lolita Adrien" <lomike@earthlink.net> wrote ..
> All depends on how one looks at the cost/expense.
> Katie's biking seems like it ought to be pretty cheap till you look at
> really
> competitive equipment- to say nothing of hospital bills.
> For us the whole Miata cost about the same as the last engine overhaul
> for the
> airplane! (and nobody makes us take the car apart every year to prove it
> isn't
> broken)
> MJ
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