I second your observation. Funny how I am so reluctant to buy clothes but
a new MG book (the Essential MG...my wife works at Borders so I got it at
40% off...didn't even think about it) or the money I use for rebuilding an
engine (1st time) and am going to give it a bit of oomph with a new this
and that...and I don't even think about the price...well, up to a limit.
I guess that is what a hobby is about, the pleasure, not the pain.
Bill
'76B
BMCSNJ
At 05:12 PM 12/16/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>I, for one, do not regret a dime I've spent on my cars. Maybe I feel that
>way now 'cause both are running good, but I get such a bang out of driving
>them it is hard to describe. And it is not for the public
>recognition--in the
>case of the B-GT there is almost none, even riding around on wire wheels,
>hardly anyone notices. That's a good thing. Some days when I have the 66
>Mustang out--everyone notices that--I really don't want to talk
>to everyone about
>his first Mustang experience, or the fact his aunt had one, etc. I'm not
>anti-social and sometimes it's fun, but it can also be intrusive. When
>strangers
>do want to talk about MGs, I'm always up for that, 'cause usually they know
>enough about them to be interesting.
>
> >>>>>>>But does anyone notice that purchase decisions on car parts are
> not made by
>the same part of your brain that does the rest of your financial
>transactions? <<<<<<<<
>If my car needs a new gizmo for $150, especially if it is not running for
>lack thereof, I think very little of plunking down the plastic and waiting
>fer the package. On the other hand, if I have gone six or seven years
>between
>new sport coats or suits for work, even if the old ones are getting shabby
>and way out of fashion, I hold off and hold off and hold off. Little things
>around the house, antiquing with the wife--$150! Why so much? Do we really
>need it?
>But, my starter is fried--wow, send a new one. Oh, I shop around a bit, but
>ultimately that part is going to be purchased. I just spent $29 for a new
>fan switch that, it turns out, I really didn't need. The problem I
>thought to
>be associated with the old one was not. But the old one had lost all of its
>silvering on the bezel, and I hadn't spent any money this month on the car,
>so what the hell? Looks great, and I feel good about it.
>
>Jay Donoghue
>72 B-GT
>66 Mustang
> {SNIP a bunch}
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