Record keeping of cost is great if you have the stomach for it. To tell a
short story; I bought a new boat about 12 years ago and decided to keep track
of ALL costs, payments, gas, slip fees, bait, repairs, goodies, etc.. About
halfway through the season I found that the concern that I was developing
over the cost of ownership was beginning to diminish the pleasure of owning
the boat. Besides if my wife happened to come across my cost records, any
residual pleasure would immediately dissappear. Solution; I stopped
tracking cost and thoroughly enjoyed my boat for 5 more years of my plannned
ownership, at which time I intended to and did sell my boat because my
children were starting college.
My method of tracking the restoration cost of my TR3A, is to keep all of the
receipts in a box, to sort out if the day ever arrives where I put the
vehicle up for sale.
Gary Bouffard
Blissfully ignorant of the true cost of TS 58399 ownership.
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