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Re: [TR] What cost to give up your Triumph? (Rhetorical?)

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Subject: Re: [TR] What cost to give up your Triumph? (Rhetorical?)
From: John Wise <tr3a.60@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:22:40 -0700
Amen!  That is the same argument I give my wife when she argues very logically
that I/we really do no NEED my TR & my my old 911.  I agree that we do not
NEED them, but I want them because they make my life more enjoyable (and
probably make me feel younger.)

John

> But the real issue isn't about dispassionate finance.  It is about
> what else you would do instead.  It's about life.  I could sell my
> guitars and sound gear except that I would miss the music.  I could
> give up our TV and data cable or even the phone, except that we enjoy
> them.  I could move into a house even smaller than the one we have or
> even rent an apartment, except that we like living here.  Some of you
> play golf, I am sure.  Is it worth the cost (and aggravation)?  When
> gas becomes too expensive to drive the GT6 I will simple drive it
> less often (assuming I have a better alternative, of course).  When I
> am dead it won't matter but for now I am living.  I must do something
> between now and then.
>
> --
> Jim Muller
> jimmuller@rcn.com
> '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+

John

John A. Wise
Glendale, AZ

1960 Triumph TR3A
Commission No: TS80422L
http://members.cox.net/60tr3a/
http://www.triumphowners.com/876

1977 Porsche 911S
http://members.cox.net/porsche911s/

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