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

[Frank Fisher]

i agree with Wayne' view on the investment Vs the cost of holding it. at least
till prices return to a higher level.
but what price do we put on our
enjoyment/hobby?
i have been running my TR3 here in California on leaded gas
since putting it back on the road. its costing me about 90.00 a tank.
somewhere around 6.00 a us gallon. and I'm using about a tank a month. i tried
the leaded gas for fun, but I'm finding the motor runs better with the lead
gas. specifically I'm still fighting to get my idle speed down when i stop for
a light. the car behaves better on leaded than unleaded. and the lead tells me
via plugs and exhaust colour if i have my fuel and ignition set right.
I'm
also a golfer. here in California a round of golf is going to cost me around
$75/150. ill get about 5 hours of enjoyment for that. i probably only get 5/6
hours of driving for my 90 bucks. 
my son plays ice hockey, I'm too old and
fat. he pays about 25.00 per hour in a men's league. 
live theater tickets are
about 100.00 for 2 to 3 hours of entertainment.
it would appear to me that my
kind of entertainment is selling for around $30/40 per hour. if i use unleaded
gas in my triumph, i can get my fun for around $8/9 per hour and still have
the car left over to do it all again at a time and place i choose.
i think my
triumph is good value. and as gas prices will inevitably rise so will the cost
of my other entertainment.
the only thing I'm worried about right now is a gas
increase due to removing salt water contaminants from my gas supply! ;-)
Frank
 



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From: Wayne Lee
<wayne at motorcarriage.com>
To: Triumph List <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent:
Thu, June 24, 2010 3:50:42 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] What cost to give up your
Triumph? (Rhetorical?)

Please excuse the way I spelled Brooklands.  That's
Bad...
Spellcheck still telling me to change it.
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From: "Wayne Lee"
<wayne at motorcarriage.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 6:40 PM
To: "John
Macartney" <macartney.john at yahoo.co.uk>; "Triumph List"
<triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] What cost to give up your Triumph?
(Rhetorical?)

> Hi John,
> 
>  There is no way to put oneself in another's
Shoe's and attempt to share or
> understand his rational behind his decision.
He is indeed a lucky Man to have
> that Car,(Woolf Barnato, Brooklyn, LeMans,
come to mind,  and he obviously
> understands as do a lot of us that we're
just the Caretaker's of our Car's that are
> Collectible and not of the
disposable sort just like our Home's that we have.
> I'm a former Bentley
owner (a 48 Mk VI) and currently own a 65 Silver Cloud III
> the last of the
Coach Built Rolls. But I could summarize my selfish thoughts of
> being in his
position very easily.
> 
>  How much Petrol do You think he could put into his
Speed Six over the next
> few year's? Whatever that # is, he would receive a
bigger return for his Estate
> after he leaves it than some 1.5% IRA or a
dodgy Investment of some type.
> I'd rather be looking at that Bentley every
day, (much like a fine Art Investment)
> even when I wasn't enjoying driving
it, than looking at a Bank Book reflecting the
> sum of Money I brought in for
it. This isn't the right time to sell such a Car and he
> should hang on to
that Puppy to the end if he doesn't need the revenue from it.
> 
> Cheers,
>
Wayne Lee
> Douglas, MA
> 64 TR4
> 69 Spit
> 75 TR6
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