chrisg wrote:But I'm not really a car show kinda guy anyway...I don't want to show off my car & accolades for it's aesthetics seem shallow to me.
I rarely do car shows myself, but when I do I like being the one who has the car in the shape I described.
chrisg wrote:I also seem to collect semi-vintage road racing bicycles and I race bicycles (modern ones)...I ride the vintage ones (often to the surprise of my friends) and they are nice but they all get ridden, meaning sometimes I get caught out in the rain & sometimes they get a nick on them.
My bicycle collection was close to 75 bikes but my wife said "Before you bring home another car you have to clear out space in the driveway - meaning get rid of some bikes!", so now I have under 60 (the garage on my main home is packed to the rafters and there are a few in the shed of my cabin). Almost all of the parts bikes are gone (I saved a few for a future tall bike project). I have 7 Raleigh 3 speed bikes dating from the early 50s to the mid 70s and a 80 Super Course reworked as a fixie. I have a couple of stretched bikes, a recumbent, an extremely expensive hand made Italian multi speed carbon fiber bike, a bunch of MTBs (from hardtails to full suspension), about 5 single speed (one dating to the 30s) and a bunch of fixies.
chrisg wrote:With most cars, I buy with an eye towards a scrap out exit strategy....and other than with paint and labor, most stuff can be reversed back out for cash if so desired.
Sounds like my monetized monthly method - when I get past the monthly dollar figure the car can blow up and I couldn't care - though that isn't what I am looking towards happening - in fact, what I am looking towards is years more driving fun!