Unfortunately as an avid golfer I cannot use golfing. I try not to bring it up.
When discussing the cost of my bike obsession I always have to remind my wife how cheap ebikes are compared to the other midlife crisis purchases that I could be fanatical about. It helps to bring up the subject of the desirability of an expensive boator a Ferrari from time to time to keep complaints to a minimum.
Even more off topic, but it truly was an honor and privilege to have been able to run Laguna Seca at speed. It is a track so steeped in history and tradition. It was also the only track where I ever had an 'incident', where I looped my 911 by letting off a little too much coming into turn 9, and got burned by the rear end weight of the 911. I remember always having to fit a special pipe to the end of my exhaust to direct the sound to the left, as the sound monitoring checkpoint was on the right side after turn 5 (and I still got black flagged for sound more than once!)Electric vehicles can also be an expensive hobby... the infamous Corkscrew at Laguna Seca.
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...but the joy I get upgrading/tuning my own bikes and most of all the healthy journey I'm on riding them every chance I can (now a 4 season rider) blurs the line between 'hobby' and 'healthy lifestyle choices'.
I try never to do such math!I recently did the math on my fleet of ebikes, including what I have already/plan to spend this year and it's coming close to what a 2 year old Corvette would have cost me...
Reminds me of my buddies who have boats...they have a simple language 'boat bucks' - Every Boat Buck is a $1,000....'that cost 2 boat bucks, that cost 5 boat bucks, that was a cheap fix, only half a boat buck'...
The picture in my post is my Porsche Boxster S but I find driving it very frustrating because I can never let it loose. Always holding back its true potential requires a level of control have never had. Porsche puts on track days at Mosport race track where you can thrash brand new Porsche’s all day for around $1,000. Much more satisfying as far as I am concerned. I suggest it to everyone rather than actually buying a Porsche.
Don't tell me that yacht is yours?!When discussing the cost of my bike obsession I always have to remind my wife how cheap ebikes are compared to the other midlife crisis purchases that I could be fanatical about. It helps to bring up the subject of the desirability of an expensive boator a Ferrari from time to time to keep complaints to a minimum.
No, that went away when the Porsches did. I even used to be President of the Loma Prieta region.
