If we'd saved our money and bought a REAL race car!!!

Just had an overwhelming thought: Had I saved the money I've spent over the years on sims and the hardware to run them, what kind of REAL car could I have bought? Bear with me... Since 1990 (as far as I can remember): Dell 386sx 33 $1099 Indy500 40ish IndyCar Racing $49 Joystick $29 Homebuilt P200 (32mb!) $2100 ouch - but a 2X CD Rom! First TM wheel (T2) $149 IndyCar Racing 2 $49 NASCAR Racing $49 Track Expansion $39 Cirrus Logic 4mb card $100 SB PRO $129 NACAR Racing 2 $50 Rendition Verite $199 BGN Expansion $30 Homebuilt P2 266 $1400 Canopus Pure3D $199 CART Precision Racing $50 Grand Prix 2 $49 TM NASCAR wheel $119 Homebuilt Celeron 266o/c ed to 400mhz $850 SLI-ed Canopus Pure3dII (x2!) $500 SCGT $49 Viper Racing $49 (4 NFS games) $200 Celeron 300a @ 466 $280 Altec Lansing ACS48s 2x $300 15" Mag $250 17"CTX $189 NASCAR Racing 3 $49 CTS for NR $39 GPL (!) $49 19"CTX $649 P3 600 $700 TM NASCAR FF $150 NASCAR Heat $49 F1 2000 $49 F1 2001 $49 Homebuilt 1800+XP $1100 F1 2002 $29 21"IBM $870 Whew! If you got this far, I'm sorry - I'm sure you can all relate though. I've missed about 20 other sims(racers) - say, at 50 a piece, $1000! Total it up, it's roughly $13,500. Had I put that in a Certificate of Deposit at 6%, it'd be worth $24,523 today!!!!! Ugghh. That'd buy a good used Supra or fair Shelby Cobra Kit - But then again, I would have missed locking myself in my office for 5 hours at a time driving an imaginary car around imaginary tracks against imaginary competition... What about you?

Try maintaining an amateur racecar for 13 years.

> Whew! If you got this far, I'm sorry - I'm sure you can all relatethough. > I've missed about 20 other sims(racers) - say, at 50 a piece, $1000!Total > it up, it's roughly $13,500. Had I put that in a Certificate of Depositat > 6%, it'd be worth $24,523 today!!!!! Ugghh. That'd buy a good used Supra > or fair Shelby Cobra Kit - > > But then again, I would have missed locking myself in my office for 5hours > at a time driving an imaginary car around imaginary tracks againstimaginary > competition... You forget how much it costs to maintain a racing car, repair a racing car, pay entry fees, insurance, and best off all - how to pay for it all when you break both your legs in a crash and have 5 months off work Doug

"Redmist" wrote... > Try maintaining an amateur racecar for 13 years. Then compare the amount of seat time. Jan. =---

On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:03:41 -0600, "Parke Cochran" <*delete*parkeway@#remove#comcast.net> wrote: >Just had an overwhelming thought: Had I saved the money I've spent over the >years on sims and the hardware to run them, what kind of REAL car could I >have bought? Bear with me... Some anonymous wiseman said "NEVER add up the price of your hobbies". At one time, not too many years ago, I was living in a one bedroom apartment with enough money invested in dirt bikes to easily afford the down payment on a 4 bedroom house and furnish it. Any responsible person would tell me I was a fool, but they were the happiest days of my life. BTW, if computers and games are your only vice, you are very thrifty! Tim (dirt bikes, home theater, radio controlled airplanes, 4wd trucks, computers... I'm feeling ill).

"Redmist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<b154i7$1053jn$[email hidden]>... > Try maintaining an amateur racecar for 13 years. ...and where can I find a CD that'll earn 6%?? Bill Berry

"Parke Cochran" <*delete*parkeway@#remove#comcast.net> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Just had an overwhelming thought: Had I saved the money I've spent overthe > years on sims and the hardware to run them, what kind of REAL car could I > have bought? Bear with me... Nice topic. Too bad *some* of the RAS girls see fit to "put you in your place" with their real world sports car tales of woe and, as usual, completely miss the point by friggin' miles. Say's something about their finances if they can afford the luxury of both hobbies, eh ?

> years on sims and the hardware to run them, what kind of REAL car could I > have bought? Bear with me... I heard real race car? Here you go! http://www.fantasyjunction.com/

Well after playing racing sims for years I went out and bought a real race car 3 years ago - a Late Model Stock car. It cost me $75,000 to turn the first lap and averages about $1,500 everytime I take it to the track. I had to buy the car, trailer, tools, pit wagon, upgrade my truck to pull the trailer. Believe me it's a LOT cheaper on a computer. I don't care what class of racing you get into - it's VERY EXPENSIVE. "Parke Cochran" <*delete*parkeway@#remove#comcast.net> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Just had an overwhelming thought: Had I saved the money I've spent overthe

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> years on sims and the hardware to run them, what kind of REAL car could I > have bought? Bear with me... > > Since 1990 (as far as I can remember): > Dell 386sx 33 $1099 > Indy500 40ish > IndyCar Racing $49 > Joystick $29 > Homebuilt P200 (32mb!) $2100 ouch - but a 2X CD Rom! > First TM wheel (T2) $149 > IndyCar Racing 2 $49 > NASCAR Racing $49 > Track Expansion $39 > Cirrus Logic 4mb card $100 > SB PRO $129 > NACAR Racing 2 $50 > Rendition Verite $199 > BGN Expansion $30 > Homebuilt P2 266 $1400 > Canopus Pure3D $199 > CART Precision Racing $50 > Grand Prix 2 $49 > TM NASCAR wheel $119 > Homebuilt Celeron 266o/c ed to 400mhz $850 > SLI-ed Canopus Pure3dII (x2!) $500 > SCGT $49 > Viper Racing $49 > (4 NFS games) $200 > Celeron 300a @ 466 $280 > Altec Lansing ACS48s 2x $300 > 15" Mag $250 > 17"CTX $189 > NASCAR Racing 3 $49 > CTS for NR $39 > GPL (!) $49 > 19"CTX $649 > P3 600 $700 > TM NASCAR FF $150 > NASCAR Heat $49 > F1 2000 $49 > F1 2001 $49 > Homebuilt 1800+XP $1100 > F1 2002 $29 > 21"IBM $870 > > Whew! If you got this far, I'm sorry - I'm sure you can all relate

though. > I've missed about 20 other sims(racers) - say, at 50 a piece, $1000!Total > it up, it's roughly $13,500. Had I put that in a Certificate of Depositat > 6%, it'd be worth $24,523 today!!!!! Ugghh. That'd buy a good used Supra > or fair Shelby Cobra Kit - > > But then again, I would have missed locking myself in my office for 5hours > at a time driving an imaginary car around imaginary tracks againstimaginary

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If you'll recall, CD rates in the 90's mirrored the economy..that is...UP. Want to faint, think back to the rates in 1979 - you were a fool with a market rate CD of less than 17%!!! BTW, my rates (State Farm) are 4.11 on a 5yr CD today. Find out what yours is doing and give me a call! ;) /end salesman rant Parke Cochran Registered Rep State Farm Insurance & Financial Services <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Redmist" <[email hidden]> wrote in messagenews:<b154i7$1053jn$[email hidden]>... > > Try maintaining an amateur racecar for 13 years. > > ...and where can I find a CD that'll earn 6%?? > > Bill Berry