The wheelchair probably. I used to have a racecar. I won most of my races. I tell anyone I meet that is thinking of buying a racecar to befriend a coke/heroine addict and see if they can afford that person’s addiction. If you can afford as much coke/heroine as your new friend wants, then you might be able to afford a racecar. I figured it up when I finally quit. I actually won about $300,000 in prizes over a 10 year period. I spent almost $450,000 on my car in the same time.
Wheelchair parts are either stuff I can get at the hardware store or Medical Grade Stuff with one or two vendors in the entire world.
If I add together the chair, van, and maintenance of both I am probably around where you are in terms of net spend over the last decade and a bit.
If I didn’t have handy friends and an engineering degree and just bought a new chair every couple of years the way the company wants, I’d be waaaaaay over. Right now I’m at 4x the nominal service life for it, I’m worried that the fork the front casters are mounted in is starting to deform, I might have to make friends with someone who has a metal shop…
I get that satisfaction from my wheelchair. I’m unsure which is a more affordable hobby. 😛
The wheelchair probably. I used to have a racecar. I won most of my races. I tell anyone I meet that is thinking of buying a racecar to befriend a coke/heroine addict and see if they can afford that person’s addiction. If you can afford as much coke/heroine as your new friend wants, then you might be able to afford a racecar. I figured it up when I finally quit. I actually won about $300,000 in prizes over a 10 year period. I spent almost $450,000 on my car in the same time.
Wheelchair parts are either stuff I can get at the hardware store or Medical Grade Stuff with one or two vendors in the entire world.
If I add together the chair, van, and maintenance of both I am probably around where you are in terms of net spend over the last decade and a bit.
If I didn’t have handy friends and an engineering degree and just bought a new chair every couple of years the way the company wants, I’d be waaaaaay over. Right now I’m at 4x the nominal service life for it, I’m worried that the fork the front casters are mounted in is starting to deform, I might have to make friends with someone who has a metal shop…