A friend and I had the same discussion about the cost of my 'hobby' when I pointed out that he was a smoker and I'm a non-smoker. The average pack of cigarettes cost $5.88 each and the average smoker can smoke 3 packs a week easily. That's $17.64 a week, making $917.28 a year (not including sales tax). I've been involved with this hobby for over a decade and have invested approx. $7,500 and thousands of hours of enjoyment into it. In the same amount of time he's spent $9,172.80 on a pile of ash and will possibly get cancer for his effort
In my summation, I'd still have over $1,500 to make up the difference and I can charge up & drive the trucks any time for fun
Just a thought
- RCT