My wallet dictates what I buy. The thing to keep in mind is everyone has their hobbies. Seems here in Florida (maybe everywhere?) everyone has a boat. And no I'm not talking about $20k runabouts, I'm talking 30feet and on up to the boats with more room than my house. To these guys I would imaging a $10k TOC plane would be more affordable than the $500 I just spent. I've got a friend like this and though he doesn't fly planes, he has a race car (drag, 8-second 1/4 times), an offshore power boat, a workshop to drool over, the kind of cars you read about in magazines, etc. The sick thing is it's a drop in the bucket to him. There's nothing wrong with that and I'm just glad I get to get some enjoyment out of his toys If I could get him hooked on airplanes maybe I'd get to fly a 40% edge on the buddy box.

Although, the ONE thing I dont get is people WITHOUT the means buying these planes (and I would be one of those WITHOUT large means). I saw a post on here of someone talking about a 40% (maybe 35%, don't remember the exact scale) that he had crashed. Said something about a loan for it. Showed a picture of it too. You see, all that survived was the last half of the fuse, nothing else. He had it mounted to the outside of his single-wide mobile home. That I don't understand. Live in a old $5k trailer and fly a new $5k plane. I don't get it but hey, it's his life, let him live it.