RE: IT'S HARD TO GET THE FEILD
Voyager
If you are considering a real flight sim then you can buy a car. I have been homeless in the past had all my household and plane stuff in a storage place. I have bought cars that will move on its own power for a $100.00 it may not be pretty but it moves you just have to look and haggle with the seller. I drove a Geo Metro for a while I could get two forty size airplanes in it. Not pretty but great on gas. Lousy for hauling airplanes. The real flight sim is $200.00 Take $150 and go buy a beater car that moves and then buy a simple simulator on ebay for $20 and you have enough left over for some gas.
If you have been without a car for five years there is alot more here than just a ride to a local field.
Just my thoughts I am a year younger than you. Be 49 on the 5th of Sept.
The guys at the field don't care what you drive they just want you to come to the field and have fun flying. You contact a club member especially your instructor he will probably come get you!! I know I would if I was there. Because I have "been there, done that."
Tony