[Deschodt]

I agree with all the posts above.... I guess it affects a lot of us, who got in from love of the car and now are worried about driving $$$$ vehicles. Yeah agreed insurance is good, yes, some of us can ignore it completely and drive the crap out of them... but everything else follows suit. A blown engine costs a lot more to repair now, parts cost way more. Texting drivers are everywhere and I'd hate to see it damaged and its value reduced through no fault of mine (not an issue when they were worth 15K but now??). And keeping up with agreed value is almost a monthly game now, where you could get left behind rather quickly.

I too have a threshold for what I'm OK spending on a car (toy or daily driver), which sadly did not follow inflation... Too much for a toy... I was happy in the 15-25K range, but I feel priced out of the hobby now, on pretty much *all* the classic I like. I'm keeping my 72 for now mostly because if I sell it, I'm positive I will never own another (not that I couldn't but I won't be able to justify paying that much). I find that I enjoy my imperfect cars a lot more nowadays (wife's mongrel 912 and bmw 2002), and yeah, it's in my head but apparently I'm not alone ;-)