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That's completely reasonable, and I don't disagree with anything you've said. Still not an order of magnitude though! Anyone doing an engine conversion on a pro

That's completely reasonable, and I don't disagree with anything you've said. Still not an order of magnitude though! Anyone doing an engine conversion on a project car is burning money anyway, and while it won't be for everyone... 40k is not in the realm of impossible for a lot of the car DIY crowd. In fact, of all the circles I've ever touched on, car mod crowds are probably the most willing to spend ludicrous bucks on an unnecessary project. Make fun of the rich guy buying $7000 status watches, god knows I will, but there are thousands of relatively "poor" people in every American city spending 10's of thousands on their shitboxes... and I love it.

Guest19023892 5y ago
> Make fun of the rich guy buying $7000 status watches, god knows I will I'm going off-topic, but just a heads up, there's a fairly large watch community out there (https://www.watchuseek.com/forums/ https://www.watchuseek.com/forums/) that have a passion for watches and treat it as a hobby like any other. They're probably one of the friendliest online communities I've come across. I haven't bought any thousand dollar watches, but I've spent a decent amount of time reading about watches and releases, and I know there's a lot of people out there that save up their money for years, decades, or life, to buy a $7,000 grail watch they've dreamed of owning. They might look like rich guys wearing a dumb Rolex status watch to an outsider, but sometimes that couldn't be further from the truth.
- earthscienceman 5y ago
  I poked fun at them in an attempt to be self-aware, I'm currently wearing Sinn 656L as a lowly postdoc. Nothing crazy, mais quand-même.
  - Guest19023892 5y ago
    Ah, I see. I've been thinking far too long about buying a Sinn 556i as my daily watch. Well, we can be certain no one will poke fun at Sinn watches, because no one outside the watch community will ever recognize them on the wrist.

Guest19023892 5y ago

> Make fun of the rich guy buying $7000 status watches, god knows I will I'm going off-topic, but just a heads up, there's a fairly large watch community out there (https://www.watchuseek.com/forums/ https://www.watchuseek.com/forums/) that have a passion for watches and treat it as a hobby like any other. They're probably one of the friendliest online communities I've come across. I haven't bought any thousand dollar watches, but I've spent a decent amount of time reading about watches and releases, and I know there's a lot of people out there that save up their money for years, decades, or life, to buy a $7,000 grail watch they've dreamed of owning. They might look like rich guys wearing a dumb Rolex status watch to an outsider, but sometimes that couldn't be further from the truth.

earthscienceman 5y ago
I poked fun at them in an attempt to be self-aware, I'm currently wearing Sinn 656L as a lowly postdoc. Nothing crazy, mais quand-même.
- Guest19023892 5y ago
  Ah, I see. I've been thinking far too long about buying a Sinn 556i as my daily watch. Well, we can be certain no one will poke fun at Sinn watches, because no one outside the watch community will ever recognize them on the wrist.