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I can not disagree with a single point you make --- but-and there is always a but.. A Fiat 500 will get you from place to place as well as say an Alfa-Romeo and as far as pure transportation goes as well as a Lamborghini. But there is just a little something extra in the feel looks and performance that while taking a little more skill to extract gives immensely more pleasure. I find the same feeling of both use and pride of ownership with ProGrade equipment. I have been intimately associated with guns and shooting all my life (I am among other things a school trained gunsmith)and find the I actually shoot better with an expensive gun than a cheap one. It has been proven to my own satisfaction over and over. Just one old man's musings.But so true.
The enjoyment is there in the engineering and the pride to build something that whilst expensive is clear than many others will enjoy it as well.
This goes for cars, clothing and many other possessions.
To each his/her own collectable.
Still wanting and waiting to own a Ferrari but I know that practicality stands in my way as I would need a race track to drive it on as well.
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