What Would You Buy Instead? (Hypothetical Scenario)

[fixitsan]

I have had one. Loved it but the cost of insurance, repayments 3 rears in the first year and warranty required dealer servicing meant it was sold within a year.

 

Thinking about it the servicing costs are my major bugbear and probably the deciding factor why I won't buy a new one, after price itself.

 

One of my other hobbies has always been photography, I might not use a camera for a year or two but then I get back into it for a while, you know how these things go. Camera tech keeps advancing in many ways and directions, but not usually very far each iteration.  There's a photographer in my Youtube watch list who makes great images using older cameras and encourages others to do the same by promoting the idea that it is sometimes better to take the money you would have spent on a new camera and save it, for day trips out, maybe a flight to somewhere you haven't been before, to reignite your creative imagination with new subjects.

I feel the same about bikes now - rather than spend yet more money on another bike, I might buy a ferry ticket to an island, or book into a B&B somewhere, finding it really easy to justify the costs after taking into account the savings I've made by riding an 'old faithful' to new places. (Breakdown cover for peace of mind, of course !)

 

 

"Do you fancy coming away with us for the weekend, a stopover at a decent hotel ?" 

"I'ld love to mate but I can't afford it, I've just bought a new bike"  !

This post was last modified: 11-05-2020, 08:53 AM by fixitsan.