Are cars the most expensive mainstream hobby?

No. Stop buying pieces of shit.

>>16099602
nope flying small planes is way more expensive

>>16099602
Boats and rvs are mainstream and more expensive

>>16099604
>stop buying pieces of shit
Easy to tell you've never owned a modified car before.
You never get your money back when you modify a car, and if you try to you'll be sitting on it for months or years

>>16099602
No, flying is. Then boating. If you can consider flying a hobby. Imagine paying $6/gal for gasoline for your car, and needing to buy 50 gallons every time you go out for a long drive. Now imagine your insurance costs $8,000/yr, and your license costs $500/yr to maintain. And if you don't own a plane, you have to rent; $70-???/hr depending on the plane. If you own it you have to pay for the plane ($30,000-$?,???,??? depending on the plane) and a ramp space ($100/mo+) or hangar space/lease ($800/mo+).

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>>16099602
is having a girlfriend a hobby?

>>16099604
you're retarded as fuck

>>16099602
expensive as hell.
all the good cars are expensive
all the fun mods are expensive
and require other expensive supporting mods so that you don't destroy your car with the extra power or kill yourself because your brakes or tires aren't rated for the new speeds the car can achieve.

>>16099602
Golf Club memberships could give them a run in terms of expense.

>>16099628
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG9yyzW-XQ8

>mfw no bush plane to go hooning in

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Cars can get prohibitively expensive if you're into actual track and performance vehicles. Actually collecting cars can be way more expensive than boats or planes if you let it be.

It's probably pushing the limit for being 'mainstream' but helicopters are actually the most expensive and still pretty frequently owned by rich people, especially when they've got actual land.

Pic related $200,000 tiny helicopter.

>>16099702
>collecting cars can be way more expensive than boats or planes if you let it be.
Collecting boats and planes would cost more.

>>16099605
R/C or actual personal planes?

>>16099727
While collecting cars is pretty commonplace I'd love to know how many diehard plane collectors are out there.

People generally only need so many boats, planes, and helicopters usually opting to sell their old ones to buy bigger/nicer ones.

>>16099672
>all the good cars are expensive
Umm try again sweetie.

I hear Magic the Gathering is expensive to get into.

>>16099727
No one on earth has a Jay Leno or Rick Hendrick-tier equivalent collection of planes

>>16099745
>No one on earth has a Jay Leno or Rick Hendrick-tier equivalent collection of planes
hahaha
No

Google Kermit Weeks

There are others like him.

The lens for my new camera costs more than your shitbox miata.
That new synth? I could have gotten 3 of your turbos with that money.

*scoffs* fucking peasants

>>16099605
boats can be wallet crushing as well
>30K just for a150 hp outboard motor

>>16099602
No. Guns and hunting.

>>16099761
>this faggot bragging about his $1,200 tamron lens
Fuck off nigger
Come back and brag when you're shooting on vintage leica primes and doing MF and LF film work

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>>16099761
>synth

Holy hell are those expensive.

>more than you can afford pal, Moog.

>>16099761
Collecting instruments?

>>16099602
I'd say paintball could be more expensive depending on how much you play.

>>16099767
Guns are more expensive than cars?

>>16099767
>guns and hunting
>more expensive than cars
wut
you're one dumb son of a bitch. I have something like 30 guns, from $50 shitpistols to $5,000 precision rifles.
My race car alone costs more than half of the collection and it's just a chump car. I could buy two year's worth of ammunition and range fees for what a season of racing costs me. Add in the cost of my daily and my truck and my bike and my meager collection of cars costs more than 5x what my guns do.

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>>16099628
what about dinghy and microlight
they seem like the shit box of that world

>>16099744
it costs 20 bucks and any chance you'll ever have of getting a girlfriend

guitars are more expensive than your shitty cars

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>>16099777
Yes but that's the joys of actual freedom. IF you have literally thousands upon thousands of dollars to blow you can get full auto weapons, suppressors, and all kinds of other crazy shit especially easily if you have the sheer cash to get a dealer's license. Even without one you can still have those things transferred to you by jumping through hoops. The rare minigun will show up on the market usually netting over $600,000 each.

>>16099602
>yachts
>planes
>homes
No.

>>16099796
I can get a decent quality one for $500. Can't say the same for cars.

>>16099602
Almost certain that if you go clubbing every weekend you'll spend far more than you would on cars

>>16099808
Who the fuck buys/collects houses for fun?

>>16099736
actual personal planes

>>16099806
>hurr durr gun more expensive than car because rare $600,000 gun
Nigger there are cars that cost that new, and tons of old stuff that is worth millions because of its rarity.

>>16099808
>wristwatches
>alcohol
>paintings
>artwork
>model wives

etc.

And here I thought my retro gaming habit was expensive.

>>16099817
"hobby" isnt really the word, more so interest. people who want a big showy luxurious house in the middle of the most expensive city.

>>16099642
No it's a [spoiler] dream ;__; [/spoiler]

>>16099602
Firearms and hunting.

My hunting plot... 1million dollars ( split between 4 families. , my share 250k)


My hunting gear including atv / horses/ dogs , maybe 75-100k

Permits in state no so bad maybe $35, out of state i have some lotterypermits that are 2500k a year and that isnt even the tag. That is for a chance to win one of 10 tags given in a year.

My safaris 40-65k . Ive done 2. I doubt i will get to do another with the new rules in place. Thanks obama.

Firearms.

I have guns that range from $1000 with optics that equal that. To a shotguns and a double rifle worth 30k each.
I am an extreme case. But not an abnormal case.


Your average hunter, still sends thousands of dollars a year in gear, guns, tags, and everything else that goes into it. Your dreaming if you think you just walk into the woods with a $500 gun and thats it.


And thats just the hunting side. On the gun side i k ow people who have collections valued over 3 million.

I know NFA collecters who pay 50k for a gun.

And ill be the first to say it. Guns are bot a necessity. I would argue that a car is , for most Americans

>>16099824
Forgot about artwork and jewelry. Touche.

>>16099832
Is this pasta?

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>>16099766

You think running a 150hp boat engine is bad? You can burn through $500 in gas a day easily in a 400+hp V8 ski boat.

Snowmobiling gets expensive when you hit the 300+hp 110 octane chute climbing levels, especially if your sled decides to tomahawk it's self off a cliff.

>>16099819
Well yeah, but just like there's guns that are worth insane amounts of money there's also cars that aren't worth shit. A sizable portion of the guns in that photo (someone's collection from /k/) are worth more individually than any of the running $1000-$2000 shitboxes on craigslist.

I didn't even originally argue for guns and hunting but it's wholeheartedly and honestly quite easily viable to get expensive just like any other hobby can.

Airplane collections are the most expensive hobby. Bar none. Guns? Yeah your $250,000 Machine gun is expensive, that's an *average* plane. You want something cool? You're going to pay millions. You want something fancy? Millions. Fast? Millions. Old? Millions. Sure you can get a cub for $30,000, but you're not collecting. You can keep all but the most vast gun collections in a large home. Plane collection? Get ready to spend millions for private hangars or a private strip.

>>16099832
Guns are a necessity and much like cars you don't need to buy new or fancy to get what you nees

>>16099850
WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU COMPARING COLLECTING EXPENSIVE GUNS TO HAVING A CHEAP SHITBOX? THAT'S LIKE COMPARING EATING RAMEN NOODLES AND PIZZA ROLLS TO DINING AT WORLD CLASS RESTAURANTS?

the "car hobby" doesn't exist on this board.

this board is 90% normies or failed normies. have you seen the pictures of the meets? rarely if ever a unique car.
I don't consider maintenance or buying a stock production car to be hobbyist behavior.

>>16099757
One of my clients owned 15 helicopters before he died this year.

His personal heli was a bell 222
His wife has a bell 206


They owned a number of bell and euro copters that he leased out to flight for life companies.

>>16099855
OP said mainstream.

>>16099865
All I was stating is that dude's partial collection is easily worth the same as some of the prides and joys you see posted on /o/ constantly.

The hobbies are literally comparable in price as both of them can be entered for literally chump change but scale upwards into million dollar collections.

>>16099888
Dude, you're legit autistic if you think being a shooting hobbyist is comparable to cars.
For 2 tracks days and a set of tires I can go buy a top of the line gun.
It's not even remotely comparable.

>>16099907
>two track days and a set of tires
2 grand max

>>16099907
What are you paying for track day?

My basic bitch precision rifle is 4k, scope 3k ,range finder $500, ammo $2.5 a shot.
1000yard range $700 a year for my club. Ive seen some that charge $125 per day of shooting to non members.

Im not saying trackday cant be expensive. But i think you underestimate the cost of shooting.

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>>16099907
Without factoring the cost of the custom built vault, this attorney's collection is worth several millions and pic related is only half the room.

But do go on about how guns are cheap and in no way comparable to cars.

>>16099913
Yeah in 2 grand in consumable materials in 2 days not including entry fees and fuel.
I could go buy the Focus RS of guns for $2k.

It's not comparable stop embarrassing yourself /k/tard

>>16099927
why so many bar thought ?

>>16099849
the 150 hp boat motors are just for recreational fishing
costs around 100$ in fuel to get to where the fish are tho

>Snowmobiling gets expensive when you hit the 300+hp
at that point you ditch the 80% slipping cvt and go direct drive ?
http://www.aaenperformance.com/V4_racing_engine.asp

>>16099934
>>16099927
Lets not fight.


The obvious answer is Tank collecting.

>>16099945
Fuddism. It can strike at any net worth.

>>16099880
>a stock production car to be hobbyist behavior.
an italian car is a hobby all of its own
and they do not stay stock for long given how shit the oem parts are

>>16099945
Different manufactures and models most likely, dude has like eight different thompsons in that picture.

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>cars being most expensive
>most expensive car is just a quarter of this planes value

>>16099927
>all those beautiful guns and he couldn't have picked better chairs?

those look scratchy and uncomfortable as fuck

>>16099924
Just because you're a shit any wish to blow all your money on hunting for some stupid reason doesn't mean it's more expensive.

$4k for a hunting rifle and $3k for a scope is way the fuck over the top. Other dude was saying 2 track days and tires. You're saying how you blew all this money on really nice rifles and property to shoot at, it's literally comparing apples and oranges.

>Car enthusiast
>Buys car, drives car on twisty roads in spirited manner
>Car cost $5k+ could have cost less but a decent conditions sporty car im gonna round to $5k

>Gun enthusiast
>has a decent collection of firearms
>pistol, shotgun, maybe a rifle or two
>supply of ammo
>can go innawoods and shoot for free or go to range that costs MAX $50 to shoot it, even though none of the local ranges in my area cost over $20.
>Overall cost $1k-$3k

Not the shit you're talking about with your stupid fucking $700 a year membership, $7k rifle, and expensive ass ammo. A proper comparison to you would be someone who buys an actual sports car, mods it, and then is at the track every weekend

>>16099996

Yeahhh but realistically owning a plane of is out of reach for 99% of the developed world. You can't really compare it to hobbies that normal people can actually buy into.

>>16099809
you cant
good guitars are about +1000u$a

>>16100061
Depends on our definition of good. I say a guitar's good if it has playable quality, and a good car is one that runs as intended with no further work.

I'd say the prices for each of those things are going to be noticeably different, but it could just be a subjective difference.

>>16099628
You just sounded like my math problem haha ha

>>16100117
dude weed lmao

>>16099602
grew up racing sailboats, cars are nothing compared to that.

>>16100518
>sailboats

Is there anything whiter?

>>16100525
Building ships in a bottle and stamp collections.

>>16099605
Most pilots are millionaires...and former billionaires

>>16099628
those numbers were way cheaper than I would have guessed desu

not much more than someone who actually thrashes their car on a track every weekend or two

>>16099865
Dude, having a decently modified AR can easily cost $1500, and that's a fairly standard part of the gun lover's starter pack. Plus, it's rare for gun owners to *just* have one or a couple guns (while most car people only have one to three cars unless they're very well off).

All the gun owners I know have at least $5k in rifles, shotguns, handguns, cases, accessories and ammo in their ownership at any given time.

While a car owner typically spends more on one or two collector/"fun" cars, gun collectors can easily blow $400- $2k on an average gun, and they'll own at least 4 or 5 guns (one or two hunting rifles and shotguns exclusively for use hunting, one or two trusty side pieces, one or two range guns, and a couple guns for plinking and/or for friends to shoot if they come along to the fun range).

That being said, I'd consider golf more of a normie pastime than car or gun collecting, and membership at a cheap golf club can easily run you $10k a year, plus you need golf equipment, which can run you $2k easily (and probably gets replaced/upgraded every 2-3 years, at least, if you play with any regularity). If you're talking about membership at a TPC club, that's probably more like $15k+, and that's still on the lower end of a lot of clubs in major metropolitan areas of middle America. The club nearest my house growing up was $30k per year for full members, $15k for pool and tennis only. Dues are annual, so it's like a never ending $1k/mo- $3k/mo car payment just to play golf a couple times a week for 6 months a year.

>>16099757
>mostly american garbage

Yeah were I alive and had a couple thou post 1949 I too would own 5+ surplus props and P-51s. Shit was sold off for cheap.

What a garbage "collection"

>>16099605
Is there a modding scene for airplanes?

Like, hot rods of the air?

I hear some people say WWII-era warbirds and replicas are basically this, but I'm curious if there's any modern scene for it.

As stupid as it sounds, it would be fun to see tuner-style planes and nights at the airstrip where pilots go hooning in their tricked out planes.

But I guess flying is too complex, regulated and expensive for anyone except buttoned shirt & khaki wearing pansies with their newest gulfstream to poo-poo all the cessnas and pipers on the lot.

Imagine where we could be right now is supersonic jet racing was a thing.

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>>16099771
that's not true you can get club of the knobs system for $30,000. it's an exact reproduction of the moog you posted, except it isn't a million dollars. cars i'd say get more expensive than that.

>>16100061
>fender MIM strat
>nitro finish
>500 bucks

lol

>>16099761
>replicates a shot he saw off tumblr a month ago. and thinks his good.
>faggot shoots in auto, maxes out the clarity slider, water marks the photo and calls it a day.
>does a long exposure of traffic, and jacks off to it.

Fuck outta here, kid.

>>16099770
>does cliche B&W shots of people in the streets.
>finds some vaguely abstract architecture and photographs the same shit 10 times
>all his work is uninspired """"artistic"""" high contrast crap.

Fuck outta here, kid.

Hobby $ POWER RANKING
>RV
>Boating
>DSLR
>GUN Collecting
>Synth
>Girl Friend
>Cars

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Speaking from experience I'm going to have to go with Yacht racing as the $$$$ hobby.. A new set of carbon racing sails for a 70 foot sled costs about $180,000 and you need 3 sets of those sails for different wind speeds and they only last 1-2 season of racing.. remember that doesn't even include the price of the boat.

>>16101377
>projecting
The difference between you and I??

I am an artíste; you are a fuccboi poser

>>16099806
>suppressors
Why are suppressors considered as "crazy shit"?

>>16099791
Owning a boat like this is less of a hobby itself than a part of a bigger hobby like fishing or sailing.

>>16102821
>Gun collecting above cars

Not really, unless you are purchasing some super rare or expensive shit.

>>16099849
I checked out Cigarette Racing lately, figured cars aren't that expensive a hobby compared to boats
>twin supercharged Merc V8s
>There's three of them
Probably burns more fuel to exit the marina thant my car burns in a month

>>16099766
>>16099849
>family owned old shit box 22ft Grady white
>250 Yamaha 2 stroke
>100 gallon gas tank
>0-3 mpg
>trailered it down to the florida keys for a week of offshore fishing when gas prices were $4+ per gallon
>tfw spent $1800 in gas

>>16099832
literally all you need for hunting are clothes and guns or a bow/crossbow, this has to be bait

home nuclear reactor powered 50 foot tall robot

>>16099602
Travel is more expensive. Thousands just for a couple of weeks.

Gambling is a hobby to many, I'd consider it expensive since you get nothing in return, it's a complete money sink.

>>16101371
This. They're not that expensive.

>>16102821
Whore collecting is inexpensive if done right.

>>16102858
>yacht
>racing

Isn't that an oxymoron?

>>16103194
>>>/m/

>>16099602

>cars
>mainstream

Buying a car does not make you an enthusiast.

I would say, by far, Automotive Enthusiasts require the largest investment of time in order to constantly keep pace with trends and tech growth. You have to constantly educate yourself - even if you focus almost entirely on older cars. Money isn't as big of an issue, as you can be a very successful enthusiast with a 1k Miata and occasional parts binging.

Hell, you don't even have to race to be an enthusiast. You don't have to modify cars to be an enthusiast. You just have to love them and be autistic enough to learn everything about them.

>>16102914
I wish I had $1,800.

Period. ;~;

>>16103258
Travel and gambling are also good points. Shit.

>>16099761
/p/ is an expensive hobby but nothing compared to /o/, unless you mean collecting vintage leicas in which case collecting high end vintage cars is even more expensive.

Most people will agree a D810 + holy trinity of zooms is high-end kit (without going into niche stuff) but only costs as much as a shitbox. I don't think it's possible to purchase any new car for less than that.

As for planes and boats i don't think I'd consider those mainstream hobbies. I know one person who flies planes as a hobby and none who are into boats

>>16102858
Isn't that pretty exclusive, though? I wouldn't consider that a mainstream hobby. Certainly not as popular as cars.

>>16100650

You literally lost at the start of your post. I own fourteen guns and never paid more than 500 for any of them. I've got 6 Pre-Great War rifles, three pre-ban Ak-47s, a shotgun, and a genuine Nazi service pistol.

You're just a retard who buys the gay flavor of the month call of faggot guns because you think you're an operator.

>>16103258
>Travel
shit, you're right. You can easily blow $10k on a one-week excursion to a beach somewhere.

>>16103304
it was split 5 ways but that's still a fuck load of gas for a 22ft boat. We used a whole tank of gas and oil on one of the trips that was 30 miles off shore in rough seas.

>>16102906
I know a couple of guys who used to do offshore racing and they told me that even if a team wins every race in a season they are still operating at a loss

>>16103325
>I own fourteen guns and never paid more than 500 for any of them.
Nice arsenal of useless milsurp, poorfag. Get back to me when you have a scorecard from literally any actual sport instead of spending your pittance of a disposable income on cheap trash that has no value beyond a conversation piece.

>preban AK
>less than $500
Okay, not poorfag, outright liar.

>>16103493
And your carry gun is probably shit, too.

>>16099642
This anon brings up a good point because women can be very expensive.

And coke.

>>16103331
You could also slum it and pay a fraction of that to travel somewhere for a week. But fair point, on average i think it's the only valid answer in the thread so far

>>16103130
>never gone hunting
Tags and license are already gonna put you back a few hundo.

Guns are definitely up around the cost of the shitboxes people here buy, anything worth telling people you own is gonna cost between $900 and $3,000 which is around the cost most people here pay for their projects. You then have ammunition, which is best bought in lots of 1,000 rounds, which is another $250-600 per caliber.

>>16103529
Travel can easily cost you nothing but gas, but by and large, it's definitely the most expensive answer ITT for people who travel as a hobby.

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>>16099602
>Are cars the most expensive mainstream hobby?

As a yuro who works on a """cool""" company filled with people mostly under 30 (myself included) I would say the most prevalent and expensive normie hobby around there is traveling.

Now traveling doesn't have to be expensive, but when you stay on those I-want-to-impress-people-on-my-instagram hotels in Thailand or god knows whatever the fuck else you want to go to have your "experiences" that will "enrich" your life or whatever other shit, it adds up real quick. I'd say that's the most common thing I see.

Some ladies are also into 4000€ purses and dresses and shoes and everything that can look remotely fashionable and has a ridiculous price tag.

>>16101371
>fender MIM strat
>good
kek

>>16099602
Boats.
RV's cost over $1mil for a nice one +the TONS of costs that go with it
Planes
Even mountain bikes cost more than a ton of cars on /o/
Nice golf membership can cost $15k a year or more + the cost associated

Cars CAN be expensive. It depends on how tard you go.

>>16099702
You can also buy that same style of helicopter for ~45k

>>16104186
enjoy dying in a crash

>>16102885
They aren't. Other crazy shit would be like $7000+ grenade launchers to exclusively fire chalk/flare rounds.

>>16104184
Camping and mtb can also be cheap. Your way of thinking is retarded

Audiophilia is more expensive I wager. It's the only hobby I know where there is no upper limit to what you can spend. $50000 per speaker is entirely possible and happens.

>>16104301
>cars can also be cheap
Your way of understanding the OP is retarded.

>>16099959
how are BARs Fudd-tier? It's a fucking light machine gun.

>>16104339
>cars can also be cheap

Never said they cant. What now?

>>16100011
>property to shoot at
Not him, but that's comparable with the track to do a track day at.

>>16101224
EAA

>>16099602
Top tier prostitutes are also expensive

>>16102866
Projecting? far from it. My job consists of essentially telling others their photos are great. I hear and see the same shit everyday from different people, and i'm so sick of it. To me you're the aggregate of pseudo-creative elitist shitheads.

with that said, you're no artist. Making a carbon copy of an indie rock album cover, or a HDR landscape off flickr isn't special. Saying you're an artiste feels like you're implying you're better than that asian tourist that takes landscapes during broad daylight with flash. At least have your own spin on a photo if you're going to take a picture with someone else's result in mind.

Fuck outta here, kid.

>

>>16099602
Photography is more expensive in some regards.

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>>16099602
It's expensive but any hobby is if you really want to get into it deep.

But yeah cars are pretty bad. You need at least a couple grand just to get into it at all, and then things are going to break and you need tools to work on them. Only difference is the car does serve a practical purpose so if you spend $10k on a car to get to work and then spend $500 every couple months on go-fast parts it really isn't bad.

Music is expensive. I have sunk a lot of money into fishing stuff recently too and I don't even have a boat. But both of those things you could easily get into for like $100 if you go cheap. And then there is BMX which isn't too bad depending how many parts you break but even then building a nice bicycle is like $1200-$1500 and you could spend $500 on a complete and it should hold up.

>>16099791
Microlites are to flying, what go-karts are to driving.

>>16099628
> boating
> expensive
nigga are you serious

fucktons of poor ass people live in the Sacremento Delta and have powerboats

do you live in fucking malibu

>>16099602

depends how you see it, i buy old cars for $500-$2000ish most of the time and fix them up myself, most i could make money on if i chose to sell them. the most expensive car i bought myself is a 1991 Toyota Crown royal saloon for $4000

i do all my work myself and such so its a cheap hobby and really my only hobby, stuff like photography and building computers where you have to keep up with new technology every 2-3 years is way worse

>>16099610
What kind of retard logic is that? You don't need to modify a car if you don't buy shit in the first place.

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Guitars and recording are the most expensive "affordable "hobies

>$4,000

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>>16107778
>$5,000

>>16099602
Uh no.
>Real Estate
>Yachts
>Private Jets
>LAND

>>16107778

>A block of wood with some wires tied to it
>$4,000

>>16101224
>>16099605
pilotfag here...It's slowly draining my bank account and It's hard to stay into car modifications with no money.

>Mfw we gauge fuel in gallons per hour

>>16107778
If you're paying more than 1k for any guitar then you're paying for the name.

>>16109170
>real estate
>land

>hobbies


Honestly bigass yachts and jets aren't even hobby items, just ridiculously expensive equipment that will be operated and maintained by other people to move your rich ass around the planet.

Collecting fine art/fashion/gemstones would all be valid rich people hobbies even though they still aren't mainstream.

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>>16109197
Keep going nigger

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>>16109227
At least the views never get old

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>>16109243
Fuck yeah dude. What rating you working on? CFI/MEI/CFII here just hit 1500 getting my ATP rating next month :)

>>16099824
>alcohol can be a ridiculous expense in the long-term.

>>16099786
Idk figure a nice full auto 50cal is going to be like 24k and then the ammo could easily it over 3k a range trip.

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>>16109254
SE/I working on multi in the coming year or so. hopefully I'll finish my commercial in the next year or two

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>>16109292
Keep at it bud. See you at the regionals.

>>16100557

This isn't true at all. "Most" pilots don't own an aircraft. A lot of private pilots are just middle class dudes who make big personal sacrifices for their hobby.

>>16101224

I would pay money to see a Fast & Furious style movie about this... I'm imagining some cheezy meet at an airstrip, scantily clad stewardesses, 10,000K landing lights strobing, and gaudy private jets with custom turbofans spooling up and flaming out.

>>16099850
>sizable

try 6, 4 if he's canadian

>>16107463
I really really like this picture. Mind if I save it?

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>>16110154
There was a thread on /diy/ about how to build a shipping container bumper and there were like 10 pics in the series. If it's not still going, it will be in the archives.

>>16107778
Still not as bad as drums. You can get a cheap guitar from a known brand for $100. If you want a cheap 5pc drum set from a major brand and a couple basic cymbals, you are already close to $1000. And recording them sucks because you need 10x as many mics and cables and stands. You replace strings for a few bucks, I replace heads and it is $200.

>>16099602
Nope. House flipping is.

>>16107778
*At most* you're paying $1000 to $2000 for the instrument (in reality, something like $500 is usually good enough). Maybe upwards to $5000 to $10000 for a fancy acoustic piano, but those are one-time investments with a little maintenance.

it ends up being very cost-efficient because you could be playing the same instrument for at least 10000 hours. Only issue is if you fall for the GAS mentality and buy like 10 electric guitars you don't even play, but even then that's still a tame hobby with reliable resale.

>>16107757
If you're not modifying your car then its not really your hobby now is it retard?

>>16110621
Not that guy but you can't be serious.

>>16099771
This and collectible guitars. Guitars are memes and the market realized you can price them up for whatever crap you can make up ('relic'd guitars) and people will pay.

Tfw one PRS can cost more than both my cars.

>>16104142
You're probably the kind of guy who buys American Elite guitars because they're the most expensive ones from the factory.

Most of the posts ITT are only looking at gear. What really hurts on cost is hobbies you have to travel for, especially when you don't get a ton of paid vacation so not only are you spending a ton of money doing something else, you also aren't making the money that you usually make while you do it. Cars can be this way if you race. I have ~$15k in bikes but have spent a lot more than that travelling around to races while taking time off work. This is where the cost gets really crazy for amateur car racing. You can get a competitive SPEC Miata with a trailer and all the fixings for $15k, but actually racing a bunch of events is going to dwarf that over a few years

>>16107467
Do they have all the fastest laptimes?