She does and is happy to encourage
After the last Alps trip "she gets it"

As Shipley & S2000Si say it is also a hobby, I know some on here spend ALOT more on their hobbies
I test drove AM Vantage, Z4M's and a few other £40-50k cars
None excited me or gave "tinkering" potential
That £43k is mainly over the last 3-4 years
Could have lost that much in depreciation on a nearly new car over that time!

Any way I'm off to see how much Mugen Hard tops are

 

Mugen hard top .... *visible dribble* i would love some more disposable income hehe

 

Just wait until the huge bonnet scoops come in.
And the home made paint jobs done with a masonry brush.

We must be pretty close to it now.

 

You've already had carbon bonnets with daft scoops .... doesn't our very own AE have a car labelled 'chavmobile'

 

I try
Besides the money I've put a lot of time and research in to it
(plus some trial and error mixed with a few mistakes )

BTW if you want to see an understated S that has had 2-3 times more than mine spent on it!

Do a search on Diez's car

 

Not sure.