When I was 19 years old I had a $425 ten year old 1960 MGA that was most of my net worth. Paid for by washing dishes for the airlines.
I had to repair it once a month for 4 years.


Now I am 71 years old and have a ~~$2000 18 year old 2004 BMW mini that was given to me.
I have the gas station change the oil. Looking under the hood, it would be like watch repair.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps