I love bike riding and as a FIRE reward bought a new brand new, super light carbon fiber road bike (a Cervelo R3 for the aficionados). It is friggin' awesome!!
We bought a brand new 29 foot sail/race boat 3 years after I retired. The best boat we ever owned IMO. We just sold it in Jan and got 80% of our $ back, so we’re happy, got our money’s worth for 4 years. But I knew from experience which sailboats (unlike powerboats), well maintained, can bring a big chunk back in resale - or I wouldn’t have sunk the money in to begin with. After 5 boats, I think we’re done with that very expensive pastime. I can sail on OPB all I want now.
I got back into golf again, way, way less expensive...
I’m guessing Dura-Ace and Campagnolo as in bicycles?top of the line Durace. I am more of a campy guy but have to admit the Durace is very nice.
top of the line Durace. I am more of a campy guy but have to admit the Durace is very nice.
my "splurge" was woodworking equipment. So after 2 1/2 years I still have all of my digits and a ton of saw dust and a few nice projects finished.
A tiny new Airstream travel trailer to visit the state and national parks, eliciting comments like, "What's that? Can you actually sleep in that thing?"
A tiny new Airstream travel trailer to visit the state and national parks, eliciting comments like, "What's that? Can you actually sleep in that thing?"
A tiny new Airstream travel trailer to visit the state and national parks, eliciting comments like, "What's that? Can you actually sleep in that thing?"
Way cool! We either have or have on order passes for national, California State and a regional parks this year.
I was one of the smart ones and got the $10 lifetime Senior Pass for our national parks some years ago when I qualified for it. Great deal, and it has saved a bunch of money over the years.
Alas, I set it down on the console of my new car and at the first use of the brakes it slid into the nether regions. Many efforts to retrieve it went for naught, and I finally determined that only by completely disassembling the console would I be able to get at it
Went to the dealer with my sad story and learned that it would be at least a couple hundred bucks to do that, so I gave up and shelled out $80 for a new pass. I'm still way ahead of the game, so it's not really a problem, but please be careful of that national park pass!
I was one of the smart ones and got the $10 lifetime Senior Pass for our national parks some years ago when I qualified for it. Great deal, and it has saved a bunch of money over the years.
Alas, I set it down on the console of my new car and at the first use of the brakes it slid into the nether regions. Many efforts to retrieve it went for naught, and I finally determined that only by completely disassembling the console would I be able to get at it
Went to the dealer with my sad story and learned that it would be at least a couple hundred bucks to do that, so I gave up and shelled out $80 for a new pass. I'm still way ahead of the game, so it's not really a problem, but please be careful of that national park pass!
A tiny new Airstream travel trailer to visit the state and national parks, eliciting comments like, "What's that? Can you actually sleep in that thing?"