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Old 01-23-2010, 03:06 PM   #9 (permalink)
Bicycle Bob
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I hope you have some idea of the time and expense involved in making a car from scratch, to a standard that other people would ride in it. Homebuilt aircraft are much simpler, on average, and usually have plans and other support available. 10% of them are completed by the first builder, 10% by the second, and 10% by the third, with 70% being scrapped before use. Most cars have more man-years just in design work than you have available in your whole life. There are a few exceptionally talented builders; have you been astounding people with your other projects? Energetically, custom cars only pay off if they have features that get copied in production cars.
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