The cost of a car

Bimbo Jones · 03-11-2010, 12:09 PM

The cost of building a race car reminds me of the mindset of someone after they've played poker. Most guys when asked how did they do they reply they about broke even. Translation, they lost a bunch. As with race cars we tend to not count the small items we obtained with out of pocket purchases. Very few of us really ever admit to others, wives, or ourselves what we actually paid totally after the project is completed. If a guy can keep the price of their project to less than a 30% over their budget I think they have done a pretty good job. In my class within a 50% over predicted costs.

03-11-2010, 12:09 PM	#8
Bimbo Jones Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 109 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: The cost of a car The cost of building a race car reminds me of the mindset of someone after they've played poker. Most guys when asked how did they do they reply they about broke even. Translation, they lost a bunch. As with race cars we tend to not count the small items we obtained with out of pocket purchases. Very few of us really ever admit to others, wives, or ourselves what we actually paid totally after the project is completed. If a guy can keep the price of their project to less than a 30% over their budget I think they have done a pretty good job. In my class within a 50% over predicted costs.