I appreciate the sentiment, but I prefer to protect the old machine. (I have put well over $13,000.00 into a machine I purchased for $4000.00) It is worth the extra 10 cents per gallon to reduce the wear on the engine.
You have to pay to play. It is worth it.
Yesterday, I paid $5.04.9 for Premium Unleaded Gasoline at a new Marathon station in Forest Grove, Oregon. (It has a little more than 80k on the clock, so putting low-quality fuel in my 2000 Jaguar XK8 isn't a viable option.)
People laugh when I show them either my Stainless S&W Centenial Airweight (in .32 H&R Magnum) or Charter Arms Undercoverette (also in .32 H&R Magnum). When I demonstrate who well they function, you would be surprised how quickly the smirk runs away from their faces.
Half the time most shooters grab some striker-fired 9mm and pretend to be Jack Reacher or James Bond. More often than not, they couldn't hit a bull in the rump with a banjo.
Too old, soon. Too late, smart.
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