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What is your most expensive hobby? Some here think pen turning is but others have much more expensive hobby's. What's yours?
I'll start it off. I've had Street rods and or Muscle cars for the last 30 years, right now I have a 1965 Chevelle and am building a 1936 Chevy two door sedan into a street rod, pen turning is cheap compared.
 
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I road raced motorcycles for several years. 1992 was crazy, 18 venues on the east coast. After it was done, let's just say I accumulated a little debt. I decided to get out from under it by selling some stock. If you look at today's value of the stock I sold, 1992 cost me over $100,000.
 
Mine was r/c racing for a very long time. Cycling is probably currently my most expensive hobby if you include all of my bikes, plus the kids mountain bikes and all the support gear. Although I'm not certain it really qualifies as a hobby.
 
If you think having a wife is an expensive hobby, you wouldnt want to have a girl friend and a wife!:biggrin: Now that gets to be expensive.

However my most expensive hobby was Trap shooting. Between the trap leagues, money shoots, practice rounds and registered ATA targets, I averaged a thousand rounds a week for almost 3 years straight. I reloaded most of my shells. I went through so many I didnt even bother to box them. Just dumped them into 5 gallon buckets and hauled them that way. you can get more than 400 shells in a 5 gallon bucket.
 
My most expensive hobby was my 120 gal saltwater reef tank and another 30gal reef tank in my office. Money going in with almost nothing in return.
 
I have a few. Cars and more cars. I have two Lumina,s one super charged and the other waiting for a S/C. Bussy with an AC Cobra and two Lotus 7's. I build giant scale planes and then the photography of course go with that. Canon D5 Mk 111 plus a lot of L lenses. All this is much more expensive than the wife

Donovan
 
Well I would have to think that my woodturning in general has been my most expensive hobby. Scuba Diving was up there but this has way surpassed that.

Lin.
 
Roy, I'm kinda like you. I've always had some kind of car around. Have one now as a matter of fact. Sold my '62 Corvette in 2006 and got double what I paid for it but only half what I had in it. Same story with my '62 T-bird.
 
Been thru old cars (only have 2 left), RC planes, helos and cars, and lately Model Railroading. And I still keep buying pen stuff even though sales have been pretty flat. Keep hoping.

My hobbies all seem to go -- spend a ton of money, have some fun, then have problems I had little patience for, then give them up. Done this too many times.

Jeff in northern Wisconsin
 
I think my most expensive hobby has been wheelin. I was stationed in Utah, and had a 93 Jeep YJ. Lifted, 2 sets of wheels, all of the spare equipment, spare, parts, and so on. Then when I moved to Tx, I gave it up for Harleys.
 
My two most expensive hobbies are fly fishing and wood working. Since I have all the fishing gear I'll ever need for fly fishing, that leaves wood working and pen building as my most expensive hobby. That said, I've recently gotten into keeping snakes as pets, something I did when I was a kid. While I am very conservative in that I only have three snakes, the expenses aren't too bad. However, for people who get addicted to this hobby, it can be VERY expensive. Some of the people on the websites I visit will pay well over $10,000 for a single snake with the highest amount I've ever heard of is $100,000,000 for a blue eyed albino python; the only one ever found in the wild. He uses it for breeding purposes and sells the offspring for $50,000+ to people who have more money than sense.

Jim Smith
 
Horses. Without a doubt. Hay is very expensive, around $12.00 per bale and I use a little over a bale a day. Tack, vets, trailers, trucks to pull trailers, more tack, grain, farriers and so it goes. So what makes such an expensive hobby worth it? "I love you Daddy!"
 

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Probally my most expensive would be my hunting. Between all the firearms, different gear and travel cost, it gets on up there. Then there's the taxidermy bill every year, but we won't discuss that in case my wife see's this
 
Auto Racing. By far the most expensive thing I have ever done. 50 grand for a motor and you need a couple. A grand for a set of tires and you need a couple of sets for a weekend. Then you have the truck, the trailer, tools, travel expenses, food, and entry fees. Eighty bucks for a quart of racing brake fluid and you have to bleed the brakes after each on track session. If the car is involved in an accident replacement parts are a big expense. The only way to make a small fortune in racing is to start with a large one.
 
Mine was by far the automobile. I bought a brand new 2007 Saturn Ion Redline thinking how much fun it would be. Speeding tickets, supercharger/engine/cooling/programming modifications, tires, brakes, more tickets, track entry fees, license reinstatement, inability to secure a decent job with my driving record, etc added up over time. Now days I agree with MarkD. If my wife finds interest in it, I go WAY overboard on buying stuff (same thing goes for my boys).
 
What ever my current hobby is. Tend to go over board. Had aquariums, vintage midget race car (still have that) Woodworking, Pen turning, Indy 500 memorabilia, which in includes a very large collection of 1:18 die cast indy cars historical documents and pictures. Built model cars until carpel tunnel got to bad, Got rid of Aquariums, and in process of getting rid of model stuff. Still woodworking and pen turning tools will keep them until I get to old.
 
I used to do a lot of Bass Fishing. Had the whole rigged-up boat and lots of expensive equipment. Had to give it up because of serious back problems. Should have just burned hundred dollar bills on the front lawn. Now it is the grandchildren. You would not believe how much a full week at Disney World with Park Hopper tickets and a deluxe dining plan costs. Much more fun though and great memories.
 
Flying. I had to give it up when the kids started showing up. It became difficult to justify punching holes in the sky for $120/hour when college funds needed filling. I'm hoping to get back into it someday.
 
Music- Currently own a Ovation 6-string guitar, Ovation 12-string guitar, Washburn electric bass & amp, bag of electronic gear, and a Masterworks 16/15c hammer dulcimer & stand.
 
From what I've witnessed I would have to cast my vote for boats. Having horses would be right there too. I avoid both!

Penturning seems to be a self-sustaining hobby for me.
 
Horse Racing

Did some Standardbred (Harness) racing/breeding in the late 60s early 70s - got my first horse as a gift. Don't take it up unless your pockets are real deep.

Also boating, I had a 24 foot off-shore boat.$35.000 for the boat, about $2000 in fishing and other stuff on the boat, $1200 insurance and a 105 gallon fuel tank and you could empty it in one day if you went out far enough. I never went out more than 40 miles myself but do that in 4 foot seas and a small boat and you find out what it means to be bounced around like a cork. Kept the boat for 3 years and dropped about $100K.
 
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Rchan63 said:
My most expensive hobby was my 120 gal saltwater reef tank and another 30gal reef tank in my office. Money going in with almost nothing in return.
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Had a saltwater tank for almost 16 yrs. Even transported it (with the stupid fish) from NJ to OH... Once bought a tiny, tiny, 1" surgeon fish (it was EVIL :eek:). It tore all my 5"-6": fish to pieces within minutes... No kidding, I couldn't get the net in time to scoop it up before I had a... graveyard... (sushi...).

Very few problems in all the years until,... went on vacation with a 1 week automatic feeder all prepped... had a power outage... a very smelly mess! :at-wits-end:
 
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