He will regret it once the tours and galas start
Merr, depends. Some of the galas this year sound good, but quite frankly there's only one gala I insist on doing this year, that being the tractor fest on the MNR
Tours, merr, if I get to do even one this year then all good, if not c'est la vie. I prefer my HSTs anyway, so I don't have to do tours at the moment. Perfectly happy to accumulate mileage all day long on a ranger or some such.
As for theblackwatch's original query, most of my mileage has been accumulated on cheap rangers and rovers. Most expensive bash of the year was the GC one which was paid for with money kept over for just such an occasion from Christmas 2009. Everything else hasn't cost me a great deal, and you'd be surprised just how much you can build up on a FoSS rover if you don't mind what traction you get and do long distance, high speed moves. Which suits me down to the ground.
Having done that rover, it's all back to normal tomorrow now, although since I've got a bitch of a cold at the moment I sure ain't going outside.
Final update to come from me tomorrow, once I've ensured my mileage is correct
