"If you can afford to keep that 308 then you don't need to be worrying about the upkeep cost of an old 123...."

I did not make any assumptions about how you got it....

I am saying that the cost of KEEPING an old 123 .... meaning the same type maintenance having to be done by a shop .... I would think would be something like One Tenth that of a 308.....

And nevermind the difference in having a car that you can afford to just carry liability insurance on... and park it anywhere you want because there are all sorts of parts cars sitting around...

As a teenager I was just SURE I wanted a 275 LM....