Ignorance is expensive

I take my S2000 into the dealer because one of the headlamps doesn’t work. I know the headlamps aren’t cheap because the Xenon lamps are typically a $200-500 option. So they tell me the bulb is $200. This isn’t a huge surprise, the problem is that I know nothing about cars and I’m too lazy to actually figure out what I could save on the headlamp. The bigger problem is that they call me back after investigating the fix and they tell me that the in addition to the bulb and the inverter is broken and will cost me another $300 + labor. I have no idea what an inverter is or does they could be completely making it up, but I’m paying through the nose for it. I’m half expecting them to call me tomorrow to tell me that it’s going to cost me $1k to fix my flux capacitor.

I’ve decided the following about myself: I would rather spend money on avoiding things that I don’t want to do instead of doing those things and saving money to buy things that I want. So I’d spend money to let someone else fix my car rather than doing it myself and buying a new game. I also have a hard time spending money on clothes. Tracy however doesn’t necessarily spend the same way. So whenever I need a new shirt, I let her buy me a shirt that I wouldn’t buy myself because it’s too expensive. Silly yes, but I’m a deep, complex man.