Ernie, in Evan's defense you really "can't take it with you." And if he has kids, the chances are they're going to sell his cars anyway, maybe at loss, maybe breaking even, but undoubtedly not returning what a good index fund would.
Buying what he did makes him happy. Believing what he does makes him happy. Buying something else and having higher money numbers on paper would not make him happy. He did the right thing.
Afterthought -- Even if I had a
billion dollars in the bank, if buying a Cobra I would still buy an ERA, and would still spec it out exactly the same way that I did. I would do like Jay Leno, and not buy a real one.