Funny thing is, I took my other half to the Port Solent meet a fair few years ago where I met Keyser and Buster. I'd just finished a huge amount of mods with a lot of expenditure, exhaust, NOS, Plenum Spacer, Uprev etc. Spent a fortune!! Whilst eating lunch I'm sure it was Bob, he said "So Wasso, all these recent mods must have cost about £7k" (Mrs right next to me) "Nah, Nah was only about £2k Bob" Mrs didn't clock Bob looking at me as if I'd just jumped off the Banana Boat!! Bob said "no way mate must have cost way loads more than THAT!" - "Nah Bob got a deal didn't I!" ;)
Bob didn't look convinced, but my other half was pleased on hearing I got a "deal". All mods therefore accepted at that point.
How the V8 story will go I don't know. If I'm not around on the forum for a while, take it that my Mrs knows the real cost and I've been castrated or something!!