I can definitely understand not bringing it out when snow and salt is on the ground. The second part of your statement is a shame. It also seems fairly common that someone invests this kind of time and money only to sell it very shortly after. Just look at how many TS blowers are on the market with less than 10k miles on them.
Well the deal with that was the purchase of my VETTE the two are completely different driving experiences for sure. I will be driving it next week hopefully weather permitting. We are swimming now in all this damn rain we are having it is crazy how much rain fell today.