I don't watch "sports", and I stay productive.
My wife of almost 40 years is frugal to a fault as well.
I can't get her to spend any of "our" money.
I have to do it.
Both of our parents went though that real Depression in 1929.
And her mother was on of 8 children who's father died during it.
Coal miner. You can imagine.
"Depression Mentality" was a real thing.
We learned.
The way I look at it is these cars not an investment from a monetary perspective.
They may never be in the black.
But spending money on them is the only "vice" that I have.
And I can use them for transportation.