I had an uncle that loved tinkering with cars. He'd buy someone's old classic car for pennies on the dollar, then spend 9 months and thousands of dollars on parts and accessories to get it running. He knew what he was doing, and he'd have that car purring - but it took months to see results. I'm the kind of guy that walks into the dealership and drives out with a new car that may have cost a little more, but I knew would run flawlessly with zero effort on day 1. There's your analogy...