Hey I'm just answering the question, yeah? We do it. It's not that hard. You pay the overhead upfront and have fewer surprises. Read the "Hollywood Secrets" book, it makes a lot of IMO good points.

I once helped a guy build a go-cart out of an old lawn mower engine and a bed frame. It was a lot of fun. We didn't do any research, we just made it.

If I'm provisioning a commercial fleet (for a delivery service or something) I'm going to do my homework to make sure the cars we deploy are low-maintenance, high-mileage, with a good safety record, etc.