... took the car in to get the annual inspection and they had to replace the front two tyres and adjust the tracking ... $1,200 for that (last month), and it's back in the shop today for a new clutch, so that's another $1,200 ... and once you throw that much money into a car/van/whatever, you want to get your money's worth out of it (or you're in love with it and don't want to let it go) and yet in the back of your mind you're hearing ... "and the next expensive bit to go will be ... ???" and "but if you got something else, it might need all the same expensive work doing you've just paid for, so stick with what you love"...
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... took the car in to get the annual inspection and they had to replace the front two tyres and adjust the tracking ... $1,200 for that (last month), and it's back in the shop today for a new clutch, so that's another $1,200 ... and once you throw that much money into a car/van/whatever, you want to get your money's worth out of it (or you're in love with it and don't want to let it go) and yet in the back of your mind you're hearing ... "and the next expensive bit to go will be ... ???" and "but if you got something else, it might need all the same expensive work doing you've just paid for, so stick with what you love"...
... I think it's a metaphor :-)