Nobody brings five real cars to a show all by themselves, but five model cars fit nicely in a box. You can buy five model cars at once without signing any loan papers. Written by Tom Geiger as appeared in the Music City Modelers Newsletter. You don't have to scrape snow and ice off your model cars' windshields on winter mornings. It's a whole lot cheaper to paint them.
Replacement parts are a lot less expensive.
You can make a modest salary and still afford a '99 Corvette. It doesn't cost mega bucks to insure. They won't disturb the neighbors, even in full race gear. There's no trash to pick up that your kids threw on the back seat floor. You don't have to deal with a pushy salesman when you go buy one.