See the thing is.....
when people mention the spares that would be a good idea to get it all makes sense but apart from say a chassis, bearings and bulkheads the parts mentioned pretty much equal a whole car anyway. lol
After all there's not much to cars nowadays from what I've seen. The fastest cars the ones most recommended are pretty much skeleton like anyway.
And I assume the model shops I have called were telling the truth when they said No you couldn't buy a cars worth of parts for less than the price of a boxed kit?