OK, let me try to clarify my position on this make-or-buy issue. I am mainly responding to marklynn70 because his post quoted mine, and I think he misunderstood my meaning. If I am the one that is confused about what is going on, please straighten me out.
I made my first post in this thread because marlboromike told sb4 that he made the "wrong choice" when he made his own wind restrictor. I disagree with that statement, because I believe that if you have the time, means, and desire to make something of your own instead of buying it, that there is more satisfaction in doing so. It was not my intention to put anyone down for buying anything instead of making it, and I am sorry if that was the impression that I gave. I buy a great many things, either because I do not have the time, means, and desire to make them, because I cannot make something that is of high enough quality, or because the making of that something requires a talent that I do not possess. I tried to make that clear in my second post.
There are very few original ideas in the world, most things are based on borrowed ideas. There are currently three supporting vendors that sell a wind restrictor that is fundamentally a sheet of plastic that sticks out of the trunk opening. Robert's is certainly the most artistic of the three, but I do not think that he invented the concept. If I wanted an engraved wind restrictor I would buy it from him, but my personal preference is to have a plain one, and, since I think I can cut, drill, and polish a piece of plastic adequately, I will probably follow sb4's lead and make my own. This will not make my wind restrictor better than the one you bought from Robert, and having made it will not make me think that I am a better person than you. But I will get more satisfaction from making it than I would from buying it.
I do not think that I ever suggested that anyone who bought something instead of making it is lazy. I certainly do not believe it, so again, I am sorry if that is the impression that I gave. We all have priorities, and making things is not, and should not be, everyone's. If I did not enjoy making things, I wouldn't do it.
I did not join this forum, or post to this thread, to seek conflict. I did both to support those that have interests that are similar to mine. Unfortunately, sometimes conflict arises from discussion, and I hope that this explanation has relieved some of it.