OPTING TO UPGRADE

My editor asked me, “Is the Performance Center upcharge worth it?” My reaction was “Well, yeah.”

“Really?”

So, I had to break the gun writer’s oath and actually do some real thinking and work. Just kidding, just kidding!

Let’s put this in terms of something a lot of you will be familiar with: house upgrades.

You’ll be told by contractors that upgrades are good. They increase the value of your home and make it more livable. Well, yes and no. Some are good, others are not so much.

Let’s say you’re tired of the decades-old color scheme on the walls. You decide to have them washed and painted. You add onto that by having the hardwood floors sanded, stained and