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All depends. Surprise, right?

It’s really hard to quote a definitive price for something until we both understand what something is, you know? It’s one reason a Maserati and a Matchbox don’t both cost $500.

Still, with that car analogy in mind—and for orders-of-magnitude estimates only, please—my out-the-door price for a one-day visit inside the lower 48 starts around the price of a nice Honda Civic. Goes up from there.

You know, they install that TruCoat at the factory. There’s nothing we can do about it.