I dont like doing things twice. Simple as that.
Because like every project as you dig into them more bugs creep out. Any good project should have a buffer for those bugs in the budget.
$4k was a off the cuff number. If it ends at 5 or 6 or anything less than 10 and runs like I want it to, it should hang along side cars 3+ times its “budget”.
Never the less I am still under the original budget, by $300 or so even with the bottom end parts.