Do it. .Do it!. .DO IT!!
You could always fly lager louts from Lootnairpawt to Oy-Oy-Oybeetha later in life if that's your ultimate bag, baby - but go that route now and you may never know what it's like to see transonic jump at 250' (honest, m'lud) chasing mud movers whilst trying to get a decent 'winder growl....
Yes - we whinge about this and that, but those are minor bleats; at the end of the day most of us can't get enough of mil-spec flying!!
SO DO IT!!!!!!!!!