What was your last "serious" plane, Funfly?
is was a beautiful looking, all glass but ill fated Kiss Cruiser which was unfortunately destroyed just after I sold it.
I think a fair few VFR-only owners give up for "getting fed up" reasons, but not so many IFR pilots do that.
well, I also found the IFR a very enjoyable learning experience and improved my own flying a lot.
In the end it was the ratio of: where to fly to / the effort of getting the aircraft out / the poor weather / the cost.
It should also be pointed out that being a sole owner of an aircraft is LONELY.