Eeeeerm Buck steady on old chap.
Centaurus wasn't exactly hanging stuff on Victas' per se, and;
What does whether he does or does not have the money to buy one have to do with the discussion.?
That BTW is a rhetorical expression.
I don't have the money to buy a HS748 for example, but it doesn't disqualify me, or anyone else for that matter, from having some views about its shortcomings.
His concern was that an example of a beautiful aircraft, that becomes rarer by the day was being left to the elements to decay.