What Would you Trade your System FOR?

An endless supply of live concerts with all the frills (I'll leave the groupies out since my wife is old fashioned that way). That would, of course, include all the frills mentioned by Albert and Sean.

Plan B (even less likely): A brainwashing of the world so everyone accepts one another for who they are and I forget my obsession for getting the next tweak right.

Nice post. Thanks.

very true the viper is fast but after 15 minutes boring. the ferraris are the most fun to drive, agreed. if you can afford the mantinence, buy one. the 540i 6 speed kicks ass. good choice. the porsche 911 turbo is the best bang for the buck. easy to modify to outrun anything. the 928 is the sleeper awsome road car. but a pain in the ass . drives better than any thing for road. v8 power to.

No one mentioned the M5 (1 Mr. + 4 Mistresses) It rocks!

I drove an M5 and was not into it for the $$$, thought the S8 would walk all over it. Maybe not as fast but more refined. The M5 is a little raw to drive, kinda like a CLK 55 AMG they are great and fast as the dickens but untamed and hard to drive. I am looking forward to the new Bugatti, 1001 horsepower!! I probably will never get a chance to drive one though, dang it!

I have never seen or heard of, much less driven, most of the cars you guys are obsessing about! Are they really that spectacular? I drove my friend's BMW 323i a few times and that is the absolute best, smooth shifting, smooth- and FAST-accelerating car I have ever driven. I used to drive a Jetta, now I drive a Mazda MPV automatic (to accommodate two black Labs and various speaker boxes and amps and stands, etc.), so I guess I am an incredible naif about these things. Still, to give up my stereo system for a CAR? Never. But for what Cornfed said, all my expenses, incurred as I wish, for as long as I live? YES.
Could someone very briefly state why the car thing is such a fetish? I could tell the huge difference between the BMW and anything else I've driven, but why go over the top into those formula 5 or whatever race cars?
sarah