Which cost more: your system or your car?

I spend way too much on my cars and they give me a lot more trouble than my system does. So far I've got a lot more invested in the stereo, although with the addition of the EV the cars are catching up...

I can't quite figure out exactly (secretly, I don't want to know).

I started modding my Corvette Z06 a while back with Katech Racing (famed Corvette racing team engine and chassis developers), heads and cam set ($6500). After that is was all downhill. I got into racing as a hobbyist, well with some sponsors so to speak. Anyway, headers, both street and race, open pipe exhaust system, different nufflers for racing, full Corvette T1 racing suspension which is way stiffer then any other car I have ridden in, Porsche GT3, Turbo, M3, AMG, etc. Motor balanced and blueprinted, then all of the coolers, rear end, tranny, engine oil, aluminum racing radiator, heavy duty hose kits (think 9 gauge cables, ha) cross bar, specially made rear end gears, top speed autobahn gears (185MPH plus) and track gears (Hockenheim), carbon fiber heat extractor hood, specially designed race breaks (modified Porsche GT3) from Movit.de and the list goes on. After several engines, a few trannies and a lot of clutches, I was really depressed when the car was down, so I started getting back into my hi-fi as a hobbyist, well before I know it, I am enjoying that much better, because it never dies and is pleasantly fun, versus the adrenaline rush of racing around a track with only millimeters between you and the other car.

I love racing and attacking the autobahn with all my racing experience makes the simplest of drives feel as if I am still on the racetrack (not good, when the spouse is with you). With everything invested in my car over the years, I have paid for my car twice.

In the audio domain, I think I will surpass that within the next few few years as I keep buying LP's, and looking at getting bigger mono tube amps. No more mods for the hi-fi, yeah right.

As most of you have probably done, costs are accumulative over a period of years. I don't want to think about what I spent anymore, it will just give me headaches.
Ciao,
Audioquest4life

It used to be my system.

Then I came across the Rega Isis/Osiris, now the car's purchase price was more than this.

A more pertinent question would be:

What cost more your system or your music collection?

Avon,

I wouldn't say more pertinent, but maybe more interesting. My question ran to the application of disposable income among this crowd on traditional "big ticket" items (car) vs. this peculiar madness. Yours runs to a different set of prioities - music vs music toys. My question implies (or, at least, intended to imply) no value judgement (neither luxury car nor luxury system purchase is particularly "honorable"), your question sort of does invite a judgement - if you believe that the music is more important than the system (like I do), anyway.

To your point, I think that my music collection, like my system, probably falls between the price of my car and my wife's. It's a tougher calculation, though (too many small purchases) to state with confidence.

System