Do you care about car audio?


I like nice cars and I appreciate the fact that I've been fortunate enough to lease and drive some very nice ones.  I would never drive a luxury car out of warranty, but that's not my point.  My point is, as much as I love audio, I never really had any urge to upgrade my car audio system.  Whatever came with the car was totally satisfactory to me.  Right now, my car came with a somewhat upgraded Meridian stereo, but it is not the full-blown surround/subwoofer deal.  It sounds fine and I've never wanted more than a standard decent car radio had to offer.  
Do you people have any enthusiasm for upgraded car audio as opposed to stock?  Then again, truth be told, I've never listened to the fancy car setups and I might be tempted if I thought it was that much more enjoyable.  Who knows. 
chayro
Got me looking at those very thick battery cables....could the sound of my car audio be improved?
I have a new Hyundai Sonata N-Line and it came with Bose 12 speaker premium audio and I have to say it sounds spectacular.  I listen mostly to HD FM Radio, and Sirius Radio.  Easily the best sound system I’ve ever had in a car, even better than the premium system in my wife’s Lincoln.
Gas is $5.00/gallon now in California.
Prices are going nowhere but north.

Stay home and listen to your system.

If I had a Ferrari or Lambo, I wouldn't bother with audio. A V12  symphony is all that's necessary.
When I bought my Camry many years ago I got the upgraded soundsystem. It sounds very good but unfortunately the car is a bit noisy. I can still though listen to all kinds of music on it from digital recordings to vintage recordings going back to the 30s. As opposed to my home system where I don’t even like listening to mono recordings on it except for well produced mono lps.

I have a huge cd collection and was looking for a used car only a few years old and hate the fact that they stopped putting cd players in cars I like a little while ago. I certainly don’t want to go to the bother of ripping cds. I just want to grab them and put them in a car player. Some cars still have cd players but they’re not models I’m interested in.
Yes, the sound of my car stereo is very important.
I spend an hour and a half commuting each workday, and because of that, I spend more time listening to the car stereo than my home stereo.It’s not super high dollar (less than $500 for the stereo and speakers), but it’s good enough to make the factory stereo in the family van sound pretty bad by comparison.