Investing in your ride

In what ways have you guys invested in your ride?
How long did it/or will it take you get your ride to exactly how you want it?  

everyone invests at least money, and a lot of it. i have only done a few mods and am already near the 2k mark. for those of us who do most if not all our work, we invest countless hrs, blood, sweat, tears, and a lot of knuckle skin.

most tuners will never have the car the way they want it.  
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the godfather has spoken
R.I.P. GRANDPA PITT AUG 10, 1930 - SEPT 30, 2010

hey godfather3g, why is it that the tuners will never have their car the way they ultimately want it?  

because the market is never ending. so you build a honda with some power, you see an awd car role buy, you go out and buy one of those, you build it up, have some fun with it, you see some guys drifting around the track, you go out buy a rwd so you can learn how to drift. once you finish all of that, you want to get back to the basics of tuning again, so you go out and buy another honda or similar fwd car. you see the cycle. not only that but companies are always producing better aftermarket parts.  
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the godfather has spoken
R.I.P. GRANDPA PITT AUG 10, 1930 - SEPT 30, 2010

And even to that extent tuners and kids all want to be faster and keep on trying to maximize the performance of their cars. and when it comes to aftermarket parts there is an endless possibility of what to do with your car.  

Car modification is a never ending process I think...