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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. 
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My new BMW comes with Acoustic glass option to reduce road noise. Thicker glass all around,  It actually works quite well. I always get a higher end car stereo in all my cars. I think its a bargain compared to what you'd pay for a stand alone system. 

Porsche for instance, you get an entire Burmester system for around 6k. That would be an impossible feat if you bought the components separately. Granted, car audio will never sound as good because of small spaces and glass all around. But, of course, it makes a huge difference.
So far I've tried : 

Bose in Maserati GT - complete trash 
Bose in BMW - garbage 
HK in BMW - acceptable  sound 
Bang Olufsen in BMW - better than HK but quite mediocre 
Mark Levinson in Lexus - quite good 
Bowers and Wilkins in BMW - so far best sound I've heard 

Jeep currently features Mcintosh system in their SUV's. Im curious about that. Has anyone heard it yet? 
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