Was Your Dream Bike Purchase Worth It?

It's a simple question to those out there that finally upgraded and bought there dream/high end bike.

It could have been a present to yourself in retirement, a bonus at work made it possible, inheritance or whatever!

I want to know when you got it, did you finally go WOW this is what I've been waiting for, does it feel loads better, does it make you ride more, does it take your cycling to that next level that you didn't even know was possible???

Or did you think, 'hmmm this really doesn't feel that much different from my other bike that's 5x less expensive"......

Would love to hear your thoughts on this, as I have an opportunity to spend around £5k on a bike but don't want to do it and feel that regret when I'm still like an asmatic pit poney trying to get up a hill!