"Performance, safety and reliability" Jim hit the nail on the head. I am proud to say that at this time my VS has achieved all these parameters in spades.
Jim left out "return on investment"---shows how smart he is! I'd leave it out too as I'll never see the $$$ back I have in my car---but I didn't ever look at it as an investment. If you want to ask about investment in fun, then you have a point!