A lot of us put plenty of AMU's into our little aeroplanes, but I don't believe we ever expect to get most of it back.
True! Most of us do take pleasure in "customizing" our steeds, and can rationalize the added expense as the price we pay for what we want (or think we want). I might be so "vulgar" as anyone else if I had such disposable income as this owner.
Still, must the "cost" of being so affluent necessarilly include the loss of common sense? I don't know this person... perhaps it's their personal mid-life crisis that has now passed. I guess we are all entitled to at least one!
