Excerpted from an interview by Stuart O'Connor with Sean Astin available at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/oct/24/sean-astin 
 

What's the most expensive piece of technology you've ever owned?
It would have to be an automobile, right? The hybrid I have now is one of the least expensive cars I've ever had. I had a BMW 318i convertible once, the ultimate driving machine. Of course, it didn't have GPS in it. I sold it to Dominic Monaghan [Merry in the Lord of the Rings trilogy], before he did the TV show Lost.