Have you ridden a more expensive bike?

I know for a fact that if I rode a Wallyworld bike as hard as I ride my current bikes there would be nothing left of it. Perhaps if I start trading out pieces like the handlebars, rims, derailluers etc but by the time I do all that why not just the higher quality bike.

I still ride the first high quality bike I bought in 1991 a Trek 8700 composite mountain bike and it still has all the original equipment on it.