[Shark_Bait88]

At that price, I'd start to think it might not be.

Track days/HPDE will always be a better seat time-to-dollar value, but here in the U.S. autocross is much, much cheaper. That's just looking at entry costs though. An average event here is ~$30 usd once you're a member, which is an annual fee of $65 for SCCA. Some regions will tack on regional dues up to $25 as well, but you're still able to autocross with just about any SCCA group at membership costs with just the national membership. A non-membership event may cost you closer to $45, but still significantly less than what you're looking at in Canada.

It all depends on how you look at the money. Dollars per seat time, HPDE/track days are much cheaper. However, for overall real world running costs autocross wins. For what you'd spend to do 2-3 track days, you could run an entire season of autox. You will get more seat time in just one of those track days than you will the entire autox season, but you'd also only be driving 3-6 days total in the year. Whereas autox you'd be out every month at least once running events with friends.

Going into consumables makes it a lot more complex too. It all comes down to where you really want to dedicate your time and money. I recently decided to dial back my track day focus and instead try to seriously run a season of autocross. Up until now I've just kinda played around in both, but with more serious non-car financial commitments coming up I had to decide on autox because it will consume less of my actual funds, allowing me to save more. Ideally though, I'd prefer to do track days and get more seat time/fun for my money.