I would say based on the responses here, that there are very few car guys posting in this thread. I have probably spent more on cars over the years than houses. Just not kept them as long. Cars are one of the better things in life for me and I have not regretted one penny of what I spent on them in my 45 years as a driver.
OP here again. Kinda the point of the whole thread as to what importance owning a more expensive car has to folks. Note that the original poll and thread (it is about 2.5 years old) only included daily drivers (not count RVs, collectible, special purpose, or hobby vehicles). I've a friend that has a Corvette, Porsche SUV, and a minivan. His daily driver is the minivan as the most practical, the Corvette is most definitely his garage queen, not sure why the Porsche SUV. Suspect the Porsche was to be the daily driver but the minivan practicality wins out.
I knew I was an outlier ( it took until 2018 to break $20K) as sometime in my 30s the car morphed into an appliance and I felt foolish spending money when it could be better used for funding early retirement. Even though I can now afford more, it carries little importance, my joy came from raising my sons and participating in their activities while enjoying early retirement. Soccer Dad with minivan (all five bought used, all bought less than 2 years old).
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