When I worked, and had a Company car that I could use for my own use, MANY of my friends chided me because "I could afford a luxury car...why did I not buy one?"instead of using the bland common company car..
They never appreciated the thing that made that Company car so valuable:
The little blue Company credit card in the glove compartment of my bland little truck.
The Company paid the fuel, repairs, tires, insurance, etc......for THIRTY TWO YEARS.
I was allowed to use the truck because I was "on call" 24 hours a day....BUT...I can't begin to tell the number of people who tried to make me feel "cheap" because I would not buy another car with which to duplicate the Company truck's use....
So...they all bought cars and trucks for 30 years....to impress people, mostly, while I trucked around in the BOW-RING company vehicles...and SAVED like a demon possessed!!!
Guess who is retired at 57
That would be......ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!