Well... happy you got the cars you want.
But there is this things, yes.
Example...
I knew this older dude, fat, in his 60s, and not particularly attractive with his huge belly and underchins.
Then he suddenly had a gf, some 20 yrs younger. Oh, glory halleluja! Love of each other's life and more blabla. But okay, if he was happy, why should I care. He did put himself on a diet, I guess he was suddenly self-conscious of his huge protruding belly.
Then a while later he posts photos of himself having bought a cabriolet for his birthday, because, hey, he'd always dreamt of that!
And I knew right away she'd broken up with him.
I checked it, and yup.
Compensation to get the car. Somehow the car is compensation for not being able to get/keep a woman I guess.
When younger, it's often losers who drive the expensive cars. They have no life, no girl, and money to spend so they get an expensive car that young guys with a life cannot afford.
Not making this up, I've seen it too many times.
Somehow a car is a man's way of compensating. It's related to his ego.
And sure, almost all men may dream of an expensive 'p*ssy mobile' as this dude in "True Lies" called it.
But I know few who have a full life who actually own such a car...
And when an old geezer is driving it... well, do I have to say it...
Yes.
In high school (and later) I purposely avoided the guys with the fancy, expensive cars..for the reason you stated above..
I found they were mostly jerks and ***holes, who had no real interests and personality, and needed the car as a "hook"..
Meanwhile..I am over here dating the fabulous guys with the Dodge Omni, Ford Fiesta, Festiva, and Ranchero...
This was quite some time back.
Yep, it is simply the truth, even though some have a major knee-jerk reaction when hearing it.