I teach high school math in a small school. Today I had a 16 year old boy talking about his $50,000 truck he's about to get. His parents are paying for a third, and he's paying the rest with money "from a friend" - don't ask me what that means, I couldn't get a straight answer about it. Anyway, I got into how he really really does not need a brand new $50,000 truck. He countered with enthusiastic descriptions of how incredibly awesome and powerful this truck is. I asked when he was ever possibly going to need to haul that much. Really, how often does his dad's truck get used?
Well, he tell me, they use it to get things into storage. Rented storage space, where they keep their old furniture. Don't worry, the furniture's only temporary while they do some repairs to the second house they rent! Just as I start to feel a glimmer of hope he says that the storage is really for all their Christmas stuff. They couldn't fit it all, especially the giant tree, in the attic without the attic being totally cluttered, and they need the giant tree because their living room has such a high ceiling.
At which point we both gave up.