In 2001, while in college, I bought (cash) a 1999 Mercury Cougar (2-door couple), with low mileage and well-kept, and loved it for many years. I started as an attorney in biglaw in 2007, still driving that car, of course. It was just as well-maintained, looked great, and I had kept my mileage low, too. Anyhow, there was another associate like 6 years ahead of me who occasionally would tease me about how I still have the Cougar -- haha, Cougar, all the guys laughed.
So one time, that guy, two other guys, and I decided to go out for lunch and drive somewhere. Well, one has a two-seater Porsche; one had kids' car seats in the back; the other "forgot" to bring his keys and we were already downstairs from the office; so, I was left as the only candidate driver. Two of the dudes had to climb in the back -- felt bad for the tall one, but the short one (the one who teased me) really fit just fine (they are full-size bucket seats) but kept acting like it was horrible. We get to the place we're going, which has a pretty packed parking lot, and so the best thing for me to do was to back into a space near the end. No problem. Well, the teasing dude was seriously impressed that I could back into a parking spot. Like, he really did not know how to do that himself and was complimenting me how awesome that was. So, that's one time I was very thankful for my dad having taught me how to do that and to practice, practice, practice, until it was as easy as pulling in forwards.
Of course, this outing only bolstered this guy in telling me I need to get a new car. Oh, yeah, please let me buy a new car just so I can haul my co-workers out to lunch!!! Anyhow, not to make this guy sound all that bad -- he actually still is my friend and it was all in good fun, but I do think he genuinely had the belief that lawyers should have more expensive cars just because.