Everytime I drive in my 2001 Honda Civic, I can't help but feel that I am driving in the bottom 5% of oldest cars on the road. Why are so many people so addicted to driving newer cars, that they can't afford? I believe most these newer cars I see on the road are financed. Is it safety? Convenience? Vanity? What leads so many large swaths of the masses to go into debt for cars? I don't even think it's vanity, if everyone else is buying new cars also. Driving an old beat up car is now more eye-catching than a new model!