I think it's an honor to find a good car and keep it alive and healthy as long as possible.
That's how I was raised by folks who had no debt, etc,.etc., just like you.
That's what make me furious, we're supposed to care about irresponsible worthless whores, sorry but that's what I see and feel.
I personally think that the people who should really pay for this stuff include those community activists, government bureaucrats, and politicians who pressured and forced financial institutions to offer mortgages to people who simply did not qualify, all due to the apparent and misguided belief that everybody was entitled to a home. If this hadn’t happened, the institutions could sell mortgage-backed securities until the cows came home, with less risk of going belly-up.