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Do you have a long commute or take road trips often? I ask because I used to have an hour commute. I enjoyed my car, but to your example, I enjoyed it only when I 'wore' it.
After I realised I didn't enjoy the car when I wasn't driving it, I realised something else. 90% of it's life, 85% of my waking life, and 95% of my time away from work, it was just sitting somewhere waiting to driven again - not being 'worn'. So I sold it and got something much cheaper in every way; to purchase, maintain, insure, refuel, etc.
Once I'd downgraded, it was funny to me how many people I knew were asking me if I were okay, as if I lost the nice car in a divorce or something haha.
Yeah I used to have a long commute, and had a Q50. I was leasing my car so didn’t want to take it to the track, nor did I have the money at the time to race it, so it was just vehicle to get me around. Definitely had fun with it, but when I started working from home it just sat there a lot. Got an old SUV for other purposes and had to run it just so the battery didn’t die. Eventually sold it for a newer SUV.
I get it tho. Don’t need a fancy car. Funny people associate downgrading your car with hard times. I wish my new car was paid off, but I use every bit of it.