Both me and my wife drive boring cars. Small engined little boxes. Not because we think we're doing the world a favour by being more 'green' than other motorists (the very idea that a car can be 'green' is absurd anyway) but because we think there are better things to spend our hard earned money on. Such as holidays and extraordinary experiences (skydiving, scuba diving off the Austrian coral reef, etc.) – the things that make life worth living.
I pity people who spend thousands and thousand of pounds on ludicrously powerful cars that can get from nought to sixty in under 5 or 6 seconds. Why on earth would you want to do this on the road? Unless you're very, very wealthy, having a hugely powerful and expensive car just makes you a bit inadequate and pathetic (in my opinion).
If I want to drive at mad speeds, I go to an outdoor kart track (Three Sisters in Wigan) and drive a twin engined, 70mph kart. It's fantastic and it also helps to level the playing field with other drivers. The number of guys who turn up in big powerful cars thinking that they can drive well precisely because they are able to afford a big powerful car is astonishing. The reality is that the most of these people aren't particularly good at driving fast, braking adequately or anticipating corners correctly.
Not surprisingly, when these people fail to win, spin off or crash, it's never their fault... it's either someone else's fault or it's a faulty kart...