I wonder if you realize that your obsession with exotic, ridiculously expensive cars embodies all these evil qualities you speak of. You're really no better.
Actually, I like cars, whether they be exotic, muscle cars, luxury, or classic. It's the mechanical aspect that I like. The engineering. I would rather sit and watch the car being built at the factory, or talk to the engineers/designers to see what was their impetus for said design, than read a magazine or go to a car show. I have friends who work for GM and I like to pick their brain about what is coming down the pike.
That is what makes me different than one who sees such cars as "status symbols". Man makes the car, the car doesn't make the man, which is why you see a lot of douches drive status cars, they intend for that to determine who and what they are...