[phikai]

Outward appearance, vanity, they actually have the free cash, ignorance. There's a bunch of reasons people buy expensive cars... most of which don't make sense other than that's what they choose to spend their money on vs. whatever you've chosen to spend your money on.

It's also an entirely incomplete picture on their financial situation. Maybe they have a paid for living situation so this is their only liability, maybe they don't have any money in their savings account, maybe they don't have a retirement account.

And with Tesla it's probably even more complicated because there are some "feel good" motives to buying an electric car that may outweigh any sane financial decision.