We got a new car in March. I managed to bump a bollard in the car park a couple of weeks ago, going at about zero mph, and actually cracked the stupid plastic bumper thing. I was thinking, oh good, it's not a new car any more, it's got a crack in the stupid plastic bumper thing, now we can get on with our lives. But my missus went mad! "Oh my God! What happened?!? We have to get that fixed, like, now."
So, yeah, I guess some people worry about that sort of thing more than others. Couldn't give a flying toss about status myself.