Whether you die with a 10 year old Civic and a deposit box full of corporate bonds or in the back of a limo with a blond on one arm and a brunett on the other, you’re still dead!
As long as your basic needs are taken care of and you have some security, live a little! If I stumble into some money I will.
By the way, guys, I think the OP has long since left the building.
I am mulling. Right now I am sticking CIVIC, but eyeing a move to living a little maybe next year. Of course I could be hit by a bus between now and then, but my margin for error is a little to small this go round.
My suggestion? Stick with the Civic. Someday in he future when yuou have the budget to really enjoyy a fancy car, THEN get one. Fancy cars should ont be bought on a budget.