Not sure whom you are saying is being silly - the buyers, me, or both. But what else do you do with a high end low reliability vehicle besides show it off? You can't leave it anywhere or it will be ripped off or damaged.
As a person who has purchased many of these I can give you my experience. #1 I did not buy any of these to "show off". I can afford them and I liked them so I bought them. It should be quite obvious that I dont operate based on others opinions of me.
I bought a V12 Jaguar coupe in the early 90's, fun car but dangerous, would do a 180 if it hit or ice or water.
I bought one of my sons a used Range Rover, total crap.
My BMW was an awesome piece of engineering, I have had 3 Mercedes; GL550, S500, and C Class. All of these were very fine vehicles. They do have drawbacks. Oil changes and checkups cost $500, and the older they get the repairs are not expensive they are atrocious. I had moisture in the headlight of my BMW, they wanted $2200 to fix that, needed to replace a day light running light, $2800, i declined to pay for either. The hatch on my GL 550 stopped working the wanted $3500 to fix that - lucky for me I watched a Youtube video, purchased a $30 part and in 20 minutes fixed it myself.
I have also had 3 Escaldes that were fine SUVs.
My Infinity QX 80 has been great thus far and Im looking to buy the Denali SUV when it is released in 2026, the new design came out this year so I wanted to wait until the 2nd year hoping they work out bugs.
Not once have I purchased a vehicle thinking I would show off...