Notice how deep-rooted acquisitiveness is in our society.
Driven by desires kindled by the ideals of mass consumerisms, people work longer & longer hours to the detriments of their health, spending little time with their chilldren, and oddly; spending little time with their acqusitions.
In the case of acquiring a new car, they probably spend too much time in it, getting stuck in traffic day after day because everyone wants a car, and everyone wants to live somewhere nice, far away from where they work...