I'll put my hand up to being rich enough not to care about the...

I'll put my hand up to being rich enough not to care about the increased rate of depreciation, although when you retain a car for 17 years, there's pretty much no residual value anyway at that point.
I do object to being accused of virtue signalling. Our car died, we needed another. It was the right choice for us. I have no dog in this fight.