Lol, like back in college, my civic on downnpipe. I thought I was cool. Lol no judgement here, get the car that best represent you and not what others drive and feeling FOMO. Right now as of this moment I’m enjoying my 3 and S. 3 for short drive and going to work. S for family and long drive. We’re not into outdoors and snow and we live in Orange County. We have 11 superchargers within 5 miles radius with more than 150 ports. What we have is perfect atm.Sure, some folks (such as me) like to ride horses and sail boats too. Nothing wrong with it.
I used to enjoy driving our 5-speed manual diesel Rabbit in the mountains. If you didn't shift in time during the switchbacks, you crawled up the next grade. I definitely don't miss a manual when stuck in traffic though. I particularly hate a 6-speed in urban traffic like the rental I was stuck with last week. I did get a good right arm and left leg workout though.
There are also those who put in aftermarket exhausts and drill holes in mufflers because they like the noise . . .