The one reason I hesitated before buying a roadster is the attention I knew it would draw, both good and bad. I seriously considered something that's more of a sleeper, but in the end I decided my enjoyment was more important than what anyone thought. Fook all people that judge drivers by what they drive. They do not even rate a response, they're too stupid to even get it.
As everyone has noted, a used Zed costs as much as any other decent car, but clowns that care about such things think it costs much more. I should tell them it's none of their business, but for some unexplainable reason, I feel like I'm being rude, so I usually say my uncle willed it to me. They're too dim to realise that, even as a gift, their perceived inflated operating costs would say more about my financial status than the purchase price would.
With the exception of mates just ribbing one a bit, people that comment about hairdressers or gays or wealthy arrogant snobs expose their lack of sophistication and deserve no response at all. I just glare at them a second and walk away. Communicates more than anything you could say.