I hear you. My old man was a GM mechanic for over 45 years, that’s all we had and owned. I bought my first Toyota and didn’t tell him.
When I was young, a friend’s dad worked at the local GM plant. Workers got a 25% discount on new Chevys and he took me for a ride in his brand new ‘68 Impala. He backed out of driveway, braked and the bottom half of the dashboard fell on our feet.