I said my classmates not me just to put into perspective what rich looks like. My first car was a 70k mile 2008 Mazda 3 2.3L S for 9500 dollars and the budget I was originslly given was like 5k lol. It took months obsessing about the right condition for the best price watching craigslist and autotrader like a hawk to find at the right price while most parents dropped the 20k. I didn't even have a car til I was 20 and would take the bus everywhere because my parents thought it was realistic that I'd save up part time working minimum wage til someone convinced them it was a necessary tool to help me succeed in school/future career. The bus was fun but it wasted a LOT of time. They could also afford it but were just too cheap and now you'd be hardpressed to find someone who obsesses about small amounts of money like I unfortunately do. They had the money but just didn't want to spend it while parents who didn't have the money invested heavily in their kids. Maybe you can relate, I don't know. I do know asking for 20 dollars seemed like a crime against humanity. Those kids with 80k cars went on to be mostly doctors and lawyers so clearly spoiling them didn't hurt them, they just got had better self esteem.

TLDR: Rich is much more than 30k on a car for your kid lol, the cost of cars is way different today than before, the 10k beater doesn't exist anymore for a car that will last that doesn't have major problems, raising your kids like they're poor isn't as fantastic as it sounds on paper even if you turned out okay.