The question about why he got mad was retarded. I drive a used mid 90s car, and if I got smashed by a snob like that my concern would probably be raising bail instead of suing people.
I live in a rural area... I cant get to work, or get to a gas station, let alone a grocery store without a vehicle.
Losing your vehicle turns your whole world around. I know, it happened to me at one of the worst times in my life. When I had no home... I was living in my car.
I spent two months riding bicycles to work and sleeping in the basement of an unfinished apartment complex. I then finally got a car.