I agree with the OP. However, I do not particularly enjoy the company of people that brag. Although I do it from time to time by just mentioning the fact that I own a Camaro to friends. But to me when you say something like. "Hi everybody, I just bought a Camaro, I paid cash for it" is bragging. You know why? Most people can't afford to pay cash for a new $30,000 car (well, if you can afford to pay for it over 5 years, you can afford to pay cash for it 5 years later
). But yes, bragging does rub me the wrong way sometimes. I totally understand that sometimes you just want to show off the cool things you customized your car with, but to say how you paid for them or that you are super young is kind of just pointing out the fact that you are better than somebody for some reason. Either, "I got my car at a young age, and 99% of you are older than me." Or "I paid cash for a car and 90% of you financed it." Either way, it's pretty much just bragging, and these facts could be left out if you don't want to get jealous responses.