Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.
I knew a dude whose entire check was going to his car. He didn't care. This is back when the Mustang 5. 0 came out in, like, '82. Between paying the note and insurance, I think he had like $40 left. A lot of people knew people because of their car, and not them.