Why do ppl always set goals like this?

Nothing against anybody but, I just dont understand that kind of mentality... Its like ppl dont sit back and say "yea, I wanna reasonably fast ride", everybody is always trying to compete and be the fastest out there... Which is not ever gonna happen... Everyones mentality is like "yea I wanna smoke _fill in the blank_ car in my Honda CRX!"...

Why dont people just set a reasonable goal without having to compete with a particular make and model in mind?

Sorry for the rant...