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Like all tools, the human mind actively views the tool as an extension of the human body. When you use a hammer, your mind sees it as an extension of your arm in order to be able to use it effectively.
When you spend too much time in your car, you begin to really treat it as an extension of yourself, and stop treating it as the two ton death machine on wheels that it obviously is.
I've also read that the more you personalize your car, with bumper stickers and such, the more you view it as a deeply personal part of who you are, and think of the inside of your vehicle as a deeply personal space, and as such, also view an invasion of your cars "personal space" as an invasion of your personal space.
Short story: humans are fucking dumb and we built a society where we spend entirely too much time inside our cars to the point that we form emotional fucking attachments to them.
People get emotionally attached to pretty much everything, from pets over sentimental presents to random stuff. Really has nothing to do with those things being tools.