Not new for long...
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Why is new important?
On a philosophical level, I think it's probably because 'newness' is a concept that's so far away from most people's ultimate - all-consuming fear - of death.
Once our possessions become old, battered and decayed - it's just one more reminder that we're getting dangerously closer to our final destination.
Ain't that a happy thought ;)
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Apart form the morbid nature of that thought - it probably is quite worthwhile thinking logically about what the benefit of a new / untouched possession really is. If anything, the only tangible benefit is in terms of its resale value - and even then, you're always going to be scared of the loss involved in ruining it's pristine nature.
Your Vespa is scratched - but (although it's small consolation) I guess you've been freed from worrying so much about it now.
I'd try an think of the scratch as something that makes it personally yours. Like a scar - it's a sign of experience.