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You're not old school.  You're capable.

I too prefer to point giant SLRs at anything I want to photograph.  We are photographers.  We know how to control the light.  We understand the sweet spot in a camera along with it's limitations. 

When it comes to photos of a car, there is no doubt a high quality image is similar to showing the car in the showroom that doesn't even have a speck of dust.  Compared to the one outside that has rain spots, fingers prints on the glass, and trash in the trunk the feeling one has for a professionally cleaned car, in the showroom, is one that makes a purchase decision easier.  Quality photos build confidence that one is looking at the right dealership with the right car. 

But at a resolution size that is equivalent to 2 mega pixels a lot of "camera-quality" detail is lost.  Camera phones absolutely can output a quality image at these tiny resolutions.  I think it is less about the camera and more about the environment of the photo.