04-30-2013, 11:45 PM
BFisch06 Wrote:I found this post on Jalopnik (Opposite Lock) to be sad, fairly accurate, and a good explanation of how and why "kids these days" don't care about cars:
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The "article" ends with the author just loving what today's tech makes possible, yet he's confused as to why the young folk don't understand his backward attachment to automobiles?
I'm one of the oldest members of this club, and I own and DD a car that's 2 years older than me. I'm also typing this on a bluetooth keyboard connected to a computer, connected to a "television" for which I haven't even bothered to have anything but an internet feed for for the last 3 years, because cable is a ridiculous waste of money and time.
EVERYTHING has changed in the last 10 years. Consider me not shocked if cars don't continue their nearly 100 year run of being "cool" in the US.
I'm really glad that this thread was started, but if there's really a crisis of interest, then we should focus on adapting.
Let's autocross some damn Zip Cars!
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a van is a good guy with a van
