Is Hotrodding dead?

why go out and search, build and fabricate a "hot rod" when you can run out and finance a brand new accord or integra, and buy a ton of aftermarket parts off the shelf? the term "hot rod" is used so loosely these days and 80% of people using it dont even know where it came from or what it really means.the whole "rat rod" movement is a younger generations attempt to bring it back and while i find it interesting, i think that trying to sell a used up rusty 63 4 door falcon coined a "rat rod" and trying to triple their money on it, is simply ridiculas.i was born late as well (1967) so MY definition of a hot rod is a late 60s and 70s jacked up ,blown hemi , loud , big meats,skinnies in front, crazy paint hot rodded out A or B body chrysler products. i grew up in a time when the 70s hot rodding street machine scene were side pipes, straight axles and giant meats,fender flares, spoilers,traction bars etc etc even though they originated at a much earlier time. i never got into anglias,model As, 3 window chevy coupes because my father was building early and mid 60s dodge /plymouths .as the years progress,the definition of the hod rod changes from gen to gen ,with the auto industry dictating what most people are "hot rodding" it also becomes an issue of availability of pieces and parts, money,space and equipment and personal preference.its not dead, the definition and automobile preferences have just changed. hot rodding by defintion to most is simply modifying an existing car with modifications that it didnt leave the factory with, but i agree,it is a feeling and a state of mind, my $0.02