True car people are becoming a thing of the past

abodyjoe said
maybe thats depends on location.. i constantly get thumbs up, people ask about the car, yell nice car almost every time i take the dart out...

another thing. if i were between 15-20 why would i care about an old 60's or 70's car? i mean they really don't do anything well compared to modern muscle and i'd have no connection to them.. now a modern mustang,challenger camaro,corvette or any number of bad *** imports sll of which do everything better then 60's and 70's cars is where my heart would be. its what i'd have grown up with and what i'd set a goal of owning one day..

This is far more true than I think people give credit for. I grew up in the early 00s. Aside from the barracuda which I have a sentimental attachement to, I really don't care about cars from before like 96 and I think a lot of dudes my age feel the same way. We love cars that we grew up with which are "newer". I have a couple old cars that are cool that I'd love to own like a 66 impala or a 70 camaro but most of the cars I want are around my age or younger. A 91 ZR1, CTSV, Commodore (chevy SS, G8, Caprice), 300 srt, magnum srt8, E63 AMG, 96 Toyota Century, pontiac fiero etc. Those are the cars that I'm like Yesssss for. Also, apparently Chevys lol. I do really appreciate older cars for how easy they are to work on, but my interests are mostly about the newer ones. My next car is going to be a commodore or an E63 not an old one. Honestly project cars just require a huge time commitment or money neither of which I have raising 2 very young kids. Sim racing is cheap, has a one time build cost and provides me with ton's of driving on circuits I'll never be able to go to irl. If money were no object I'd have multiple projects but I don't.

HankRearden said
You are right. We older car guys share some of the blame.
We engaged in too much gatekeeping and snobbery.
The amount of gigh dollar car guys who looked down their noses at the young kids with less "desireable" cars has always been a problem in this hobby.
I much prefer a young guy with something he is trying to build himself to the curmudgeon who cashed in his retirement to buy something all he ever does is polish.

But the culture has changed so drastically in every way imaginable the outcome would likely be the same even without the gatekeepers.

There was a guy here who had that attitude saying "old mopars aren't for young people." He had a yellow dart with QA1 suspension. People like him are part of the reason no one wants old cars. We're like fine, then **** you.