I agree. But I came from small town/rural area and only kid that had a new car was the rich one or the ones that had an after school/weekend job and dad paid his insurance maybe. Most farm kids worked on dads tractors/equipment and on his car only if he had to do so as to not be afoot!
Each generation , in general can get softer/lazier and that is due to parents or technology.
I had two cars when I was 13 and three when I was sixteen. I bought them with money I earned cutting grass, cleaning roofs and gutters and anything else I could to earn money. I never had anyone buy a car for me.
