Interest in cars with the younger generation, what happened?

[KirkH]

I see a lot of kids with nice diesel builds around where I live. Old diesels like Powerstrokes and Cummins are easy to work on, well documented on youtube and parts are available and reasonable.

[KirkH]

I do wonder where some of the mod money comes from for the tuner cars. They *seem* pretty young and the things they're doing cost far more than a $59 set of Hedman Headers, even considering inflation and whatnot.

Some really expensive items that are considered standard fare for an acknowledged decent car.


Edit: Cars Coffee is kinda early and all...

I wonder where the money for all the tattoos come from! Tattoos are not cheap and every kid has one these days.

[DavidAl]

I washed dishes for my first car. Today's youngsters don't know what that is.

And another thing you don't see today—custom paint jobs. I used to have a 1986 Chevy Monte Carlo SS with a custom paint job that turned heads. That car gave me a lot of great memories...

[custmsprty]

I washed dishes for my first car. Today's youngsters don't know what that is.

And another thing you don't see today—custom paint jobs. I used to have a 1986 Chevy Monte Carlo SS with a custom paint job that turned heads. That car gave me a lot of great memories...

My daughters been working 20 hours + a week working in a grocery store deli and taking a full load at college for over two years now and pays towards her car and insurance. It's all how they are raised and what values are instilled in them.

[Klasse Act]

BAM & BAM

You don't have to have a car to come out and enjoy the shows, get the bug and plant the seed and watch it grow

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[BudgetPlan1]

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And another thing you don't see today—custom paint jobs. I used to have a 1986 Chevy Monte Carlo SS with a custom paint job that turned heads. That car gave me a lot of great memories...

It's all wraps now. Don't like it anymore? Redo it in a few hours. Very vivid themes...

[KirkH]

I washed dishes for my first car. Today's youngsters don't know what that is.

And another thing you don't see today—custom paint jobs. I used to have a 1986 Chevy Monte Carlo SS with a custom paint job that turned heads. That car gave me a lot of great memories...

Now the dishwasher is a 47 year old father of 3 who used to work at the local factory but now the factory is gone and dishwasher is the best job he can find.

[jmeyers278]

I would have to disagree. I and most of my friends are upper middle class or better so maybe that has something to do with it but all of my friends with kids that are driving age are in to cars. So are their friends. I went to the cars and coffee at the jacksonville jaguars stadium several weeks ago and there were probably more young people with cars there the older folks. Now the types of cars are different between age groups. The older folks have classics, muscle cars, corvettes, etc. The younger folks had lots of newer american muscle like chargers, challengers, mustangs, camaros etc. There was also a huge group of young guys with imports. The most surprising was the youngish people with Ferrari's, porche's, vipers, etc. I'm not sure if it my area that is different, but I'd say that the young people and their cars are just as crazy as we were at that age.

[Klasse Act]

Glad to hear this and money helps for sure.

Now what level of enthusiast would you say the younger guys are? Do they like older cars nd know about them? How do they carry themselves at the shows?

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[Klasse Act]

I would also like to state for the record that I don't begrudge anyone who comes from means and can afford the new cars, it's their lot in life.

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