Why younger people don't care about cars

I used to go to this drive-in theater as late as the late 90's. But we were going to actually watch movies.

It's still in operation today...

http://www.santeedriveintheatre.com/

 

My preference for 'classics' doesnt extend beyond their affordabity and simplicity of repair. I drive an 80s ford truck because its the AK-47 of the automobile world. (and I have an AK because its the old Ford pickup of the rifle world .

I do like the way the 80-85 bronco 'looks' better than any other bronco and most other trucks (IHs are cool looking too) including the new ones, but thats a 'style' thing and not a 'nostalgia' thing for me.

 

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I grew up in the last waning years of the Drive In movie era.

The first movie I saw was at the DeQueen drive in, in 1977. I went with my sister and her friends to see Star Wars.
The second movie I saw was at the DeQueen drive in, in 1982. My daddy (avatar picture) took me to see Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (even though he hated Star Trek).

The first movie I and my future wife saw together was at the DeQueen drive in, in 1992. We saw Honeymoon In Vegas.

The DeQueen drive in is a Walmart Supercenter now.

 

We used to play name that car as kids as traffic came down the street, and most of us could pretty much name anything from 1935 to 1955. I just saw many of those cars again at Cruisin' the Coast 2019. People love the pursuit of the perfect classic car, but it's almost a second job for many of them. There were over 8000 vehicles registered for the week-long event.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Cruisin+the+Coast+Biloxi+Mississippi&FORM=RESTAB

 

By the time my parents were teens, drive in movies had already become a thing of the past. But there might have been some lag time between different parts of the country.

Heck, in later years, especially during the Recession, it almost seemed like regular movie theaters were becoming a thing of the past.

 

I'm 39. We had one in (or near) Indianapolis until I was at least 16, because I went a few times. And it was a blast. Those need to come back!

 

Not true from my experience. Depends on the scene you run in I guess.

 

FYI walk in very different circles.

Put it this way. A guy with great abs might have gotten some action. But a billionaire definitely gets action.

 

Neither gets as much as the guy who doesnt run out of interesting conversation.

Unless the billionaire is buying it, I spose.

 

I don't know. Sounds like the friend. And I don't mean with benefits. There may be women out there that look for that and it's significant other but I doubt it's the majority. See how many broke men with plenty of interesting things to say have women.

 

I saw Star trek 4 at the drive-in and that was the last time I ever saw a movie at the drive-in. It's a shame because that's kind of a cool concept.

 

Rebuilding old cars is very expensive. I used to rebuild roadsters in the early 1980’s but parts were getting harder to find and the cost then for a motor exchange and install was 250 bucks now it’s several thousands just for the motors.

 

Say what?

I'm the second owner of my 1965 Plymouth Belvedere. My late father was the first owner.

Current selling prices on these cars can be anywhere from $25,000 to $40,000 when they're restored. Mine's worth a bit more (about $60K) because it's what's referred to as a "survivor" and has never had any restoration work done to it.

My father paid Just over $2,200 for it in 1964. If I had to sink, say, $20K into a rotisserie restoration, I'd still be able to sell it for a profit.

I attend the Mecum Collector Car Auction in Kissimmee, Florida every January. Every year, legions of "classic" cars, many rebuilt and restored, cross the block and selling for stunning amounts of money.

This 1969 Mustang sold in Portland, Oregon earlier this year. It wasn't even rebuilt to original specs and it sold for $143K:

https://www.mecum.com/lots/PJ0619-377323/1969-ford-mustang-resto-mod/


This 1971 Plymouth Hemi GTX sold for just over a quarter of a million dollars in Dallas:

https://www.mecum.com/lots/DA0919-386049/1971-plymouth-hemi-gtx/


There's an undeniable financial benefit to rebuilding old cars...

 

See, I don't see the attainment of the fastest possible speed as a factor at all...

 

Well people still get a kick out of their cars if they didn't they wouldn't make sports cars anymore.

When I was 17 I started driving. That would have been in 1999. It was exciting for me because it meant freedom. I drove pickup trucks because I'm very tall and those are really the only things I can fit in. now after driving for so long of you it is more of an annoyance. But there's people my age that they go by sports cars and go run them around and stuff play on the tracks with them. Just because it's not my hobby doesn't mean I don't understand it.

 

No I understand. When you are young such trivial things are so important. It is funny looking back at it.

I picked up on the humor and I am old enough to appreciate it.

I lost my I.D. in a flood.

Yeah, I used to do the exhaust and custom stereos. Now the least amount of time I can spend thinking about a car they better.

 

What's really doomed is the Harley Davidson motorcycle.

The average age of a Harley rider is 47, and the kids today just doesn't care about the big hog choppers.

Harley is scrambling to break into foreign markets, and they're trying out wacky gimmicks like electric motorcycles, because they see the writing on the wall of a fast-shrinking American market for their traditional product.