[jhein]

A couple other thoughts.

When most of us were teenagers, it was affordable to get a performance car, or one that you could make into a performance car. Especially if you were able to do some or most of the work yourself. Now affordable performance doesn't really exist.

The other thing is that you could get away with a LOT more back in the day. The local constables were way more lenient then. I got verbal "warnings" for stuff back then that may get you arrested today.

So the things we could afford and the fun we could have with them are just not there anymore.

Sure, there are still a few young car guys out there but things are just very different now. Or maybe I'm just older and have lost touch with the reality of today. That's possible too.