Car Culture and the Next Generation

Anyone been to a car show lately? If you look around at most of the people who own and show their cars, they're mostly old guys. Where are the next generation of car enthusiasts? I remember a time when every kid getting ready to turn 16 couldn't wait to get that drivers license.  In high school, who had the coolest car, and what kind of car you wished you had, was a major concern. For many of us, that early love of cars turned into a life-long passion. We were the American car culture for the past 50 or so years. We took over where out fathers left off, and did it our way, and then passed it along to our sons and daughters. Some were interested in carrying on the tradition, and some were not.
But, over the last 20 or so years, it seems that fewer and fewer young people are car enthusiasts. I believe that it's mostly because of the bland, uninteresting, transportation appliances, that the majority of the population are satisfied to drive these days. Now, when it comes to my grandkids generation, the type of cell phone they can afford, is way more important than what kind of car they might aspire to drive.
The rich car culture we once had is disappearing, and may be quickly fading into history. I've done my little part to try to preserve some of that culture for future generations, even if it seems like ancient history to them, at least they will know, grandpa had fun, back in the day.
Anyone who may be interested, can check out my book; "Grab Some Gears - 40 Years of Street Racing" at amazon.com, and can read some sample pages there. Link to my book; "Grab Some Gears"

My book, updated in 2012, available at amazon.com, and as a Kindle book.