Night Out

Years ago, I used to really look forward to Friday and Saturday nights, out cruising the streets in my favorite performance car, seeing, and being seen, by other performance cars out cruising main. There was always the possibility of a street race or two. There was an excitement in the air, any life-long car guy felt it, as well as any new driver out cruising for the first time. When we hit the main drag in our muscle car, we could count on seeing the streets full of other hot cars. It seemed like every performance car in town was out and about. That's the way it used to be. Not any more. That part of the car enthusiast lifestyle is a long lost thing of the past.
Part of the reason for the change has slowly happened over the last 20 to 30 years. Young guys are no longer interested in performance cars. At least, not the way it used to be, especially compared to the way it was when I was young, and first started driving.
I can remember when I first noticed that things were different. About 15 years ago, I was out on the streets on a Friday night, after a long time of not going out, and it finally hit me. I could drive from one end of town to the other, and not see one other performance car on the streets. I remember thinking on my way home. "Well, it's finally happened. I'm the Last Street Racer".
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A night on the street, back in the summer of 2012.