"The Hobby Is Dying"

I gave my SC400 to my college boy, he just wanted the old stereo to play his phone content. We ended up installing a hard wired FM modulator and then a double DIN Kenwood nav unit. got him some seat covers...He's just not into the maintenance side yet. My 16 year old actually helped me sand his 82 B2000 pickup before we paint it together. He always comes out and asks me what Im doing on it, seems to show some interest. But the depth of eithers knowledge of cars would fit in a fortune cookie! When he asked me where is the carburetor when the air cleaner was already off? Ouch.....But he can tell you the entire play book of his football team, their new quarterbacks commitment to a D1 school and play every song in the praise bands repertoire. College boy can spot a fake sports jersey from a mile away as he has amassed over 100 real ones in his collection. I shake my head when another ebay box comes to the house for him but these actually hold their value. ITs just a differetn time. Young people socialize differently. Having a car back then was mandatory to get out of the gene pool of the neighborhood or the high school, today everything is online, they chat on their phones from the couch instead of across the open engine bay of their groups newest car. The tuner crowd seems to be bringing some new blood in but their skill sets are slightly different, but similar in other aspects. Just roll with it. Numbers matching 340 cars are gonna impress the same old farts at the donut shop for only so much longer. A Hellcat motor in a /6 Duster will turn more younger heads these days. Put a SRT/4 motor (or a -cough-...a 2JZ) in a Duster and itll be like flies to honey for the younger crowd.