Bye Bye Big Three?

I will agree with how the attitude towards the automobile has changed. IMO the car has become something that people take for granted SOOO badly, they have no patience for ANY type of mechanical failure! I mean for God's sake, take a step back and look at how complicated this box with 4 wheels really is! I'm 17 and I must say, nobody aside from a couple people I know give a **** about cars any more. As many have mentioned, they see it as a means to get from point A to point B, no questions asked, NO other purpose given thought. Nobody has a passion for the car anymore, whereas 40 years ago people were much more attached to their cars and far more people understood the basic workings of a car. I have many friends whom you'll ask how long it's been since they changed their oil and they'll say, "What's that?" It really makes me sick to my stomach to see the state of the people I have to grow up with. I will give them some credit though; I haven't met a single person my age who hasn't liked or shown interest in my Duster. The potential still exists, it's just that the car is no longer part of our culture.