The old, cool, guys are aging, losing interest, and dying, the dragstrips are closing, LPBs (little punk bastards) are doing drifts, closing streets, and driving like the idiots they are, all while being doped, weeded, drunk, stupid, and bringing down the heat of "the man", "cops", and "the fuzz" to the rest of us responsible old guys that occasionally just like to "light it off" up the on ramp, or roll into it a bit thru a deserted intersection.
We went to a "car show" at an empty parking lot last nite, and it was less than 20% of cars we cared about, and a bunch of buzzy 4 cyl jap crap, and the barely "one step above that": 5.0 mustangs, and challengers with obnoxious sound systems, flashing colored halo headlites, and multi colored, flashing neon (led) "street glow" lighting.
Then there were the normal, old, married forever" grand-couples with the last new car they could ever afford just before they got married and knocked up, the 1970s, boring then, as now, 4 door Biscaynes, Chevelles, Le mans, Valiants, and the like...
I'm building my "Turbo T" to enjoy cruising in the mountains, away from the squids, knowing that no one has even an idea of what it is, or can do.... but I appreciate it.
We're doomed, our time has passed....
He said cynically......
TIMINATOR