What the heck is wrong with kids today?

[BeyGon]

There are so many Porsches and other really nice cars around here the kids don't even look, their mommy or dad probably owns a better one, they look at the Hampster Kia more than a Porsche.
At a show here one time a woman and two daughters walked by my Porsche, one said, look mommy, that's the same color as ours, mommy said, yeah but ours is new. Everyone has something better.

[RWebb]

Google Glass will "fix" all the above problems

[2porscheguy]

Wayner I hear ya with regards to kids these days!

2 weeks ago our PCA Wild Rose region had a joint drive to Banff with the Southern Alberta Ferrari Club. I asked my son if he wanted to tag along and be my co-pilot as there would be a pretty good gathering of cool cars, both new and vintage that would be taking part. Well, as it turns out that weekend would coincide with the launch of Grand Theft Auto 5.....you can only guess at the rest of the story. Ya, I was pretty disappointed that a stoooopid video game wins over a real, genuine world experience!

[BE911SC]

Sounds like kids today aren't sufficiently feeding our vanity?

[madmmac]

I get thumbs up or comments from the 13 and under and 40 and over groups. Male and female.

But yes, lose the phone when there is someone with you.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Sorry guys, but to the average world they are just old cars. An old 911 doesn't stand out to the car-ignorant public like a true exotic, or even a new 911. These cars are at the point that they only are remarkable to the car savvy, i.e. don't expect to attract chicks with them.

My oldest son (9) is borderline indifferent to cars. He notices and points out cool ones (including old Porsches) and goes to car shows with me, but I think it's as much because of me as his own interest. He seems more interested in racing, which is good. No interest in working on cars with me in the garage. I figured that he just wasn't going to be a car guy, until he commented to my wife last week that his first car would either be "a Porsche that I modify, or a Jeep that I put a lift on". Maybe there's hope yet.

[911SauCy]

Originally Posted by BeyGon

There are so many Porsches and other really nice cars around here the kids don't even look, their mommy or dad probably owns a better one, they look at the Hampster Kia more than a Porsche.
At a show here one time a woman and two daughters walked by my Porsche, one said, look mommy, that's the same color as ours, mommy said, yeah but ours is new. Everyone has something better.

This made me "LOL"... See my "Porsche Haters" thread for reference.

I was at a car show a month back, 1/720 cars, I was the only 911, only comment I heard was from a woman, "look at the cute weed wacker motor." Yeesss

[sammyg2]

Unfortunately i don't believe this is a trait exclusive to kids.

I went to my son's high school open house a few weeks back.
We'd go to one class at a time and hear the teacher's 20 minute presentation.
As soon as the session was over people would leave and go to the next one, but after nearly every session I saw a parent walk out of the class, take a few steps from the door and stop dead in their tracks as they fumbled with their dumb phones.
They acted as if they didn't realize they were causing a log-jamb of people or didn't care.
Everyone else had to stop and squeeze around them as they stood in the way.

And what surprised me the most was it was usually men doing it.

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by lukeh

The whole staring at your phone thing really hit me this past week. I spent the week with my 9yr old at Disney.

Yes, it was here that I finally realized just how prevalent this mobile device addiction had become. Now this is Disneyland for heaven sakes...no shortage of eye candy and distractions for people of all ages. But despite all that, there were countless numbers of people walking around completely absorbed in their little screens. Even saw more than a few toddlers staring into iPads while being pushed around in their strollers! Kind of sad that even Disneyland can't compete with the lure of these things.
And yes, I know that there are apps that give waiting times for rides and all that, but this couldn't possibly account for all the people I saw who seemed more interested in playing with their phones than in being at Disneyland.


Will it all eventually come to this?

[jorian]

Kids are interested in cars that offer a seamless interface with their phones.

[Rot 911]

Most of us have fairly mundane lives on a day to day basis. Why we think we are going to miss out on something if we don't check our phones every few minutes amazes me. Or maybe people are hoping something might come up that will add some excitement to their lives. Either way, people really seem to worry about what is going on with everyone else.

[1990C4S]

My kids have no interest in cars other than being a conveyance from a to b.

They are well educated (or soon will be) professionals and I won't have to support them. I don't consider their lack of vehicular love a failure on their part or mine, to each his own. In many ways my life would be easier without the distraction (and cost) of cars.

I am sure there are kids out there that still love cars (although maybe not our 'old' cars).

I don't judge anyone's particular passions, as long as they have one.

[A930Rocket]

Until my son was 17 he had no interest in cars and even then it's limited. He doesn't want to work or learn on my cars.

I think kids have changed in that driving a car isn't a big event that it used to be, but just a hassle to endure because mom and dad drive them every where now.

[VINMAN]

Biggest issue with the second pic is, I see a ginger wearing brown socks with black sneakers..

[VINMAN]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

Unfortunately i don't believe this is a trait exclusive to kids.
And what surprised me the most was it was usually men doing it.

Agreed. The cell phone has turned men into a bunch of douches.

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by 1990C4S

My kids have no interest in cars other than being a conveyance from a to b.

Before the internet and social media came on the scene, cars represented freedom to young people. Finally, they could branch out and start doing things much further from home and hang with new kids from neighboring towns. Who needs that now when you can have hundreds of 'friends' on Facebook, can text anyone at anytime day or night and can veg on the couch and play on-line video games with opponents from around the world?

But there are young people who are still interested in cars. I enjoy restoring vintage VWs, and that world is full of kids who are as passionate about their cars as you guys are about your Porsches. Many are handy with tools and are avid do-it-yourselfers too. They're rebuilding motors, working metal, reupholstering interiors and even doing complete body-off restorations. Interest in cars isn't completely dead yet.

[Flieger]

First pic it looks like the kid lives there. Do you look at your car all the time you are in the garage, every time you walk through? Because I don't. In LA you see so many nice cars that a quick look is enough, then you look back at the road or where you are walking. It takes something really rare to stand out. The 911 would get 4 times as many onlookers as the Cayman R when parked at a local hangout, however. A normal Cayman would get none. The 911 might get a dozen on a good day- about what a new McLaren might get. The (old) 911 would get more than a new Ferrari though, unless it was their top supercar.

The things that get the most attention are the old cars- RS200s, Gullwings, Alfas, Talbot-Lagos, Ferrari 275s, Loti, etc.

[snbush67]

Originally Posted by Wyvern

I was at benihana the other day and what I thought a family of 5 was at another "show" table. ... dont thik Dad, Mom, 2 teenage boys or the tweener daughter said a single word to eachother ....

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[rfloz]

I'd bet that about the time the Model A arrived a lot of old farts were wondering why kids didn't seem to have the proper interest in horses.

[intakexhaust]

Walking around with their heads down, zoned in on a tiny screen trains kids how to drive late model vehicles with those center dash jizmo screens. LOL.

Ever notice how neighborhood playgrounds are empty of baseball and basketball pick-up games? Lack of interest, exercise. Its all about Angrybrds and Facesmack.