As a gen X-er, we didn't have new cars when we were young, either. My mother said it was a bit of a problem - good cars required less skill to drive, but it was

As a gen X-er, we didn't have new cars when we were young, either. My mother said it was a bit of a problem - good cars required less skill to drive, but it was older people with skill that got them. Meanwhile the young, inexperienced drivers have the crappy old cars that you really should have some experience before driving them (For example, I remember driving for half a kilometer on a dead-flat tyre because I didn't recognise the feel of that pull. Something felt wrong, but I had no idea what...)