You have to be careful not to extrapolate too much from your personal experiences. I screw that up pretty often. Near as I can tell, there are about as many ki

You have to be careful not to extrapolate too much from your personal experiences. I screw that up pretty often. Near as I can tell, there are about as many kids that are into cars as ever have been. They're maybe doing different things to them than in the past -- wheels, suspension, hydraulics, stereos -- but there are still a lot of young people that care a lot about their cars. Forums like stancenation (http://www.stancenation.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?30-Meets-amp-Events-Photo-Coverage! http://www.stancenation.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?30-Meets...) seem to be mostly younger people. Not my thing, but hey, a lot of folks into it. And near as I can tell, it's never been true that everyone knew how to work on a car. Mechanics have been around forever, and for good reason. One of my grandpa's favorite stories is the time he took apart the engine on his car, down to the bolt, carefully boxing and bagging and labeling every single thing, only to find he had no idea how it all went back together again. The mechanic showed up, took one look at it, threw it all into a box and brought the car back a few days later. The 50's style family road trip has maybe suffered somewhat from the high price of gas and from the competition of touring abroad, but people still do road trips. My pa and I drove from Florida to California years ago; I just finished a brief tour of small towns in Oregon and California a few months ago, and bumped into someone else doing the same; lots of people take road trips to Burning Man every year; I still see the occasional converted hippy bus on the road; and there's even a company that specializes in renting RVs to people for trips, https://www.cruiseamerica.com/ https://www.cruiseamerica.com/ -- if you stop at a KOA or a Goodsam, you'll find plenty of those. If you don't travel much, it's easy to believe other people don't travel too, and if you travel, you'll meet other travelers. Sure, some things are changing. Something always is. But just 'cause people can do the Facebook thing doesn't mean it's as fun as a LAN party or a game night or beer and barbecue with friends. I'm pretty sure the party scene isn't any less lively than before. Jeep is still doing a brisk business domestically (http://www.autonews.com/article/20140701/RETAIL01/140709987/chrysler-up-9-on-strong-jeep-ram-demand http://www.autonews.com/article/20140701/RETAIL01/140709987/...), and the main thing those vehicles have going for them is their brand identity. (Don't hate me, I love Jeeps ... but they're not really practical for the average use case.)