As by now I'm sure you've all figured out, I love ideological discussions, so here you go
A post Patrick made today made me want to ask this. Like him, I'm one of the 30-somethings in this group who unfortunately see my generation as one of the last generations to really feel a passion and interest for the automobile. Most of the people I've met younger than I, are typical more interested in making their "four-wheeled appliances" go faster, but don't particularly care about or know much about the car itself (or other cars). I've yet to meet any Mitsubishi EVO owner who gets excited by Mitsubishi industry news or knows Mitsubishi is just a few years from marking their centennial. Anyway, I digress...
Back on topic, it’s not a surprise or new revelation that the younger generations' interest and involvement in the old car hobby is disappearing. What do you think is behind it, but more importantly what can we do as a club and individuals to help change that?
If you’ve read some of my other (long) posts, you know I obviously put tons of thought into this all the time. I have a future, lifetime goal to help carry on and encourage the interest, but what I/we can do today is still a little grey. I let kids sit in my cars, I talk to people all the time about them, and I have even invited my neighborhood kids to come help me tinker (although none ever do). So what else can we do? Can the PCS sponsor youth oriented events? Do we have money to do that, or can we donate as individuals towards that? Can we find project cars to donate to high school auto mechanic programs and offer a resource for education and support through or club?
I see one of the biggest issues to overcome as the PCS, and a group trying to get people interested, is that a lot of us drive hearses. That's a hard sell, and I don't really have any good ideas on that yet... But, a lot of us have other non-hearse collector cars, and a lot of us are good at coming up with ideas. So let’s hear them!
A post Patrick made today made me want to ask this. Like him, I'm one of the 30-somethings in this group who unfortunately see my generation as one of the last generations to really feel a passion and interest for the automobile. Most of the people I've met younger than I, are typical more interested in making their "four-wheeled appliances" go faster, but don't particularly care about or know much about the car itself (or other cars). I've yet to meet any Mitsubishi EVO owner who gets excited by Mitsubishi industry news or knows Mitsubishi is just a few years from marking their centennial. Anyway, I digress...
Back on topic, it’s not a surprise or new revelation that the younger generations' interest and involvement in the old car hobby is disappearing. What do you think is behind it, but more importantly what can we do as a club and individuals to help change that?
If you’ve read some of my other (long) posts, you know I obviously put tons of thought into this all the time. I have a future, lifetime goal to help carry on and encourage the interest, but what I/we can do today is still a little grey. I let kids sit in my cars, I talk to people all the time about them, and I have even invited my neighborhood kids to come help me tinker (although none ever do). So what else can we do? Can the PCS sponsor youth oriented events? Do we have money to do that, or can we donate as individuals towards that? Can we find project cars to donate to high school auto mechanic programs and offer a resource for education and support through or club?
I see one of the biggest issues to overcome as the PCS, and a group trying to get people interested, is that a lot of us drive hearses. That's a hard sell, and I don't really have any good ideas on that yet... But, a lot of us have other non-hearse collector cars, and a lot of us are good at coming up with ideas. So let’s hear them!