You would think so, but there's a certain subset of zoomers who are _very_ into older cars, especially pre-mid-1990s cars.
Especially here in the Southeastern US... 90% of the time I see an old vette, NA miata, old civics, preludes, E36s, etc...it's some early 20s dude and they've done all the wrenching themselves and/or with their friends/dads. It's interesting to pay attention to the cars you don't see though -- the cars my generation absolutely destroyed -- Dodge Neons, 240SX and Turbobricks.
Most of the high-school and college aged dudes in my area are driving something 20 years old or more and it's not for lack of money -- they've done some _beautiful_ and expensive restorations on these cars.
When I brought my RX-7 home after getting rebuilt I had a gathering of teens at my door wanting to check it out.
It's mainly city kids who aren't interested in cars.
Yeah fair enough. I was talking mostly from the perspective of young European urbanites, many of which now are turning the lack of a driver's license into a status/social symbol and scorn at you if you even talk about car ownership.
Also car tuning and tinkering is expensive and youngsters here don't habe the money for that, they'd rather travel the world or put it in bitcoins than spend it on restoring old Miatas or buying a Tesla.
Motorcycle enthusiasts though don't seem to be lacking.
Maybe among the college educated class but when it comes to young tradies it's the opposite. I know just one who refuses to drive, everyone else is either a proud motorist or in the process of getting their license and saving up for a car.
Yeah it's definitely the college educted class for whom everything is a 15 minute walk/bicycle/subway ride away, who see cars as evil and drivers licenses as unnecessary.
In the country side people love their cars since they equate to freedom as the only public transportation option is a bus the goes to the city every hour.
Especially here in the Southeastern US... 90% of the time I see an old vette, NA miata, old civics, preludes, E36s, etc...it's some early 20s dude and they've done all the wrenching themselves and/or with their friends/dads. It's interesting to pay attention to the cars you don't see though -- the cars my generation absolutely destroyed -- Dodge Neons, 240SX and Turbobricks.
Most of the high-school and college aged dudes in my area are driving something 20 years old or more and it's not for lack of money -- they've done some _beautiful_ and expensive restorations on these cars.
When I brought my RX-7 home after getting rebuilt I had a gathering of teens at my door wanting to check it out.
It's mainly city kids who aren't interested in cars.