Guess kids never change....

[Bobn57]

when I was a kid all you thought about was turning 17 and getting a car. That represented freedom. I remember paying for insurance at 17 so I could use it whenever I wanted. My parents did pay for my first car in 1974... it was a 67 Chevy Caprice, 327 2bbl, four door, blue with black vinyl roof. paid $400 from our landlord. Had it for one week before T boning a guy that ran a stop sign! Cost another $400.00 to repair!

Hey Ira don't be sad!...My Dad bought the Caprice before I got my license so it sat at home for a few weeks until my test was scheduled. On the day of my driving test, he drives it to the DMV in Newark. We wait in line and I get behind the wheel. The instructor gets in when its my turn to drive and the car won't start! Starter died! Had to tow it to a garage and get it fixed.......then had to reschedule the test!
All that just to wreck it a few weeks later.

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[shogun32]

age and geography probably play a very big role in outlook. If you're 20 miles to town, you need wheels. If you live in a city with a robust transport system and horrendous parking limitations then you use bipedal or public trans.

My first car was a '91 grand prix my dad had for 3 years from new as a company car. He bought it for $1 and sold it to me for $6200 (KBB) and gave me my first taste of debt slavery. But I was a freshly minted LT of age 22. A car at college was a total waste (metro Pittsburgh) so that's why the late start.

 

[MidwayJ]

Yup!

Doesn't quite compare to a Buc-ees.

 

[shogun32]

Wawa, Sheetz, Buc-Ees. Rubbish! Mere pretenders to the throne.
Royal Farms is the real deal.

 

[Schwerin]

We have 1 near me. I

Wawa, Sheetz, Buc-Ees. Rubbish! Mere pretenders to the throne.
Royal Farms is the real deal.

I've yet to try it as I forget that its there.

 

[WildHorse]

I always oblige to the younglings requests (within reason). Always puts a smile on their faces.

 

[UserName]

Doesn't quite compare to a Buc-ees.

I find it interesting that you used a picture of one of the smaller buc-ee’s for comparison purposes.

damn. Now all I want is some bohemian garlic jerky from there.

 

[MidwayJ]

I find it interesting that you used a picture of one of the smaller buc-ee’s for comparison purposes.

damn. Now all I want is some bohemian garlic jerky from there.

Closest one to me. And this is taken from the side. A pic from where the gas pumps are would better show how big the building is.

 

[UserName]

Closest one to me. And this is taken from the side. A pic from where the gas pumps are would better show how big the building is.

I think the main problem is the building looks miniature. The bigger stations have two wings of pumps and a Walmart worth of stuff inside. Craziest thing I’ve ever seen. But now I want some kolachies.
Edit: now I want some praline pecans made fresh nonstop.

last edit: thanks very much, I’ve now overeaten virtually. This is a new low for me.

 

[Shadow277]

Ya'll must live in cool places. Only had one kid ask me to Rev it at the college I go to (currently getting my MBA).
I've probably only had a handful of people enjoy it but most noteably:
My friends and I did a cruise and went out to some fun roads. When we hit the gas station, I pulled in and saw some kids there. I revved it and the kids called me stupid and "nobody thinks your cool."

Do I care? No, so I revved even more and so did my friends!!! They were more impressed with the SC300s though...

 

[MidwayJ]

I think the main problem is the building looks miniature. The bigger stations have two wings of pumps and a Walmart worth of stuff inside. Craziest thing I’ve ever seen. But now I want some kolachies.
Edit: now I want some praline pecans made fresh nonstop.

last edit: thanks very much, I’ve now overeaten virtually. This is a new low for me.

Haha. For what it's worth here's the inside of the Fort Worth location.

 

[UserName]

Haha. For what it's worth here's the inside of the Fort Worth location.

I haven’t been to that one yet. I frequent the I-10 locations and have been to the original store one time whilst working.
I can’t remember exactly which store it was that had for a period of time the longest automated car wash in the world.

It’s a Texas sized 7-11 if I must call it something.

 

[bellamor]

That looks perfectly baked. Now I'm hungry but I don't know what to eat.

 

[ICU812]

Glad to hear it, way too many of the younger generation are more concerned with tik tok than cars.
My 23 y.o. daughter knows several kids from high school and college that have no interest in cars or getting a license. They just call an uber when they need a ride.

I am sorry, but it seems many of the older people don't understand why and I'm here to step up and tell you why.
oh, and I'm way past over the hill.
1) Cost. To get into a vehicle that doesn't need a bunch of money thrown at it to keep it running is 3500.00 and up.
If you want something sporty, 5k and up.
2) new drivers insurance rates are nuts, for a basic econobox, a sporty car is stupid money .
3)Job market for new drivers, Lets all face the fact that back when I was 14 y/o you could earn money throwing newspapers on a door step, mowing neighbors yards, etc. And maybe a work permit, to work a 1st job, without much in the way of limited hours or what jobs you could do, as long as your grades stayed up.
Today, the hours they can work on a school day, and how many they can work a day and total in a week are limited, So are what jobs they are allowed to do while under the age of 18.
I worked all the hours I could, today, even if they want too they can't.
So where are they getting that 3500-5000.00 bucks for a car and then the 2000.00+ for insurance, then fuel, upkeep, etc.
While being allowed to work 12-16 hours a week at min wage.
4) We got our drivers lic. to be able to hang with our friends and other than the land line phone, you HAD to go out or they had to come to your house.
Today they can talk to friends At any time anywhere, all for 15 bucks a month.
This is more inline with the money they are allowed to earn with all the labor laws on school age kids/workers.
5)Times have changed, back when I was younger and would light up the tires for fun, or slide the rear end out around a corner, if the popo saw you, you get a stern talking to and a warning if you were polite and yes sir, no mam. Today fat chance of that, And they know this.
Heck first thing out of everyone's mouth is anyone under 25 gets in a wreck is they must have been texting , the kid could not even have a phone in the car with them and that is the automatic goto for everybody.
6)Many places you can't work on your own junk in your own driveway, So a kid that buys a car needing work or just wants to upgrade it, is s.o.l.
The parents home is in a HOA that any of that is a no no, or the parents won't allow the kid to have an older car because of lack of safety bla bla bla.
For a kid today to own a car it take 100% of their income to own it, insure it, and do the required upkeep on it. and fuel it. one ticket blows that out of the water.
Or for 15-40 bucks a month they can see and talk to all their friends anytime they want.
Then on a friday night, grab an uber for 10-15 bucks and go party at a buddies house.
The generations before them put in road block after road block to vehicle ownership, then complain that they can't be bothered to get a drivers lic.
Why won't you get a drivers lic. and the required drivers ed classes that cost money and then a vehicle and insurance you can't afford on the job we limited how many hours and what hours you can work and what jobs you can do, till you are 18 or out of school. Maybe they know they can't afford it, so they don't bother.

 

[Bobn57]

I am sorry, but it seems many of the older people don't understand why and I'm here to step up and tell you why.
oh, and I'm way past over the hill.
1) Cost. To get into a vehicle that doesn't need a bunch of money thrown at it to keep it running is 3500.00 and up.
If you want something sporty, 5k and up.
2) new drivers insurance rates are nuts, for a basic econobox, a sporty car is stupid money .
3)Job market for new drivers, Lets all face the fact that back when I was 14 y/o you could earn money throwing newspapers on a door step, mowing neighbors yards, etc. And maybe a work permit, to work a 1st job, without much in the way of limited hours or what jobs you could do, as long as your grades stayed up.
Today, the hours they can work on a school day, and how many they can work a day and total in a week are limited, So are what jobs they are allowed to do while under the age of 18.
I worked all the hours I could, today, even if they want too they can't.
So where are they getting that 3500-5000.00 bucks for a car and then the 2000.00+ for insurance, then fuel, upkeep, etc.
While being allowed to work 12-16 hours a week at min wage.
4) We got our drivers lic. to be able to hang with our friends and other than the land line phone, you HAD to go out or they had to come to your house.
Today they can talk to friends At any time anywhere, all for 15 bucks a month.
This is more inline with the money they are allowed to earn with all the labor laws on school age kids/workers.
5)Times have changed, back when I was younger and would light up the tires for fun, or slide the rear end out around a corner, if the popo saw you, you get a stern talking to and a warning if you were polite and yes sir, no mam. Today fat chance of that, And they know this.
Heck first thing out of everyone's mouth is anyone under 25 gets in a wreck is they must have been texting , the kid could not even have a phone in the car with them and that is the automatic goto for everybody.
6)Many places you can't work on your own junk in your own driveway, So a kid that buys a car needing work or just wants to upgrade it, is s.o.l.
The parents home is in a HOA that any of that is a no no, or the parents won't allow the kid to have an older car because of lack of safety bla bla bla.
For a kid today to own a car it take 100% of their income to own it, insure it, and do the required upkeep on it. and fuel it. one ticket blows that out of the water.
Or for 15-40 bucks a month they can see and talk to all their friends anytime they want.
Then on a friday night, grab an uber for 10-15 bucks and go party at a buddies house.
The generations before them put in road block after road block to vehicle ownership, then complain that they can't be bothered to get a drivers lic.
Why won't you get a drivers lic. and the required drivers ed classes that cost money and then a vehicle and insurance you can't afford on the job we limited how many hours and what hours you can work and what jobs you can do, till you are 18 or out of school. Maybe they know they can't afford it, so they don't bother.

you make a lot of good points.....glad I grew up in a different time!
sad those kids will never experience what we experienced growing up. different generations all have unique experiences propelling them through life....good or bad.

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