Loki-GT
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I've been going to cruise nights for the better part of 40 years (minus the past 9 years). The last one I went to was at a local McDonald's in 2009 that drew a huge amount of cars of all types. People walked around these cruise nights looking at all of the cars sharing stories and enjoying the events.
Speed forward to 2018 and the last 4 cruise nights I went to, last one being last night the older cars owners (pre-1980's) didn't even walk by the modern cars, at all. :shrug:
Last night I noticed the younger guys with newer cars did the same thing, they ignored the old cars. :shrug:
I looked at all of them, the nice, the ugly, all of them. Tried to have a conversation with many of them was like asking to join a club or something. I know society as a whole is turning completely selfish but has it gotten this bad??
I talked to one guy who came up to me last night very interested in the 2018 Mustang because of what he has read online. I answered all of his questions happily and enjoyed the conversation. There were a bunch of guys with late 70's Trans Ams there, they didn't speak to anybody, I walked by and said nice TA's, no response, so ooooook moved on to the Mustang crowd that seemed to be more lively and willing to talk.
Walked by the Camaro crowd, had some good chuckles sharing some Ford vs Chevy smack talk so that was cool.
Over-all, the older people (my age 54 or older) people seem like they have sticks up their keesters, this is a shared hobby, it's about cars, not old vs new. Don't get me wrong, snobs have existed since cars were invented and I've always seen them but not at this level.
When I had my 1969 SS 396 Chevelle it was a rolling car show, stop for gas and expect to be there answering questions. Same thing kind of happens with the Mustang but you get different questions, but the Chevelle at cruise nights was always a hit, with the old and new crowd, I wonder how it would fair with todays folk... I'll never know because I can talk to anybody unless they avoid it, plus I no longer have the SS which I miss.
Anyway, after being away from muscle cars for nearly 9 years I have never seen such a difference in how people interact with each other. I found a new cruise night in West Chicago at Augustinos so next Tuesday going there to check out that crowd.
Here is my Chevelle right before I sold it.
Speed forward to 2018 and the last 4 cruise nights I went to, last one being last night the older cars owners (pre-1980's) didn't even walk by the modern cars, at all. :shrug:
Last night I noticed the younger guys with newer cars did the same thing, they ignored the old cars. :shrug:
I looked at all of them, the nice, the ugly, all of them. Tried to have a conversation with many of them was like asking to join a club or something. I know society as a whole is turning completely selfish but has it gotten this bad??
I talked to one guy who came up to me last night very interested in the 2018 Mustang because of what he has read online. I answered all of his questions happily and enjoyed the conversation. There were a bunch of guys with late 70's Trans Ams there, they didn't speak to anybody, I walked by and said nice TA's, no response, so ooooook moved on to the Mustang crowd that seemed to be more lively and willing to talk.
Walked by the Camaro crowd, had some good chuckles sharing some Ford vs Chevy smack talk so that was cool.
Over-all, the older people (my age 54 or older) people seem like they have sticks up their keesters, this is a shared hobby, it's about cars, not old vs new. Don't get me wrong, snobs have existed since cars were invented and I've always seen them but not at this level.
When I had my 1969 SS 396 Chevelle it was a rolling car show, stop for gas and expect to be there answering questions. Same thing kind of happens with the Mustang but you get different questions, but the Chevelle at cruise nights was always a hit, with the old and new crowd, I wonder how it would fair with todays folk... I'll never know because I can talk to anybody unless they avoid it, plus I no longer have the SS which I miss.
Anyway, after being away from muscle cars for nearly 9 years I have never seen such a difference in how people interact with each other. I found a new cruise night in West Chicago at Augustinos so next Tuesday going there to check out that crowd.
Here is my Chevelle right before I sold it.
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