Mostly its money. When you could get a decent paying job straight out of highschool (or even while in highschool) getting a new car in your teens/20s was fairly easy. When its hard to get a decent job with a 4 year degree, coupled with the massive debt associated with earning that degree ... very few people in their early 20s can even think of buying a new car.
When I was in university, most of my friends thought sports cars were cool. We all had different tastes, some liked European super cars, others fancied Asian tuners, and others like American muscle. Few of us were what you would call gearheads or even enthusiasts, but all the same, we still thought they were cool & we all wanted something. Its just that when your debt upon graduation exceeds the price of a lightly used Evo ... its going to be a while until you can buy anything remotely cool.
Family isn't it because the average age of marriage (and having kids either in or out of marriage) has been trending upwards for the last few decades. Again -look at post secondary enrolment rates of now vs 50 years ago.
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Originally Posted by Ray_Cam_SS
We live in the ME GENERATION ... Kids today wanna post their mug shot on facebook every 5 minutes. Narcissist facebook drama as replaced everything else. Sad ...
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Right ... and nobody has ever bought a big, loud, obnoxious car just to say "hey everybody, look at me!". Its just that a smart phone costs a whole lot less than a car, thereby enabling a lot more people to do that kind of thing.