It has nothing to do with a fragile ego, and everything to do with the Boomer generation doing nothing to encourage younger generations in their automotive endeavors....and good for you, that you’re into tuners....the majority in your age group are not, and look down their noses, because “The Youth” are. This wasn’t an attack on you personally, or saying that all in the younger generations have fragile egos, it was just an observation of what I have experienced over the last 40 years or so of being addicted to cars. ... View more

The Boomers killed the interest in vehicles for the younger generations. For every Boomer who is accepting and encouraging of the younger generations and their vehicle choices, there are hundreds who laugh, mock, etc., because it’s not American Muscle, or it’s too new, or Japanese /Euro crap, etc, etc....you see it here in the comments on all the articles that aren’t about their precious Muscle Cars, they piss and moan and whine about Hagerty’s not in tune with their members....NO, you’ve all driven the younger generations away, and we have found other vehicles that interest US! ... View more