Motoring as we know it is dying....

[Kris Clewell]

http://www.stanceworks.com/2017/02/m...t-an-obituary/

Posting my most recent article. I wanted to have a discussion here on this topic. What do you guys think?

[csbush]

Easy fix- move to Texas. Drive all year round, lots of Oil (gas) and cars aren't going anywhere for a long, long, time. It is 80 degrees here and I will be driving my Porsche home tonight with the top down.

[Chuck Miller]

Kris,

Your topical thread fits better over here for all who still enjoy the ride no mater what their wheels are attached to....

I agree that the visceral sensory circle of our passion is getting smaller.... but perhaps more resolute for us that resist, endure, and still smile at the next set of turns...

Cheers

[DOUGS73E]

Our motoring interest/hobby will go the way of equestrians to horses. Hopefully there will still be some specialty gasoline stations remaining and we won't be banished entirely from the public roads.

[Silverbullit]

Nice musings....great observations.
I agree that the thrill of driving is largely lost on today's youth.
In my day, a car meant freedom, independence and escape.
Today's youth finds all that on the interweb, preferring to drive a mouse than a car.

[stout]

Hogwash.

I initially took a dark view on this topic, too, but I think predictions of the end are premature.

Also, in a rare case where I agree with this guy on something...I think he's got a smarter perspective on this than most of the media.
http://www.thedrive.com/opinion/6384...ustry-is-wrong

[stout]

Oh yeah, and: LOVE the shot with that red decklid aglow. Just wonderful.

[boxster03]

or learn to drive a flying drone

[Biancaneve]

I agree we'll have a decline, but see the good points of that ... the fewer, the better ... less people on the road, loads of spare available from stalled projects, less irrelevant "glamour", back to basic ...

[72targa]

It will probably evolve to enthusiasts driving old (literally) internal combustion engine-based cars and the rest being driven by fuel cell-based robotic cars. I know at one point in my college days that I envisioned converting my car to somehow run on ethanol (heck, Indy cars run on methanol, right?) and then just brew my own fuel...