Originally Posted by MI Roadster

You are a little hard to understand, GTR. People shouldn't be proud of a car that they have? Some people have to work very hard for what they have, and when they finally get something they want, makes sense to be proud of it. How hard did you have to work to get your $40k car? At 18, it's hard to imagine. I guess maybe you DO get some of your "pride" from your family.
This new generation has grown up WAY different than some of us old fogies who had to work hard for all we have. I have 3 of the new generation, my kids, and they don't have the values I had. They get things way easier than I did at their age and it seems to me that they aren't as proud of the things they have when they didn't have to sweat at all to get them. I don't think they are bad kids, things just seem different now.

I think maybe we ARE a little jealous of teenagers that get cars that we are proud of, and they just think of them as another thing to have.(I'm not saying all young people are like that) I got my '05 Roadster in July of '04 and paid $40k. That WAS a lot of money but that's what happens when you want something new before everyone else has it. After a couple years when they show up everywhere, the exclusiveness wears off and the car seems to get a different public personality. That's ok, I still love driving my Roadster and there's nothing like the feeling I get when the top is down and the radio is blasting! I think pride is a good description!!