(14-01-2022, 03:01 PM)Tony Betts Wrote: Hi ray,
I know there is never a right or wrong answer, as Clarkson says there are no winners or losers at St barnabies. But your answer is very selfish.
If previous owners of your car had the same vision, I dear say it would have been scrapped well before you bought it.
It's always enlightening to hear peoples true opinions though.
Tony.
To be honest Tony I think you mis read my post.
I was ASKING THE QUESTION..... 'why does it matter if - in the future (by which I mean the distant future) - people are no longer interested in our cars? I did not say that I didn't care about looking after my car because I couldn't give a stuff about what might happen to it. I do. As I say, if WE are not around to be upset about it... and if future generations are not bothered either...then apart from "investments" the hobby/interest will probably die out. We may not like the prospect but that is likely to be the scenario regardless of how much we "promote" it.
I compare owning an i/c engined car to smoking. Eventually, people will look back in amazement that their predecessors smoked despite knowing it could kill them. By the the same token future people will find it quite shocking that we drove cars that polluted the atmosphere and those who drove vehicles that were devoid of safety devices will probably be seen as reckless...
Is my asking the question an act of selfishness? You decide.
One could say Humans as a species are selfish. Admittedly, there are many individuals who care about the environment but as a species it would seem we don't care about the long term future of the planet or those who will inhabit it after we are gone.