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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 17 DS is all into cars. He is super shy and quiet unless the conversation is about cars. His PT pizza job money all goes to his car projects. He's going into his third year of Auto Tech this fall in his high school's career center program and is earning college credits and certification in it. He is always watching car stuff on YouTube and downloading diagnostic apps for mechanics. He has quite a few car enthusiast friends as well. But like PPs stated above, cars are different these days. DS has a passion for restoring older cars, which he no doubt gets from his father, and they all agree the newer cars are a pain to work on.[/quote]

It’s about class. People in this area tend to drive nice cars. No parent wants to let their child drive their nice car, let alone work on it (when it doesn’t need to be worked on anyways). And to this person, it’s class again. I don’t want my kid growing up to be a mechanic. Sorry, not happening. [/quote]

Yes, I know people are all about class labels around here but I'm not one of them. No need for apologies. I'd rather my son pursue his passion, so I'm happy to support his plans to pursue a master auto tech certification, business degree and driver training in Japan. I'm also happy to watch him restore classic cars with DH and to never get ripped off by dealerships. Last month he rescued my stranded mother and fixed her car in a parking lot in the rain. Worthless to you, but priceless to me.[/quote]

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