Good for you Toby-It's very discouraging to have the local teenagers turn up
their noses at getting their hands dirty. I know my girls( at ages 2&4) love
to help dad when I work on the daily drivers. my eldest already knows how to
hold a tire on and start the lugnuts-gearheadedness is certainly a genetic
trait that aches to be enhanced with knowledge and experience.
Mark Haynes
'62 HAN6
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Toby Atwater [SMTP:tob@taltec.net]
> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 1999 12:31 PM
> To: Sprite Maling List
> Subject: Re: observations of LBC ownership
>
> teenagers very
> >frequently politely ask from the street if they can see them and the
> >answer is always "of course." They are fascinated by them and ask all
> >sorts of questions and poke their heads in and under all around them. If
> >I can kindle any interest in LBC's to them I really try.
>
> That was me about 2, 3 years ago. Every LBC I would come up to it and take
> a CLOSE
> look at it... the owner would wonder by, and we would talk about it.... I
> guess
> that's what got me started....
> All my friends really love my car... but they would never own such a
> beast.....And
> there are less and less kids that are involved in mechanical work as well.
> Today
> its considered cheap if you do it yourself... I can't stand that. I wanted
> to
> change the oil on a friends car (she was bragging about how far he could
> go without
> an oil change!) she wouldn't let me do it... I couldn't understand
> it....She thinks
> there is something magical about her car that only mechanics can open the
> hood... I
> mean I would never do this full time as a mechanic but it sure is fun on
> your own
> cars.... It just seems like there were more teens involved in the inner
> workings of
> their cars in the past. It's too bad....
>
> Toby
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