A Neat Leno Article

[89 MJ]

Here is an opinion article that Jay Leno recently wrote for Hagerty. I know lots of us do our own work, so we have appreciation for the work that goes into these trucks and just vehicles in general, but I still think this is worth a read.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinion/leno-appreciation-for-hard-work-is-fading-and-old-cars-arent-easy/

[Jesse J]

that's a great read. inspirational for sure

[MiNi Beast]

i have to read...

 

[derf]

I really don't see that things are changing.  People have always been cheap and never have any idea on how hard real work is.

 

I mean, it's a valid complaint.  People want to pay nothing and get everything and they are stunned when they can't get it.  But I don't see any difference over the last many decades. 

[75sv1]

17 hours ago, MiNi Beast said:

i have to read...

 

There's pretty pictures in the article.  I will say that most people, what they have is gold, what the other guy has is dirt. Jeep Guys can be the worst. I'd say less than 10% will pay for quality. 

[scaleless]

Great article.  I have a massive amount of respect for Mr. Leno, and I personally think he's absolutely correct here.  It goes way past restoring cars: just think about how much less maintenance a modern car requires, and how much people procrastinate and complain about their now-biannual oil change!  Chinese trinkets dominate the Amazon bestseller charts while American-made, sturdy, and superior alternatives are readily available.  And for every person I know who truly enjoys mastering a trade, I know ten who spend hundreds of hours per week mastering a video game! Or worse yet, mastering their Twitter feed.

 

Perhaps it isn't entirely true, but with the advent of social media and the absurd explosion of vanity and celebrity worship across all forms of media (The Real Housewives of Whoever-The-F!@# Cares?  Drives me crazy), it's certainly becoming so.  People are expecting more and more for less and less, they're considering themselves better and better than those around them (which, admittedly, is very easy if you've seen the average political opinion on Twitter), and an alarming amount of people now seem to want absolutely every aspect of their lives served to them on a silver platter courtesy of the Nanny State (sorry, I mean the American Taxpayer).

 

 

 

I deeply apologize for the long rant, and for the directly political nature of my response, ha!

[NHMJXJ]

On 3/10/2021 at 2:42 PM, derf said:

People have always been cheap and never have any idea on how hard real work is.