Interesting statistic

[JPSmit]

read this as part of a larger article on the boom in vintage cars during Covid.

'For the first time, more than half of Hagerty's new business is coming from people born after 1965, its CEO said.'

encouraging news.

 

[Basil]

That is encouraging.

 

[DrEntropy]

wondering about the foreign vs. domestic ratio there.

 

[waltesefalcon]

That's just because everyone born before 1965 is dying off.

 

[Bayless]

That's just because everyone born before 1965 is dying off.

Hmmm. Interesting observation. Disturbing but interesting.

 

[waltesefalcon]

Hmmm. Interesting observation. Disturbing but interesting.

While I said it tongue in cheek, I'm willing to bet it's also true.

 

[Bayless]

While I said it tongue in cheek, I'm willing to bet it's also true.

I think you're right, probably. I say disturbing because I as well as many of our friends here are not too far removed from the dwindling group.

 

[John Turney]

I think you're right, probably. I say disturbing because I as well as many of our friends here are not too far removed from the dwindling group.

Some of us are well into that group.

 

[mikephillips]

Would be interesting to see what they're insuring as classics, stuff from the 70s and 80s???

 

[Basil]

Would be interesting to see what they're insuring as classics, stuff from the 70s and 80s???

You should see what some 70's muscle cars are selling for these days at auction.

 

[Silverghost]

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[mikephillips]

Wouldn't surprise me. I have a cousin who's late 70s and when younger paid a bundle for a couple of 57 Chevys. He and his wife had dated in one back early 60s so always wanted to recreate the experience. We tend to want what we remember from our youth, maybe had one and got rid of it, maybe always wanted one and couldn't afford it. Back when I was a kid the thing you saw at shows were Model T and Model A Fords owned by guys who were young in that per W2 period, Later 50s and 60s classics. I have British because I was introduced in my teens in the 70s. So those approaching or at middle age these days would remember those 70s and 80s that they saw in the streets, TV, movies and such.