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Old 08-26-2012, 09:41 AM   #10 (permalink)
Ryland
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[QUOTE=Sven7;323821but it is sad to imagine that people in the future may not know the adrenaline rush that is motor racing simply because they don't have a car to autocross or take to the track. [/QUOTE]

I think SUV's are doing more to take that away then anything else but that adrenaline rush is being replaced with the rush that you get from ridding a bicycle, of course some people still want to race vehicles and the new vehicle of choice seems to be pickup trucks... it's loud, annoying and is more likely to kill the driver so I see it as a self regulating "hobby" because the number of people who take their vehicles to the track are really small, most people never set foot on a race track and instead use the city streets and back roads.

In reading about electric cars a lot of people seem to be pushing for electric cars being so cheap that everyone can have one and to me the decline in car ownership is a good thing.
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