Post about Boomers, Gen Z’ers and muscle cars caused a heated intergenerational debate

A post about Boomers, Gen Z’ers, and muscle cars sparked a huge intergenerational debate.

It all started when Dale Stark, the host of The Dale Stark Show, took to X, formerly known as Twitter, with a hot take.

He claimed that the market for muscle cars was in decline as Boomers were aging out and Gen Z’ers had no interest in a ’60s clunker’.

As with most things posted on the internet, it caused a lot of arguments.

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Muscle cars, Boomers, and Gen Z’ers – the debate that divided the internet

Intergenerational differences are nothing new.

But thanks to social media, these disputes are played out online over a variety of topics.

And muscle cars are the latest battleground.

To some people, Boomers and Gen Z’ers may sound like meaningless phrases.

So here’s some quick definitions, courtesy of Merriam Webster.

A boomer is a person born during a baby boom – in this case, we’re thinking of the period between 1946 and 1964, when approximately 78 million Americans were born.

As for Generation Z, they are the demographic born between 1997 and 2012.

So you’ve basically got people bordering on retirement arguing with kids barely out of high school.

And while we’re defining terms, a muscle car is a ‘two-door American-made sports coupe with a powerful engine’.

So what, exactly, kicked off the debate?

It was Dale Stark who set off the row, when he took to X on March 15 with a controversial statement.

“My buddy into classic muscle cars says the market’s crashing as Boomers age out. Gen X rarely, and Millennials/Gen Z almost never, want to pay big for a 60s clunker,” he said.

Unsurprisingly, some of the Gen Z crowd took issue with the idea that they weren’t interested in muscle cars.

Even the millennials – The generation just before Gen Z – got in on the debate.

“Millennials don’t have the money or financial security. We’d love to have cool s**t but we have to buy a beater and do the restorations ourselves vs buying fully restored with the price tag that comes with it,” one replied

“Let’s see. 60s classic car. S****y gas mileage, s****y handling. I would rather spend the same money on a kit car built on top of something modern,” another wrote.

Some questioned whether the lack of pick-up among younger generations was down to a lack of interest or a lack of funds.

And many people took it as an opportunity to share pictures of their own muscle cars.

Are cars really that divisive between the age groups?

Young and old people generally differ on quite a few topics – politics, music, and avocado on toast, just to name a few.

But cars also appear to be a huge wedge issue.

One survey of Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 found that 44 percent of them would be okay not owning a car.

A big factor in this is likely due to young people primarily living in cities, where public transport is easily accessible.

Older people are generally more inclined to move to a more rural location, where a car is a must-have.

But, as much division as this topic can cause between the generations, cars can also bring them together.

Take this heart-warming story of a grandson restoring his grandpa’s 1954 International pickup truck as an example of that.

Elsewhere, a son honored his dad by gifting him a 1967 Camaro that was just like the one he used to drive back in the 1980s.

So, despite the online rows, cars don’t have to be a dividing line between young and old.

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