he is inc magazine columnist and the president & ceo of tribeca flashpoint media arts academy. and you say it has nothing to do, necessarily, directly with the gen y crowd. > > well, look, if you are living in your parents' basement, if you don't have a job, if you are worried about repaying student loans, i don't think you are lining up for that prius right away. so that's one of the issues. but honestly, there are four or five different things that are really driving this change. > one thing is that the emotional bond really isn't there that once had been there. you kind of defined yourself by this car you drove. > > it was your identity, it was your patriotic duty, it was part, certainly, of becoming 16 - you were lined up the night before ready to go and get your license. today, the average age is about 23, and 25% of the gen y'ers don't even have licenses. > one way i stayed connected to cars... at one point... was i worked on the engine, so there was an emotional connection to the vehicle. > > one of the big hits is going to be, not only aren't we going to be able to repa