I'm self-aware enough to every once in a while step back and crack myself up a bit.

I'm not broke, but not rich. I live in a high rise with valet parking (more of a pain-in-the-*** than a luxury, it's valet so they can stuff more cars in) and I do enjoy the, "The Bentley today" brief moment. But anyone who thinks valets are impressed by cars is wrong, they are impressed by tips. Expensive cars are a PITA since they have to be uber-careful.

Anyway, back to first-world problems. The other day, dropping my 15. year-old daughter at school, I showed up first to "get the car". Those of you with teenage daughters, or who remember having them, knows that getting them out the door is a big job. Anyway, the valets brought me "my" car, since I was alone. Normally, we take the Cadillac SUV when both parents and daughter go to school.

She was SO bummed out she had to ride in the back seat of my GT. Ha. Imagine being a teenager in 2019; "OMG Dad, I have to drive in the Bentley to school?"

In a view to the future, we know Millennials aren't into cars like we are (I'm Gen X, I bet most of us are Boomers) but Gen Z is even worse. My daughter, who has her learner's permit, tried the Bentley twice and now refuses to practice driving in it. It's "too low" and "can't see".

Could you imagine your teen years and being so "over it" that you didn't even want a ride in the Bentley to school because the back seat was too small?

The car guys are pretty much over. Everything is going to be SUV-ish and electric when my daughter is my age. 12 cylinders? A waste. Just four motors, a bunch of battery packs and a good Internet connection is all they'll want. Our twin-turbos will be a weird anachronism, like expensive hats they wore in the '40s.