Hi, My name is John Hoenig and I'm posting this on behalf of my former advisor at Penn State, Dr. Gary Cross, who is writing a book on the development of car culture in the United States during the 20th century. We are looking to have some conversations with low rider enthusiasts about how they became interested in cars and how cars helped shape their lives and develop relationships. We have developed a website that describes some of the questions we are interested in asking - http://www.growingupwithcars.com/survey.html - and gives you an opportunity to answer those questions and submit them, but I'd also be happy to discuss these questions on this forum. Here are some of the questions we're particularly interested in discussing. This is a relatively long list of questions. If you'd only like to answer a few of them, that would be perfectly fine as well. For our purposes, the more specific and detailed an answer you can give (stories are a big plus), the better. We want to include as many of your voices in this project as possible.. 1) How old were you when you first became interested in cars? And who introduced you to your interest - a brother, dad, or friend? What was their interest in cars? 2) How did your driving and/or owning a car affect your relationships with your parents and other members of your family? 3) What kind of car did you drive in high school? Did you own it? If so, how did you pay for it? 4) What was your "dream car" in high school? Did you ever own it? 5) Did you work on your own car? Did you do any modifications to it? 6) What is your greatest memory of you and your car in high school? 7) While in high school did you hang out with others who shared your interest in cars? How would you describe these friends and how were they different from students you didn't hang out with? 8) Did you also participate in any school or community clubs or organized sports? Which ones? What was your favorite subject in high school? 9) Describe a typical night out for you in high school especially after you or your friends started driving? Where did you go? What did you do? Did it involve the opposite sex? 10) How did you feel about the police regarding your driving? 11) Did your interest in cars change as you became an adult? If so, how? 12) What year were you born? 13) Are you male or female? 14) Where did you grow up? 15) How far in school did you go? 16) What is or was your occupation?
Hi, My name is John Hoenig and I'm posting this on behalf of my former advisor at Penn State, Dr. Gary Cross, who is writing a book on the development of car culture in the United States during the 20th century. We are looking to have some conversations with low rider enthusiasts about how they became interested in cars and how cars helped shape their lives and develop relationships. We have developed a website that describes some of the questions we are interested in asking - http://www.growingupwithcars.com/survey.html - and gives you an opportunity to answer those questions and submit them, but I'd also be happy to discuss these questions on this forum. Here are some of the questions we're particularly interested in discussing. This is a relatively long list of questions. If you'd only like to answer a few of them, that would be perfectly fine as well. For our purposes, the more specific and detailed an answer you can give (stories are a big plus), the better. We want to include as many of your voices in this project as possible.. 1) How old were you when you first became interested in cars? And who introduced you to your interest - a brother, dad, or friend? What was their interest in cars? 2) How did your driving and/or owning a car affect your relationships with your parents and other members of your family? 3) What kind of car did you drive in high school? Did you own it? If so, how did you pay for it? 4) What was your "dream car" in high school? Did you ever own it? 5) Did you work on your own car? Did you do any modifications to it? 6) What is your greatest memory of you and your car in high school? 7) While in high school did you hang out with others who shared your interest in cars? How would you describe these friends and how were they different from students you didn't hang out with? 8) Did you also participate in any school or community clubs or organized sports? Which ones? What was your favorite subject in high school? 9) Describe a typical night out for you in high school especially after you or your friends started driving? Where did you go? What did you do? Did it involve the opposite sex? 10) How did you feel about the police regarding your driving? 11) Did your interest in cars change as you became an adult? If so, how? 12) What year were you born? 13) Are you male or female? 14) Where did you grow up? 15) How far in school did you go? 16) What is or was your occupation?