Hardly surprising.  Where&#x27;s the appeal of driving when you spend so much more of your time stuck in nose-to-tail traffic jams and breathing fumes?  The &quot;open road&quot; is either hundreds of miles away or something you ask your parents about.  Insurance is becoming unaffordable for youngsters.  Fuel is near £5 a gallon.<p>People do most of their shopping online and the supermarket delivers, so there&#x27;s no weekly need of the car like there once was.  Twenty years ago you pretty much needed a car just for the weekly groceries.  So one of the key motivators has gone.  You&#x27;re left transporting with toddler age children as one of the key motivators, so you can delay getting one until you&#x27;re thinking about having a family.  As we&#x27;re having families later and later in life...<p>A car is simply no longer something as desirable as it once was.