Can you blame them? Why spend a grand on an old shed then £10k on modifying it, when you can get a brand new Golf R/S3/Leon/whatever on PCP, not break down every week and, with a remap, have 400bhp to play with.

The car modifying scene is probably in better health than its been in for a decade, it's just changed from what a lot of older people remember. On the odd occasion I've passed by the local modified car hang out, it's been busier than I've seen it in years.

We should be jealous of how things are to be honest. People have never had such easy access to such high levels of performance.