even though i am on the mom side of things i have the same problem. my oldest son is 23 and never had any passion for cars. My youngest used to help me but he always wanted to take a short cut to get things done. I even brought him a 86 camaro with a blown engine. I then gave him the engine out of my monte for his car. He worked hard on it every weekend for a couple of months. then lost complete interest. I got hurt last year and can no longer climb under my monte. when i was installing my 472 i needed him to do my motor mounts. I had to pay him to do it. Last weekend i needed him and my hubby to hang some plywood for me so i could hang up some of the tin signs that my friends gave me. My hubby was happy to do it but it cost me $15.00 for the help from 17 year old. I got tired of looking at my once beautiful engine in the camaro going to rust. I sat my son down and had a long talk to him about commitment. He tells me that he wants to sell the camaro and get something different. So he sold it. He now has a 94 astro van that he got a great deal on. But as he is still a high school student with no job other than keeping his grades up he needs gas money. If i am working on my car he comes out to the garage to see what i am doing makes a few comments then leaves. I get so frustrated i could scream.