To throw my anecdote in the mix, growing up in the early 2000s, my blue collar extended family donated to me a bunch of old computers, which were much more accessable to me than a car. I imagine for kids today, the same is possible, old laptops, tablets, etc, hopefully decently hackable.

Now that I'm working in tech, my younger brother is interested in cars, so the trend/cycle is resetting itself :)