You are invited on a "trip down memory lane".

bdp24 ,  well at least your folks had a Magnavox console, mine had a Montgomery Ward portable. 

mr_m1,294 

I think many of us have had similar experiences growing up.  And not being a snob or anything, but my parents drove automobiles that went from point A to point B without any pretense of "fun to drive".  Somehow I got into racing Formula Fords and started driving some superb sports cars.  In high school I did the old going in a straight line ala. drag racing.  In later years I fell in love with the idea of winning races in corners, like at Road America and others.  Since speeding can get you a ticket, most of us can enjoy driving by threshold and trail braking and learning about the proper apex of a corner...just a thrill. 

Ah yes, the idea of a 2nd childhood has happened to me repeatedly.  I bought 3 sports cars in a row over a few years...vowing to my mate with each purchase it would be my last.  A Porsche, a Lotus and a Lexus...and now that the mate is gone, I realized the cars were cheaper and more reliable.