What car got you into cars?

[Ultramaroon]

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Originally Posted by strat61caster

On the off chance there's any FSAE teams reading this, go autocrossing, in anything, being able to read a course and put down a lap that's even 8/10ths speed cleanly and with good lines in any car no matter how crap it is will put you up front in the performance competition.

Then take the car autocrossing as soon as it's capable.

[Celica00]

First time I sat in the seat when someone drifted got me into cars.


DURIFTU!

[TheDonEffect]

The Delorean in back to the future was the first car I thought was the coolest thing. But the first car I obsessed about was the z32 300zx. There was this gray one parked in front of my building when I walked home from school, I thought it was the coolest thing. That lead to researching and day dreaming, learning about cars and eventually other cars. Never did get one but I did end up getting a 240sx later.

[fierostetz]

Bought a Fiero GT in highschool. Great looking car, made great sounds, handled well... spun a rod bearing and couldn't justify the cost of another 2.8. Found a forum thread where a guy did a how-to for swapping a cadillac V8 into a fiero. Took less than a day! I did 2 more fiero v8 swaps after that - one was an autocrosser that cost less than 2500 bucks, all-in including the car. Been hooked ever since - I like frankenstein builds. I'd like to build a grand national powered volvo 240 wagon some day, but I'm married now so I have to keep things a little more practical.

[ACEintheCROWD]

The original Italian Job got me interested in cars, specifically the Mini Cooper. My first car was a '96 Ford Taurus SHO and that thing was a beast until the catalytic converter melted in the middle of the highway up in Georgia and then I finally got my own '07 Mini Cooper S which was a ton of fun, but I payed to much for it and soon after I got it was a pain to keep running for any period of time. Now I have my very own Twin to play with!