Who/What Got You Into Cars?
 

Hi My name is Nate Or you can call by my username Ghostkiiller I'm fairly new to this forum and this is my first post. Who or What got you into cars? I'll start. So originally I was never really into cars as in modifying or racing them. Always thought they were only used to commute and you can only have a "fast" car if you had money. That all changed for me one late night at my friends house. It was mainly us guys this Saturday night Because you know, Saturdays are for the boys. But there was this one girl there I never met her she was a Cousin of one of my friends, well anyway that night her and I talked till about 6am and one of her biggest hobbies were you guessed it. Cars it was all she talked about and she showed me videos and pictures of jdm cars and cars she wanted. Anyways that's the night I fall in love with cars particularly jdm cars. I don't remember her name lol just the cars she showed me and talked about.

Welcome to our forum, Ghostkiiller - :clap:

Yep, my interest in cars started when I got bored driving a tractor, so I built my own car.


humfrz

Injury and age forcing me into a new hobby.

My dad gave me his '61 beetle to drive around the trails when I was 9. My playground was miles and miles of woods and farmland.

Gran Turismo and Initial D

When I was 9, and 9 feet tall, my dad gave me a VW.

You mocking me? It sounds like you're mocking me.

My new job was too far away for me to ride bicycle anymore.

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Kashyyyk sounds like a fun place.



As for my story... My parents owned a pizza shop in upstate NY. Drunk people want pizza late at night, and your average driver (kids) couldn't stay out till 2am. Lucky for me, my dad didn't tell me that when I was 'offered' the job when I was 16. Turns out, not ruining hot pizza on what I now call the twisties is hard (Cheese slides off). I must have killed like 20 pizzas before someone complained (yay drunk people!). Rather than tell me just to slow down like a rational person he just gave me some 'lessons' in driving he learned from watching racing (SMH now right?). Well, hes not really an expert, but it somehow worked and I started making it into a game to see how quickly I could make the round trip without ruining the pizza (no one is on those roads after midnight anyway). I guess that's how I came to like driving and fun cars. :iono:

Where was @Tcoat - oh, there he was, back-in-his-day -:D


humfrz

For me it was simply getting my license that got me into cars. For me it was more about the driving than the cars though. My dad took me to an autox right after getting my license in an 85 Accord 5MT that handled like a boat. I had so much fun I knew I needed a sporty car. So after doing about 4 events I finally got my first car which was a 95 Integra GS-R. I was actually trying to find a DelSol VTEC (B16A) but settled for the Integra which I thought was ugly. In the end I was glad I got a B18C vs the completely torqueless B16A. I also went on a mission to find a good racing sim for the PC to fill the time between autox events. An autox friend gave me a wheel and pedals and I found Gran Prix Legends and and became obsessed with sim racing too.

I wish! I would love a deuce coupe done up old school.


Like you I got into cars after being bored of driving a tractor from a very young age.


And...


Like so many here my early love of and choice of cars was influenced by a movie.


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I make fun of people here that love the original F&F cars even though they have never drove them but the cars that influenced me were about the same age in 73 when I first saw the movie. That movie impacted my car buying choices for a couple of decades.


Daily driver 1982

Saw that movie about 10 times. My first slot car was a 55 Chevy.

I would never do that.

I think buying my first car is what got me into cars. Doing all the research about what car I wanted and all that spiraled outward into looking at different cars just because I thought they were neat. I think my love for motorcycles also played a part because its not too big of a logical jump from liking riding/fixing dirt bikes to liking doing the same stuff with cars.

My first car was a 55 Chevy and someday (when not looking for it) I will find the picture to prove it!
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When I was very young we had a Motorific set. My favorite car was the Mercedes. Memories are strange, every time I see one I get transported back to our living room floor when I was about 6. Smells, everything.

Neighbor growing up had an old Buick, and a Packard, and my dad was a tool maker, with a small machine shop at home, so...eventually dad started making parts for the local antique car guys, which led to shows. The street rods got my attention, and about that time I got a subscription to Hot Rod, dad took me to some drag races, and the local dirt track.

...even before that though, Hot Wheels, and Matchbox cars, and taking apart any toy car I could get hold of. I think I was just born this way.

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Still have mine. The exhaust tips are broken and the chrome is gone from the bumpers. I put a faster more modern chassis under it, so I guess it is a resto-rod now.

I originally was obsessed with computers. Benchmarking, world record attempt overclocking runs with dry ice and phase change cooling, making custom computer cases and whatnot. Naturally after my first car, a Corolla rusted into a pile, my natural curiosity for how things work kicked in.

I knew cars could be modified and upgraded, but knew nothing about it and wanted to learn. My next few cars were e36 BMWs, Mitsubishi 3000GTs (I know, I know) and since then I've spent nearly every day discussing and researching all sorts of different platforms to understand what I like best in a car and what meets my needs as a driver. I love it and think it's a great way to spend some hard earned green with an immediate ROI in excitement and engagement with something you'd be doing anyway.

I lived in the middle of nowhere growing up. And, I went to a K-12 school. I got into cars by watching the older kids leave at lunch break. My closest friend lived 10 miles away; a long bike ride round trip.


Cars = Freedom


I love the feeling of leaving on a road trip. Gas card, Check! Co-Pilot, Check! GPS, Check! (LOL!) So many possibilities, so much highway to explore, almost endless roadside attractions: America the Beautiful!

Mine probably got recycled into soup cans or something about 45 years ago.

Or about 5 Datsuns.

Four door hardtop no less - :iono:

:D


humfrz

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About the time I could legally drive on the roads, this movie came out.

Yep, very cool to me at the time - :burnrubber:

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humfrz

Always into tinkering with things as a child, Bikes, skateboards, legos ect and making things better. Plus my dad even though we were poor always had some form of a sportscar (mustang, Camaro, mr2, ect.). Once he was getting too old to get in and out of cars he gave me his Dodge stealth which I learned wrenching on.


Then Grand Theft Auto came out and there was this car called the Coquette which had me interested in Corvettes. Somewhat modeled mine after it with the side spears, flush headlights and wheels haha
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legit

No, it was mostly bondo so maybe 2.6 Datsuns.

My dad was an engineer. He got me into airplanes, jets, building WWII models, and sent me down a slippery slope to math and physics. He could wrench a little bit and had some tools, but was not really a gearhead other than knowing how everything worked.

We used to go to bookstores a lot and I would read through Road & Track magazine. Every single word. This is like 1995 or so and I was 10 years old. Eventually we got a subscription and I would memorize vehicle weights and hp numbers from the index in the back. The Lotus Elise became my dream car.

Then Gran Turismo came out when I was 12 and that was it for me. The driving license tests, the tuning, the racecars. I remember testing all the "special" racecars in the game and I liked how the Impreza rally car handled the best. Subaru fan for life.

My oldest brother had a 1996 Eagle Talon (with super loud Greddy exhaust) and eventually a 2002 WRX. I read everything I could about those cars and joined NASIOC/I-club.

Later, I went to Virginia Tech, interned at the machine shop for a navy research lab, and eventually, I PMed Myles at RCE in 2004 asking for a job.

Cars can be pretty fun.

- Andrew

Truancy.

Surely a terrible reason. I was able to drive to school my senior year and some mornings would get "lost" on the way in. I'd then drive all day since, aside from the pool tables at a local bowling alley, there weren't many places you could go in Lancaster on a weekday. Haven't stopped driving since. Although I do reliably go to work. Most days.

Don't laugh, this was the best thing on tv when I was 5.

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By time I was in 1st grade I was hardcore into planes.
To the point of knowing the difference between an aileron and an elevator.

Then along came a little game called Super Mario Kart.
Got hooked on racing.

Then just like Racecomp the first Gran Turismo came out and I dove headfirst into the world of tuning cars. Seems at the same age too.

I played a lot of Super Mario Kart lol.

- Andrew

And I'm sure no floor.

I was in college when that show was on. Totally watched it.