What made you get into cars?

[naladude911]

I just thought it would be interesting to see what got everyone into their hobby/ passion.

For me, my first word was car and I was obsessed with them when I was small. I used to have tons of majsto, hotwheels, matchbox etc cars. My parents told me also that when I was small, I used to ask every visitor if I could see their spare tire Ever since I was three I could name every make/model that was on the road which is pretty impressive for a 5 year old. Then I started reading car magazines and eventually venturing into things, ended up on this forum and started learning more. Now im just waiting for something I can work on

[sbird1]

I used to attach explosives to hotwheels, etc. as well as shoot them with bb guns and whatnot.

Got into cars after riding in my uncle's NSX when I was like 14.

I wonder how long this thread lasts before it turns into a trainwreck...

[Encryptshun]

Ever since I was three I could name every make/model that was on the road which is pretty impressive for a 5 year old.

[Jesda]

It sure as hell wasn't my Sentra. What a miserable s*** that was. My dad tried to teach me mechanical basics but I declined and told him all I cared about was getting from A to B -- that's all an old Sentra was good for, that's all it ever inspired.

I was obsessed with the Miata since the early 90s, but that's it for any automotive interests.

My first Mazda, a busted old 929, was a hoot to drive. I adored it and destroyed it, and I've been in love with cars ever since.

[Urabus GodofTraction]

Ever since I was three I could name every make/model that was on the road which is pretty impressive for a 5 year old.

Makes sense. He's lying to attract friends. It's in internet's version of Rohypnol.

[sentrastace]

lol.

I think its genetic, ha. My dad always loved cars....my older brother was always into cars....and for as long as I can remember, I dreamed about having an awesome car wayyyyyyyyyy before I had my license.
Im kind of like nala in the fact that i made a game out of being able to identify cars when I was young, like 10 years old.

[breadbox]

I wasn't into cars for a while but I liked playing with small toy cars and motorcycles. Skating and biking took up alot of my interest, because its what we did. But as soon as cars were about to be obtainable, I started looking at them more. I liked Skylines a lot, but then learned getting one here is super expensive(around time of motorex) so I was looking a civic/integras and 240sx's alot. I was partial to the S-chassis's lines. When shopping for my first car people kept telling me not to get a RWD car because it'll get wrecked the first time it rains. So I jumped into a 99 Civic SI. I loved that car, despite its issues.

Ever since owning my own car, I have been very interested in modifying/maintaining my stable of cars.

Also I think it'd be cool to put a list of 5 cars that helped you get it them.

88 BMW M3
R34 GTR
Porshe 911 Turbo
Lambos
Any and all Datsuns.

[Encryptshun]

What you said:

lol.

I think its genetic, ha. My dad always loved cars....my older brother was always into cars....and for as long as I can remember, I dreamed about having an awesome car wayyyyyyyyyy before I had my license.
Im kind of like nala in the fact that i made a game out of being able to identify cars when I was young, like 10 years old.

What nala heard:

lol.

I think its genetic, ha. My dad always loved cars....my older brother was always into cars....and for as long as I can remember, I dreamed about having an awesome car wayyyyyyyyyy before I had my license.
Im kind of like nala in the fact that i made a game out of being able to identify cars when I was young, like 10 years old.

[AppleBonker]

[Kompresshun]

My dad and uncle were mechanics, so that's what got me started. My dad had me in the garage helping him turn wrenches on Volkswagens when I was 5 years old, it's been an obsession ever since then. When I was a kid I could identify friends and families specific vehicles by the little details like paint color, decals, hubcaps or wheels, specific edition of vehicle, ect if I saw them out on the road. I have owned 25 cars, worked in auto parts for 5 years, i'm also ASE certified in automotive parts, and I was a car salesman for a year or so(which I hated) but I never had a desire to be a mechanic like my dad. I still can go on for hours on end about anything car related though, that's probably why my family always calls me when they're buying a car or something goes wrong

Also I think it'd be cool to put a list of 5 cars that helped you get it them.

I don't remember the ones I helped work on when I was younger, but these were the main ones that I really spent a lot of time on:

77 Datsun 280Z
72 Chevrolet Camaro SS350
89 Ford Ranger
91 Ford Mustang GT
81 Jeep CJ7 Renegade

[biggie]

I have no clue really. Always liked speed/driving, was driving tractors/cars around 10 years old. But none of my family worked on cars or modified them, parents never had a MT car after I was born.

Picked up an FC for first car, discovered audio upgrades, then after my first S13 ('95) discovered other modifications (late '90s).

[sentrastace]

LMFAO!!!

[bigbadberry3]

Flame suit on:

The Fast and Furious

**Runs away**

[tiger-SE-R]

^ this is what made me get involved


My Grandfather raced and built engines for cars on the dirt track in upstate NY

[Encryptshun]

^ is that a 55 Chevy 150?

[tiger-SE-R]

that it is Chad. I wish I knew where she was now.

[frapjap]

I hated cars. I didnt understand why sports cars were "sports cars," I mean, you didn't play sports in them; you just needed them to go places. I also didn't realize that driving was a sport (aside from Nascar).

Then I got into 5 point-ohhhhhs because of a friends brother. I never owned one because I got into Camaros after seeing that they were always faster (in my 16y/o mind). Then I learned that cars were modifiable, so a friend and I modded an Olds Toronado with an intake and exhaust before I bought my Iroc and almost every car afterwards has been a sports car.

[scotty-2-forty]

"Made" me? Well, I can't remember the exact beginning of it. But ever since I was old enough to breath I had scale model car of some sort in both hands no matter where I went, be it a restaurant, church, school, etc .... I used to sneak my Hotwheels/Matchbox cars into elementary school (a private Christian academy) in my lunchbox and would usually get nabbed by the bus driver (a real pRiCk). At a very young age I started building 1/24th scale model cars, first the snap-together variety and eventually full custom contest winners. I had about 200+ model cars that I built from the age of 4 to 17. However, my mom 'accidently' through out over 150 of them that I had packed neatly into some moving boxes when I was 18 ... she thought the boxes were trash. I've never liked the moving process since then. Throughout my younger years, my dad would take me to the races to either see his car run, or just as a spectator. We were usuals at the Hollywood Motor Speedway (ah, back in the day), Moroso, the Daytona 500, 24 Hours of Sebring, etc. We never missed a new car Auto Show, and attended as many local custom car shows as we could. Eventually, I started to work (uh, learn) at one of his gas stations ... I loved the smell of gasoline, race fuel, motor oil, coolant, grease, etc. From there I got my first car - a 13 year old 1970 Mercury Cougar. I've been nonstop ever since! I've had 40+ cars/trucks and several motorcycles over the years; street cars, some show cars and drag cars. It's in my blood ... unfortunately, my blood does flow in the same pattern as my bank.

[Encryptshun]

Why do I get the feeling that nala's going to pick out the coolest and/or most heart-wrenching story and use it as his own?

This only serves to futher solidify my opinion that nala is actually either an alien or a robot.

[numbnuts240]

home ec was full.

[sx moneypit]

Why do I get the feeling that nala's going to pick out the coolest and/or most heart-wrenching story and use it as his own?

This only serves to futher solidify my opinion that nala is actually either an alien or a robot.

[dre1507]

I've always been into cars since i was a kid, because my dad had so many different cars and sometimes borrowed his friends' cars to drive around. As i got older i switched from only caring about looks to actually wanting to know everything about cars.

P.S. I was also a F&F fanboy up until the age of 17.......Don't laugh. In 10th grade i actually sort of believed that body kits and wings would make my car faster and get me all kinds of good attention. lol.

[twofortyesecks]

My dad has always been a huge F1 fan. He spent his time in the Army in the 70's going to races all around Europe. So I grew up learning about F1 cars/drivers, but I was never too interested. It probably had something to do with the waking up at 5 am. on a Sunday to watch the races.

Then when I was about 15 my brother got the Japanese release of Gran Turismo 1. I became obsessed with that game and all the Japanese cars that I'd never seen. I started going online and looking at the car makers Japanese websites. I remember thinking that the Mitsubishi Evolution IV was the coolest car I'd ever seen. The more I learned, the more I liked cars.

[Bubba1]

. My parents told me also that when I was small, I used to ask every visitor if I could see their spare tire

He still does that to this day, and hasn't figured out that to women it means something else.

the car bug hit me very young. My dad was an enthusiast. I grew up with a Jag XK140 in the garage, followed by a Ferrari. I used to detail those cars in exchange for spirited rides on sunny Saturdays. Didn't have to twist dad's arm much . Eventually I began driving the Ferrari. My dad's next door neighbor (to his shop) restored exotic cars and stored them in the vacant part of Dad's shop. I used to help him out on occasion, and drove a few of his projects around. In high school, things really took off when I worked summers/holidays at a British Leyland then Fiat/Lancia/Saab dealer. Starting as a detailer, then assisting mechanics, exahanging cars with other dealers(when I got my license), making deliveries , and parts runs in fun trade in's, etc. What a great job for a young car nut. There were days I took the Ferrari to work at the dealer. The dealer's owner, a really great guy (and SCCA racer), used to let me park it out front, and would joke to customers that he paid his employees so well, the summer help drives a Ferrari. Fun times.

[Encryptshun]

. My parents told me also that when I was small, I used to ask every visitor if I could see their spare tire

He still does that to this day, and hasn't figured out that to women it means something else.

[sbird1]

the car bug hit me very young. My dad was an enthusiast. I grew up with a Jag XK140 in the garage, followed by a Ferrari. I used to detail those cars in exchange for spirited rides on sunny Saturdays. Didn't have to twist dad's arm much . Eventually I began driving the Ferrari. My dad's next door neighbor (to his shop) restored exotic cars and stored them in the vacant part of Dad's shop. I used to help him out on occasion, and drove a few of his projects around. In high school, things really took off when I worked summers/holidays at a British Leyland then Fiat/Lancia/Saab dealer. Starting as a detailer, then assisting mechanics, exahanging cars with other dealers(when I got my license), making deliveries , and parts runs in fun trade in's, etc. What a great job for a young car nut. There were days I took the Ferrari to work at the dealer. The dealer's owner, a really great guy (and SCCA racer), used to let me park it out front, and would joke to customers that he paid his employees so well, the summer help drives a Ferrari. Fun times.

You're a lucky bastard.

[Bubba1]

Thanks.

[turbonxsx]

My friends introduced cars to me, all i knew was skateboarding but when i got to do my first donut/burnout thats all i needed...

[Razi]

My dad had a 280z.

[Encryptshun]

A cop made me get into a car once.