How did you become an auto enthusiast

[Spyda]

I was born with a penis

[Blitzen]

I was born with a penis

Hahahahaha...So true...

I was a late bloomer getting into my deep facination with cars. I had always had an interest, but then when I started driving Armoured Vehicles with the Army, and living and working with guys that had an interest in vehicles, this started to get me where I am now...
I'm sad to say that my mates 1966 Ford Mustang started my deeper interest, but I now hate Mustangs, and see them as nothing more than a 2 door Falcon, and the most overrated car in history... But I digress...
At trade school I made friends with a VW nut by the name of Terry O'donnell. He had been working on and rallying various VW's over the past 20 years, and while at trade school he used to Khanacross his Kombi, which was awesome. Having always been into hot hatches, I saw the Polo GTI as a great little car when it came out in 2006, and it has been the first car I have really modified beyond spring, intake, and a worked exhaust.

[Golf Houso]

This game, and its amazing supercars and more importantly the showrooms will the FMV sequences and all the manufacturer information.



And to a lesser extent NSFIII



And yes its a Diablo, doing a burnout whilst being chased by a Z06 police Corvette... good times...

and I know I'm not the only one on this:

[Achtung Tiggy]

Building and racing Tamiya cars at age 9. There was a place my mates and I used to go to after school that had tracks and we would race. No such thing as Playstation in those days.

[mikepologti]

i think it started with gran tourismo truth be told. but to be completely honest i really dont think i became an enthusiest till i got a car i was trully proud of , my polo. i know to some she isnt special , by no means is she the fastest or the most comfortable or the best handling for that matter, but shes mine and i love her. infact i belive i have this forum and its members to thank for both my enthusiasm ,limited knowledge and above all my enthusiasm for more. thanks guys and girls

[madglf3]

What a question this one is. It's great to see some of the influences here.

I was raised with an extended family of all girls and so I didn't have any guy cousins or friends to play with before the age of 4. Mum and Dad say that when I was little I changed. I went from playing with whatever the girls were playing and one day, I decided to make a lego block into a car and smash into stuff and race the lego block car around the house with genuine race car noises (this was very distressing to my cousins and aunty ).

I think if I can attribute my love of cars and pride I try to take in my cars, I would have to mention my Grandad. He was a mechanic his whole life and had Holdens and always took pride and cared for them. I mightn't even remember some of our earlier car talks but I'm sure they were a big influence. I definitely don't get any car love that from my Dad, although he's willing to listen to me ramble on.


Ever since those days I've been into cars. I can still remember seeing my first ever R32 skyline in the 90's (GTR I think), that was a great moment.
I've liked a lot of different cars in my life, including some domestic metal, I think I'm just a car person at heart.

[The_Hawk]

I can't say that I have any real "car people" in the family. Dad has always had respect for cars and always keeps his vehicles damn clean, although I suspect that more because 'thats just the way you do things properly' than a greater appreciation.

Personally I have always had a mad fascination with pulling things apart. In most cases they even go back together when I'm done As a child I had bits of string up to make my own pull string curtains, I had mad contraptions built to do various pointless tasks... I was into computer programming too, but I think it all comes from a basic desire to know how things work and how they all fit together.

My first car was a VW Type III 1600 TLE Automatic Fastback, built from the ground up, new paint, engine, interior etc etc While most of the work was paid for I stripped much of it, re-tarred the floors and generally wanted to do everything I could in the garage at home. Having a German mother and grandparents helped cement the love of all things VW (although I do appreciate just about anything on wheels ).

[velly_16v_cab]

seeing the Ford Cosworth rallying and racing





then started watching Jimmy Mcrae in the british rally championship and got hooked on rallying.
Ended up getting a saturday job in a garge just to work on cars...from then on it was just cars/ cars /cars and cars

best thing for me was joining Club GTI and met LOADS of great people and learn loads....ended up taking me to the point of starting my own car club ( NewportEdition ) , becoming a Race Course Marshall at Castle Combe.
Since being here in Oz i have dropped the ball abit but i am planning on getting back into marshalling next year and get back into my dubbing full time

[Greg Roles]

Sitting there ALL day each year with my old man watching Bathurt. Earliest childhood memory actually!