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What Got You Into Cars?

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silver07tc
Virginia, US
  • Tech Advisor
 Have to say my dad, always taking me to car shows, buying my matchbox car and helping me work on my own cars.

cars i've own
96 mustang gt
98 vw golf 2.0t 14psi
74 triumph tr6 (still own)
98 eagle talon (still own)
98 chrysler cirrus (wifes)
07 scion tc (newest car)

Not a bad list for a 20 year old


[#] Oct 17, 2007 08:29am
Mugetsu
Hollywood
Florida, US
  • Scion Guru
 I had a friend who always had beaters(straight up crap) and he would always work on them cause he hated mechanics...thing was he sucked at fixing cars lol just had no clue(i would just watch).

later on i had a friend who also had a bunch of beaters and he would also work on them him self, his reason was just that it saved money if you did the minor stuff and let the shops handle the big stuff(transmissions,electrical,etc...) he was pretty good. He never really taught me any thing thought, he just told me if you have a head for common sense a good memory and are not afraid to take shiz apart, cars are easy...

I had all 3, the TC is my first victim...err..."project" I have had pretty good luck with all my cars before, very few problems.

wow that was more intense than that one time I forgot how to sit down...
[#] Oct 19, 2007 07:18pm
tCFM08
  • Chief Mechanic
 for me it had to be my two older brothers, they had 68/69 Mustang, and Camaro muscle type hot rods, and i would go every weekend to see them race, here in Florida it would be alligator alley, and the chrome strip..i also watched plenty of engine mods and all that other good stuff




[#] Oct 19, 2007 07:53pm
chrimsonfyre
Irving
Texas, US
  • Oil Changer
 Wow...what got me into cars...
Well I'm going to have to say I was about 12 when my older brother started showing me how to work on a car. He had an 86 Trans Am, he had rebuilt the motor so that this car had almost 400hp. He would take me out in an open field and do donuts and such, I used to think it was the most amazing thing ever, working on a car....but I was a tomboy anyway.

I really got into the tuner scene in 1999 when I bought my first brand new Honda Civic, I started doing little things to it here and there, but I didn't get into clubs or showing until 2000 when I traded that Honda in for a 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse, oh how I loved that car, but she got laid to rest in February 2003 when she was totaled in an awful intersection accident.

So now it's the tC and I...and I do something new to her whenever money allows. I love it, I love working on her, I love making her shine and stand out, it's like I have motor oil in my veins.

[#] Oct 25, 2007 08:27am
tinyscion
Iowa, US
  • Detailer
 I think my car interest started when I was really little. My grandpa never really did a lot of car modding but he did work on them (motor work, mufflers, things like that). I always loved the smell of his garage, the mixture of gas, grease, and the smells that come with cars. Once I got my Cavalier he started showing me how to change brake pads and oil, even though I still haven't done any of those things by myself yet. I think he liked my interest in cars because his only son (my dad) was more of a rocker, writer type who only worked on the cars when he had to.

Then I got the tC and it was way more easily moddable then the Cavalier. Everytime I do something to it I take it to show grandpa. I think he gets a kick out of it!

Funning thing is grandpa has had a 55 Mercury Holiday sitting in the garage for years, stripped down and all, waiting to be repainted. He acts like he doesn't have the money to do it but grandma tells me that's a lie. If I ever win the lottery, the first thing I'm going to do is to buy that man a paint job!

07 Black Sand Pearl, the prettiest thing in the trailer park.
[#] Oct 28, 2007 05:44am
warlock_bcrich
Norfolk
Virginia, US
  • Tech Advisor
 i grew up building muscle cars, and doing body work. by the time i was in high school i was building custom car stereos for people at my school. I have always loved cars any make any model. you can do so much to a car. the possibilities are endless. I am also the type of person that tries to prove others wrong when they say hey you can't do that to that type of car. Custom body work and audio systems are my specialty.

[#] Oct 28, 2007 08:55pm
ScionTc59
Scottsdale
Arizona, US
  • Tire Changer
 I have always been into cars. I started building 1/25 scale plastic models when I was 5 and I have been hooked ever since. I have owned and restored all kinds of cars, mostly Japanese I must admit, with a couple of USA and German cars thrown into the mix. Currently we have 2 Japanese cars, my Tc and my wife's Acura MDX. I currently have no restoration programs going (wife will not allow at this time! LOL!)

[#] Nov 15, 2007 10:47am
Aviator213
Hagerstown
Maryland, US
  • Scion Guru
 Where to begin...it all started with my dad, ever since I can remember he would take me to the drag strip and we would watch the cars run and he would name them all off and introduce me to the drivers I new. Then came Summit Point which im sure most the people in Maryland will know of. Thats what had me sold., at noon there were drivers that would take you out onto the track and do some hot laps with you in the car with them. I climbed into an A/C Cobra Kit with the Ford 427 like the originals had. We came around the corner onto the front stretch and he said are you ready and I said yeah and he nailed it, I remember watching my dad flash by my view as he stood in the pits watching me and he had a smile on his face and I realised then that I had an ear to ear grin on my face too. We did 147 down the stretch before entering the hairpin turn. I was 8 years old and my dad swears it took a week to wipe the smile off my face after that. My dad then bought a 61 corvette that we restored to origional specs, it was ermine white, silver coves and fire engine red interior. We had some nebighors that moved in next to us the following year that were really into miata,s thats what got me into the tuner scene. My dad fell in love with the miatas and wanted to build a monster. We would up buying a 91, doing the 1.8L motor swap and re-working the motor and turbo'd it, re-did the suspension put a 5 speed close ratio racing tranny in it,Hard Dog roll bar, and the outcome was the 300 whp monster we still play with to this day.





[#] Nov 19, 2007 04:30pm
ramoon83
Bremerton
Washington, US
  • Detailer
 Um....actually NFS:Underground. I know that sounds lame, but seriously. I had a 03 Blazer 2dr and i was workin on getting it lifted and all hicked out, but with some unfortunate events the truck got flooded out and $12k to trade it in. After playin that game i really got interested in the "tuner cars" and ended up gettin a Mazda 6 and a few years later traded that in for my bomb ass tC. I'm still waiting to win the lottery so i can buy my GTR Skyline and Supra TT, til then i'm more than happy pimpin out the tC.

Long live the MOONPIE!
[#] Nov 20, 2007 10:43am
777ipd
Bakersfield
California, US
  • Chief Mechanic
 Ok so this is kind of mean but it is the truth. I was with my Dad and we had taking a load of green waste to the dump. He had a 73 chevy pickup 355ci 4bb and a 400trans. A guy had tried to pass us and my dad didn't see him, and went on the guy was driving a newer dodge ram he was tailgating us and honking his horn. At the exit, where the gravel is on the black top he pushed it to the floor (spraying gravel all over the guys truck, I think it broke his windshield) the truck pushed back in my seat and I think I fell in love.

I have a 73 chevy pickup (stepside) 307ci with 4bb 350trams (B&M) headers and cherry-bombs, it is starting to rust away cause I don't have the money or the time to work on it.



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[#] Dec 05, 2007 02:28am
alpha_zulu
Miami
Florida, US
  • Detailer
 Being the noob and not knowing anything about cars. Always hated when people were talking about intakes, turbos, and etc and I was like "WTF is that?"

No sig for you! Come back one year!
[#] Jan 11, 2008 02:47pm
Oznium_com
California, US
  • Tech Advisor
 Well I'm addicted to going fast.... and I'm afraid of motorcycles... so my option is cars... + they are dead sexy..... Turbos... Superchargers... yes please!

[#] Jan 14, 2008 01:09am
nicks1007
Texas, US
  • Window Washer
 I would have to say my boyfriend got me into cars. i was into cars but not as much as now. he has an srt 4 and i love turbo. the noise and pull is great.

i plan on puttin one in my car to! he is a car finatic so every where we go were always lookin at everyones car and talkin about whats on it or how it sounds like crap. lol in my area there are ALOT of ricers.


[#] Jan 24, 2008 12:17pm
nicks1007
Texas, US
  • Window Washer
 turbos gotta love em!

[#] Jan 24, 2008 12:18pm
Pinknred30
  • Oil Changer
 Well, I used to go to car shows with my grandpa when he used to go years ago to those 50's car shows, he has a 1952 chevy pickup, its amazing! but ever since I got my box, I started doing research online and got more into it, then i got rims, then a roof rack...and the list goes on and now i'm addicted lmao

[#] Feb 03, 2008 07:55pm
sweetdreamz
Tampa
Florida, US
  • Master Mechanic
 My grandpa and uncle got me into cars. They both raced at the local dirt track and were forever working on their cars. Everyday after school my grandpa would pick me up and take me to the shop. Since then I've always been interested. It got worse when I got my '87 Mustang GT. That is where the real fun started. For awhile I didn't have anything I wanted to mess with until I got the tC. I've been on a mission since May!

[#] Feb 03, 2008 08:46pm
armygirl718
New York, US
  • Godlike Advisor
 all my life instead of playing w/ dolls i loved it when my dad would drive fast, used to play w/ his tools and i never really cared much for girlie things. Growing up and becoming an engineer i started falling more and more in love w/ cars. My dad put me behind the wheel first when i was 5 yrs old!! Sitting on his lap and driving while he had his foot on the gas pedal i just wanted to learn to drive.
when i got my license first car i got was the 1998 Infiniti I30 and i loved that car to no end. I used to race it all the time and became more and more obssessed w/ cars. When i got the scion i didnt think i would be into doing any mods i just thought i was gonna get tints. But this site changed all that!!! =]
IM CAR OBSSESSED!!!!


http://www.itsmyscion.com/armygirl718
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[#] Feb 04, 2008 07:36am
VIP_tC08
Fort Lauderdale
Florida, US
  • Godlike Advisor
 Well i have 2 older brothers, and as a little kid i would constantly watch them do heavy engine and body mods to their steet racing muscle cars, i was very fascinated by watching all this, so much that as soon as i got my very first car in high school i have been hooked ever since.................my kick ass addiction......


'08 // Flint Mica // tC
[#] Feb 04, 2008 09:24am
tinyscion
Iowa, US
  • Detailer
armygirl718 wrote:
My dad put me behind the wheel first when i was 5 yrs old!! Sitting on his lap and driving while he had his foot on the gas pedal i just wanted to learn to drive.


My dad used to do that with us girls, too! We would go to the local county park and while one sister was driving the other would be a lookout!

07 Black Sand Pearl, the prettiest thing in the trailer park.
[#] Feb 04, 2008 08:55pm
HyPnOtIk
Victorville
California, US
  • Tech Advisor
 Ive liked cars ever since i was about 10 . I started out as a Honda guy and then right before i bought the tC i had a 94 Eagle Talon TSI AWD Turbo that ran a 12 sec flat on the 1/4 mile . I rolled that car end over end street racing against an 05 civic si and from then on i will never race again so now im just into modifying for looks .

Heres how my car ended up looking after i rolled it . You can see why im lucky to be alive and why i dont race anymore .
[#] Feb 12, 2008 09:23pm
sweetdreamz
Tampa
Florida, US
  • Master Mechanic
 Ouch! You are very lucky!

[#] Feb 12, 2008 09:35pm
Scionara320
Huntersville
North Carolina, US
  • Detailer
 cars were just something to keep me out of trouble or from the wrong crowd at first but now my car has developed into an addiction =] yet i love it


When you turn your car on does it return the favor?? MINE DOES =]
[#] Feb 14, 2008 02:05pm
Beckaz_tC
Mesa
Arizona, US
  • Scion Guru
 No one ever really got me into cars. I just know for as long as I can remember I have always liked them and had an interest in them. All kinds of cars. Classics to Newer ones. Trucks, SUV's, Cars, whatever. My dream is to be able to open up a shop to modify and fix up new cars and also to bring the life back to antique cars and then sell them. Do like the Barrett Jackson thing. But make it so much more fun and interesting.
I ususally get a new car every 6 months to a yeat because I like them so much. But i dunno, I am really luvin my 08 Scion tC right now. I think I am going to hold onto it for a little while. The next vehicle I plan on getting is a Chevy Avalanche. I had one before but it was getting old and racking up miles. So I want a 06-07 one next. I love my car but I do miss being big and in charge too. And taking it off roading when there is 2 much traffic =)[b]

[#] Feb 26, 2008 04:27pm
SuperXero
Silver Spring
Maryland, US
  • Chief Mechanic
 the first time i heard a bov from a car driving by not knowing what it was.

and import models gotta love them too

[#] Feb 26, 2008 05:05pm
lee_tc
Minnesota, US
  • Vehicle Designer
 home town street race i lived next to the parking lot that street racer park


[#] Feb 27, 2008 03:05pm
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