Your interest in cars... - Saxperience

Mochachino · 13th January 2011, 11:52

where did it start? Or your earliest memory of starting to get interested in cars?

I remember when I was about 5/6 and at school running round the playground pretending to be a 'sporty escort' lol I meant the cossie btw...

Was always interested in cars, when my dad used to service the cars I used to always wanna come and have a look at the engine n stuff lol.

Also found halfords boring from a young age...a good thing I guess? I like the tool section now though

Then moving onto push bikes, building them etc

Used to look at the pictures in max power lol at school, then after my mate who was 2 years older got a saxo I wanted a one since then.

So hows your car interest career gone? Have you always had an interest in cars and mechanics or is it just a tool for AtoB and you dont care about it what soever?

SAM-S44MDS- · 13th January 2011, 11:55

Basically since I was old enough to walk me & my mate used to sit in his grandads garage watching him work on cars. Then we started helping him out when we got a bit older, bought own car to work on at 13. And just went from there really.

Oh...I learnt to swear in that garage too

lol

Danny, did you run round the playground going *brummmmmm brummmmm* lol

willsy · 13th January 2011, 11:56

Helped my old man restore an old skool MG Midget when i was about 12, and a Mini when i was 14. At that stage though it was very much passing of tools and doing odd bits and bobs, didnt really have a clue back then.

Only really got into it when i bought the Saxo 6 years ago, nice simple car to play about with and do most of the work on myself, knowledge has grown vastly since then so although i spent a fortune on it, the knowledge that ive gained has been priceless.

L20VTS · 13th January 2011, 11:57

Not sure really always used to want to clean me dads car from being little, and always had toy cars sure I liked them more than my barbie dolls

They had to be racing cars though not slow ones lol.

When I got to like 10/11 I wanted a yellow lotus lol funnily enough I still want one now, for some reason when I was 15 I decided I wanted a calibra

was also quite into scoobys back then.

French car love came from buying a saxo only because it was parked at side of road and looked nice lol. Did actually want a blue 206 but glad I started on saxos.

Matt-T · 13th January 2011, 11:58

Since i was 3 years old, when my dad had a siera, while mom went to work i would be out the front with my dad cause he was messing with cars, my 2 uncles are also very car orientated. SO i grew up around cars. Then my step-dad came on the scene who has shares in a car company, his dad also owned a company.

So since i was 3 i have been around cars everyday..... Turned into a passion

Mochachino · 13th January 2011, 12:01

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Originally Posted by SAM-S44MDS-

Basically since I was old enough to walk me & my mate used to sit in his grandads garage watching him work on cars. Then we started helping him out when we got a bit older, bought own car to work on at 13. And just went from there really.

Oh...I learnt to swear in that garage too

lol

Danny, did you run round the playground going *brummmmmm brummmmm* lol

I did lol, but come on I was 5 years old

think it was even in my school report lol

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Originally Posted by willsy

Helped my old man restore an old skool MG Midget when i was about 12, and a Mini when i was 14. At that stage though it was very much passing of tools and doing odd bits and bobs, didnt really have a clue back then.

Only really got into it when i bought the Saxo 6 years ago, nice simple car to play about with and do most of the work on myself, knowledge has grown vastly since then so although i spent a fortune on it, the knowledge that ive gained has been priceless.

Like wise with me really, my knowledge only really started since I got the saxo. Very good car to start leanring mechanics on, everything is so simple and easy to diognose. I guess the fact there a lil bit older and supposidly unreliable helps too, to make you work on it!

Still, my knowledge is only basic and mainly only applys to a saxo. I aint got so much of an idea with other cars, even when im at my local garage they sometimes ask me about saxo's and advice on bits and bobs! Worked in a merc garage aswell so got some minor experience there too.

leeham987 · 13th January 2011, 12:01

i didn't have any interest in cars, until i had to keep fixing my 1st car all time, then when i started to learn more, got more interested

SAM-S44MDS- · 13th January 2011, 12:03

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Originally Posted by db_sax

I did lol, but come on I was 5 years old

think it was even in my school report lol

Like wise with me really, my knowledge only really started since I got the saxo. Very good car to start leanring mechanics on, everything is so simple and easy to diognose. I guess the fact there a lil bit older and supposidly unreliable helps too, to make you work on it!

Still, my knowledge is only basic and mainly only applys to a saxo. I aint got so much of an idea with other cars, even when im at my local garage they sometimes ask me about saxo's and advice on bits and bobs! Worked in a merc garage aswell so got some minor experience there too.

Dont worry mate, I did it too

I used to pretend that every cardboard box I could fit in was a car aswell

Lol at them putting it on your report though, dont think it ever went on mine. Not sure

Gary-VTR · 13th January 2011, 12:03

My step-dad had a 309 GTi and an Alfa 33 he was always modifying. So was always around modified cars.

Then got into chopping through Digimods when I was about 13.

Lost interest a bit from when I was 15 til about 2yrs ago.

Eskimo · 13th January 2011, 12:05

My dad really, when he was fixing things always used to watch, fount it interesting even though had no clue what he was doing.

Used to help wash car too, jet wash used to be so much fun lol!

Also playing with toy cars, then got a Suzuki SJ when was about 13 to mess around in and on.. Used to go off roading and break things then attempt to fix.

Then same as Danny my mate 2years older got a Westcoast and wanted 1 ever since then, now I've had loads of Saxos lol!

Did want a Corsa ...

Tringaling · 13th January 2011, 12:13

I have always loved cars since i see my mates dad working on his old Ford Cortina he was building up again..

I used to spend more time with him helping than my mate so you can tell how that went down!

Went through the years of reading Max Power, Fast Car & Redline LOL

I still get a weird kick out of fixing my car, small or big job!

Jack · 13th January 2011, 12:19

I've always loved cars, so has my dad, he is a mechanic and used to do rallying so that got me interested in cars more. I'm not really interested in modifying my car, just keeping it in really good condition and repairing bits

johnlambert · 13th January 2011, 12:19

I always liked ferraris as a kid. I used to collect them,
It then died down for a while,i was about 16/17 and I just wanted a Saxo..god knows why..
and here I am today!
addicted to modding cars.

Krys_23 · 13th January 2011, 12:41

My cousin used to always have the best of motors when i was young so guess he influenced me slightly, he had a mint miami 205 gti which i thought was the nuts, 172 cup when they were first released, full leather gsi turbo when first released, pulsar, wr1 and things like that, used to be mad for motorbikes too as my uncle got me into that when i was about 10, he has about 20 bikes inc a repsol 1000cc fireblade in orange with orange wheels and carbon exhaust

jeffchiz · 13th January 2011, 12:52

dad always had a new car every 6 months, so i used to look forward to what he was bringing home lol my brothers are quite a bit older than me so when i was little my brothers have been messing about with minis old fords etc (brothers being role models etc wanted to be just like them) always had every months car mags in the house, and combined with the max power used to have naked laydees, i always wanted to be part of that scene, in my simple mind i thought as soon as i get a car the sooner i loose my virginity! haha THANKFULLY i found out i could loose my virginity years before getting a car lol

craig180^p · 13th January 2011, 12:58

I started of with bikes with an Italjet 50 junior when I was 5. Since then I started being interested in cars watching TV progs like Knight Rider etc

jw1325 · 13th January 2011, 13:05

from when i was at college really... stuck 13 miles away from the nearest town living in when i was 16 with nothing to do at night.... would go and sit in the engineering workshop and watch the boys potter about with their saxos and corsas. started to pick up the lingo, and we would sometimes drive 'down the sand' in dumfries where all the boy racers sat, and i would pick up more.

came home, and ever since then had a bit interest. then bought the pug - joined 106 OC, here, Edinburgh cruise, livi cruise etc etc and interest grew into a way of life, and an idea turned into proper knowledge....

Jay_ · 13th January 2011, 14:16

loved fiddling with push bikes as my grandad collect rebuilt rare bikes. Just sold an original chopper for 3k i think. then got a motorbike loved it and the old man would take me out in a panda car every now and again and have loved cars + bikes since.

Shadow · 13th January 2011, 14:23

Have liked fast cars since forever, probably since I was born

Used to design them all the time when I was little (putting splitters on the instead of guns etc

the sad kid that I was), I was thinking about going into car design as a career but choose architecture instead then photography.

I think every quick car I've had a go in when I was younger has fuelled it too, got taken out in a skyline when I was 7 that probably didn't help

Lacey_106 · 13th January 2011, 14:23

I remember having a tricycle and I always used to pretend it was a fiesta XR2, I think I must have seen one, and decided I liked it! Have no idea why, my parents weren't into cars, I used to beg mum to get me toy cars instead of girly bits. She got me a barbie jeep and I loved it!