i was street racing long before fast and furious came out..lol..
i was always into racing since i was a kid, raced dirtbikes, and 3 wheelers, so when i got my drivers liscense it just turned into cars and trucks. now i help other people build their cars

 

My dad.

 

A close friend who was a year ahead of me in HS got a Daytona Turbo my freshman year and I used to ride to/from school with him all the time. Had another buddy who's older brother had a BAD turbo'd Corrado between the two of those cars I was hooked hard!

 

I feel in love with Brian O'Connor <3

 

my brothers got me interested in cars, WRC got me into racing back in middle school. F&F got me more interested.

 

As a kid, I believe I was 8, I went to the street races for the first time back in Puerto Rico. That's back when a 13 second street car was super fast. Nothing but old Toyota Corollas, Starlets, Mazdas RX-3, RX-4's, RX-7's, Datsuns, Mustangs, etc. The biggest battle in PR was rotors vs. pistons. That really got me hooked. It was like this adrenaline rush I got from watching the races, that when I started driving, I would go street racing; that was the fix to my addiction.

My cousin introduced me to the "Honda" or FWD scene. That's when I learn all about mods. When it was time for me to get my first car, it was all about modding and racing. Now, things have changed, now it's just a hobbie, I have different priorities in life. But I keep up with the "scene".

 

not completely sure...mabey it was an import magazine...say this in Turbo Mag back in '98 when i had my NX2000 and wanted the same...

 

Gran Turismo.

Edit: And Import Tuner and Super Street. I still have my issues from 1998. Lol.

 

Hard to say... as a young man my father was extremely into cars. He had an 11 second Olds 442 in highschool and was always drag racing. After selling his '74 Corvette in '76 he didn't have anything sporty other than a '78 318 bimmer for a long time. I came along in '81.

Growing up my father rarely talked about cars, never owned a sportscar, and never went to the races. I do remember being 4 or 5 and shifting the gears in that little Bimmer from the passenger seat though.

When I was a teen I would obsess about what kind of car I was going to try and get and what was my "favorite" car. I had decided I wanted a truck as that's what my father had... an F-150.

Long story short my first car ended up being a '95 Ford Probe GT 6-spd... we were at the dealer looking at Rangers (parent's didn't want me to have an F-150 as my first car) and the car came in on trade... it was laser red w/ chrome wheels and a very nice looking car.

Ever since then I was hooked... my only mod to the Ford was a set of projector fogs, but it was still the first thing I did myself. I learned how to do fluid changes and learned how to polish and wax that car for the first time.

My interest in cars has completely rekindled my father's interest in them and now it's a passion we both share.

 

I was borred as hell at Wal-Mart working nights and happen to walk by the magazine stand and the cover of Sport Compact Car caught my eye and i started to read it. I have been reading all the mags i could find since then, and the rest is history.