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Name: Azurael

Occupation: Minilab operator

Location: Bath, UK

Interests: Music (listening, writing, playing), photography, engineering, physics, games

Vehicles Currently Owned: Renault Laguna ‘Sport’ Tourer, 1.8 16v (2001)

Dream Garage Vehicles: BMW 535d, Nissan GT-R

How did you find us?: Youtubing for videos of Car Tycoon so I could remember how abysmal it was (It never quite worked right for me, felt like a game they hadn’t finished yet.)

About: I’m obsessed with the concept of ‘DIY’ car production - I’m teaching myself how to use Solidworks at the moment, got some big plans for a hydrostatic drivetrain and the potential of smaller capacity 2-stroke diesel engines, think steel sprung suspension is lame… Anyway, getting back to the topic in hand, I always wanted a game like Car Tycoon that let me play at a far more intricate level, so I can’t wait 'til I can get my preorder in for Automation!

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Name: Kruss

occupation: Postcode Administrator Royal Mail

Location: Hertfordshire UK

Vehicles Currently Owned: 1990 Mk1 Mr2, 2008 Seat Ibiza and 2006 Mini Cooper S (wifes)

Dream Garage Vehicles: Oh loads, mainly classic

Previous Vehicles of Interest: Truimph Stag V8, Truimph GT6, Porsche 924 Turbo, Ford Capri 2.8i.

How did you find us?
Did a youtube search to see if anything new was about in car design games as the older ones were pretty crap.

Cheers

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Name: Andrew

occupation: Computer Engineering Student

Location: North Carolina, USA

Vehicles Currently Owned: 2004 Honda Accord

Dream Garage Vehicles: Ford GT. Buick GNX. Most Mustangs to name a few

Previous Vehicles of Interest: Anything with a v8

How did you find us? Jalopnik Post

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Name: Shane

Occupation: Part time Student :blush:

Location: UK

Interests: Cars, games, cartoons/animation, music.

Vehicles Currently Owned: 1997 VW Polo

Dream Garage Vehicles: Nissan Skyline GTR R32, JZA80 Supra, 66 Nova SS, 66 Dodge Coronet with a hopped up 440, Ferrari F40 etc.

Previous Vehicles of Interest: My legs? The bus?

How did you find us? A thread on the Forza forums. It had a link to the site and a couple of videos posted. I watched the videos, went to the site and ended up spending way too much time looking at all the info/videos/suggestions etc. I’ll just say I love the idea behind this and where it’s headed, since I’ve been wanting a game like this for far too long. :mrgreen:

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Name: Fawlters. Not that I’m paranoid, but unless I already know you, you don’t get my real name.

Occupation: Design Engineer, mostly marine/offshore but anything goes

Location: “The North” (of England)

Interests: Games, Cars, Technology, Neat stuff, Cool stuff, Interesting stuff…

Vehicles Currently Owned: None, but oh so many plans…

Dream Garage Vehicles: Constantly changing, almost certainly custom or at least modified. Most likely from part of the VAG group.

Previous Vehicles of Interest: Ford Focus, served me faithfully for about a month until it found a ditch by my hand… It lived on, but I was walking distance from work then.

How did you find us? I don’t remember… I’m assuming it was Google.

About: I like cars, and driving them when I can, but after my trip to the ditch I can’t really say I trust myself any more. Possibly due to excessive time spent on Gran Turismo 2/4 I have lost pretty much all fear of doing crazy things with cars, which is another reason I don’t trust myself.

I have plans for HPVs (glorified pedal cars) and kit cars, but they will be in the future sometime when I have more money. Lots of ideas for lots of things in general.

I believe I, or anyone else, can do anything. All that is necessary is time and practice. I also believe I need more sleep. Night all!

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Name: avengingtn
Occupation: Automotive Engineering Technology Student
Location: Tennessee, USA
Interests: Games, Cars, History, Science
**Vehicles Currently Owned: **2003 Ford Focus SVT
Dream Garage Vehicles: C5 Corvette, e39 M5, CTS-V, Ford Falcon XR6, Ford Focus RS, Ford Mondeo Wagon (Why U No Available Stateside?)]
How did you find us? Jalopnik.com

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Name: Zombie 25
Occupation: Automotive Development Engineer at Daimler AG

Location: Stuttgart, Germany

Interests: PC, Cars, Music

Vehicles Currently Owned: 1996 VW Golf GTI 16V (I hope soon 2012 BMW 125i coupe or 2012 VW Golf GTI Edition 35)

Dream Garage Vehicles: Wiesmann MF5, Porsche 911 GT3 4.0, Porsche Carrera GT, Porsche 911 2.7 RS, Mercedes 500K, Pagani Zonda, Audi RS6, Ferrari Italia, Hartge H50, Hartge 150i

How did you find us? Extensive search for car company simulation games

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Name: Peter “Shfiter” van Ark

Occupation: IT guy

Age: 28

Location: Leek, The Nederland’s

Interests: Games, Programming, cars and bikes

Vehicles Currently Owned: Subaru legacy b4 RSK twin turbo, Subaru Vivio RX-R 4wd Supercharged, Datsun 260z 2+2, Split bug, Speedster bug, triumph Spitfire, Studebaker Silver hawk, Suzuki GSXR 750 89(7/11) and a 90, Nissan Silvia S12, Peugeot (1914), Citroën croisement (1918), Toyota Corolla KE17 and some more bugs.

Dream Garage Vehicles: Nissan Silvia Super silhouette, Nissan Skyline Super silhouette, Toyota Starlet KP60, Honda S800 coupé, Nissan Skyline KPC10, Mazda AZ-1, Mazda RX-7 FD3s and FC3s, Toyota Corolla KE17, Mitsubishi colt Turbo, Nissan micra Super turbo, Subaru Vivio RX-R, Datsun 240 Z S30, Datsun 1200 coupe, Suzuki Cappuccino, Nissan GTP ZX-T, Mazda 787B, Mazda furai, Honda City Turbo, Nissan Skyline R31, Nissan Skyline R30, Mazda Cosmo, Toyota Crown Coupé, Toyota Celica T22, Honda NSX, Suzuki Alto Works, Suzuki Kei Turbo, Toyota Celica GT2000, Toyota Corolla Ae86, Toyota Corolla KE27, Toyota Corolla AE111, Nissan SIL80 (a real one), Nissan Gazelle rs-x that will do it for now,
Dam I need a bigger garage :slight_smile:

Previous Vehicles of Interest: Toyota Celica ST205 WRC (yes a WRC), Suzuki Cappuccino, MG TD, Citroen B14 (1920), Willy’s Jeep, Daihatsu Charade G200, Nissan Sunny N13 and a couple of skylines and supras

How did you find us? Google is youre friend.

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Hi Shifter! What a collection, awesome! :astonished:

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Name: Arick Admadjaja

Occupation: Highschool Student

Location: Jakarta, Indonesia

Age: 15

Intrests: Cars, Technology

Vehicles in Garage (Dad’s): 2008 Toyota Land Cruiser Sahara, 2011 Mercedes Benz E250 Avantgarde, 2010 Mercedes Benz C300 AMG Package, 2011 Toyota Alphard, 2011 Mitsubishi Pajero Sport

Dream Vehicles: Porsche 993 Turbo S, 1970 Chevrolet Nova Drag Racer, 1992 Lancer Evolution, 2011 Infiniti G37 IPL Coupe Stanced, Toyota Corola AE86, Scion FR-S/GT86 Greddy Turbo, Many Many More

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Thank you :blush:

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Name: Harm Emmen

Occupation: Full-time student

Location: Roosendaal, The Netherlands

Interests: Cars, politics and rowing

Vehicles Currently Owned: '79 MGB Roadster, undergoing restauration

Dream Garage Vehicles: Aston Martin DB5, Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible, MG B GT V8, Saab 900 classic, Volvo 940 estate (childhood memories!), Rover P5B Coupé, Jaguar XFR, Jaguar E-type, Citroën DS, Citroën SM, Lamborghini Miura and my own MG with a Supercharger!

Previous Vehicles of Interest: none, the MG is my first car and will always be my car!

How did you find us? Google, looking for a car company game that’s better than car tycoon (which I’ve played a lot, despite all it’s faults).

About:

I’ve been growing up with cars since the day I was born (which, by the way, is the 5th of October 1993). My dad was always working on my mom’s car (an old Renault 16 TX, which we still have somewhere in a garage) and soon (1996) he bought his own toy to work on: a '69 MG B. I was always fascinated by this funny little car and I always helped my dad with the work on the car as much as I could. After some years, in 2004, my mom bought an MG B as well, a white one from '79. Not especially pretty, but completely rust free. This car is now mine (birthday present for my 18th birthday!) and I am restoring it together with my dad and granddad. I think that explains why I’m such a car fanatic. I am a huge fan of British cars, but I also like other cars (as you can see in my dream car list). For someone my age, I know a lot about classic cars, and if I don’t know, I know where to look it up. Anyway, I hope I can play this magnificent game soon and until that time, I hope I can be as much help as possible!

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welcome :slight_smile:

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Thank you!

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Name: Armand

Age: 25

Occupation: Graphic designer and frustrated musician…

Location: Barcelona, Spain.

Interests: Cars (obviously), music (I play bass guitar in a metal band) and traveling.

Vehicles Currently Owned: 2006 Seat Ibiza sport 1.4 16v, small engine but good for 100 bhp and some fun in twisty roads.

Previous Vehicles: 1995 Seat Ibiza Stella 1.6, it only has 75 bhp, but it was really fun to drive because of the really little grip of those 175/50 r13 fu**ing tyres.

Dream garage: Lancia Delta Integrale, Renault 5 turbo, 70’s Charger r/t, Lambo Miura, Cessna Corvalis ttx (that’s not exactly a car… it has wings and they’re not there to generate downforce…), Corvette C2 Stingray and, for every day use, a Bugatti Veyron Supersport.

How did I find you: Googling “car tycoon games”

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Name: Dario

Age: 27

Occupation: Ending my study (informatics/Economics)

Location: italy.

Interests: videogames, informatics and cars.

Vehicles Currently Owned: 2001 peugeot 206cc 1.6 about 115hp, very nice car i enjoy going slow in rural areas with the top down enjoying the scenery.

Dream garage:staying with his feet on the ground mistubishi lancer Evo X , Dodge Dart

How did I find you: i was searching for an good tycoon game without deficiencies of detroit and motor city, car tycoon was a totaly failure

ps: sorry for my bad english

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Name: Amanda “DemonXia” Jansen

Occupation: None ATM.

Location: Middelburg, Netherlands

Interests: Cars, Games, Computers (hardware), Technology, Space Exploration and Discovery, Japanese Culture and History, Physics, Fashion and Graphical Design.

Vehicles Currently Owned: Can’t afford one right now.

Dream Garage Vehicles: Aston Martin Virage Volante, Rolls-Royce Phantom, Ferrari 458 Italia, Nissan GT-R, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Coupe, Lancia Fulvia HF Integrale, Lancia Stratos HF Integrale, Lancia Delta Integrale EVO, HSV GTS, Mitsouka Himiko, Morgan Aero SuperSports, Ferrari 512 TR, De Tomaso Pantera, Pagani Zonda C12, 1968 Shelby GT-500KR, Lamborghini Countach LP5000 QV, Aston Martin DB5 and probably a lot more I can’t think of right now.

How did you find us?: Car Tycoon page on Wikipedia.

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^ mein eyes! they burn!

@armandkat

a vayron for a daily driver? I couldn’t imagine that would be very comfortable. I would go with a Rolls-Royce phantom for a DD. Something soft and cushy.

In any case welcome armandkat, dario and xia

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Name: Quinn “Freaky” Langbroek

Occupation: School D:

Age: 12

Location: Original Holland, Currently living in Napier, NZ

Interests: Games, Programming, Vehicles, WWII Stuff

Vehicles Currently Owned: 1970 Simca 1501 Station Wagon

Dream Garage Vehicles: Simca 1200s Coupe, Dodge monaco, Dodge Charger

How did you find us? By Moddb.com on the front page

**About: **

not much im dutch to young to drive and own a car :smiley:

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[quote=“serothis”]^ mein eyes! they burn!

@armandkat

a vayron for a daily driver? I couldn’t imagine that would be very comfortable. I would go with a Rolls-Royce phantom for a DD. Something soft and cushy.

In any case welcome armandkat, dario and xia[/quote]

Yeah , just kidding with the veyron as an every-day car, would probably go for something like a Mercedes C class coupé, comfortable and not as hard to park as your Phantom, which is REALLY big and would be a nightmare here in Barcelona.

Thanks for the welcome!