Introductions

[MisterApathy]

Ok you got me
My brother (Carcenomy on the forums) has been talking about this awhile, and given our mutual love of Street Rod and Detroit its a small miracle I never looked until now.
I played with the demo for about 5 minutes and pre-ordered, really looking forward to seeing how this progresses! If there is anything I can do to help let me know.

As for the introduction, I am a 34 year old who grew up in a tiny town in New Zealand, skipped across the pond to Sydney for about 7 years, and recently buggered off to Hannover, Germany for a few years.
In my spare time I mostly watch excessive amounts of movies, play more than a healthy amount of various styles of game, and roam about Europe like a filthy gypsy. (when I am not working providing technical & pre-sales support for Konica Minolta Europe)
Cars I have owned, a 1985 Honda Prelude, a seriously farm thrashed when I bought it 1989 Mazda MX5 (of the Eunos badged variety), and a 2000 Mazda MX5.
Not entirely sure what I will end up with while I am in Europe, I am considering an Audi A3 1.8t.

[NexxusDrako]

Name: James “Jarokn” Knight

Occupation: Author/Musician/Hobbyist Programmer/Student

Location: Healesville, Australia.

Interests: Games, Books, Music, Programming, Cars

Vehicles Currently Owned: None, I haven’t got a license yet.

Dream Garage Vehicles: Not sure, so many good cars to choose from!

Previous Vehicles of Interest: Same as above.

How did you find us? Well, I was searching Car Tycoon Games, and BAM! Automation comes up!

About:

I’m a 16 year old Jack of all Trades who likes pretty much everything, and knows pretty much anything related to pretty much everything due to Asperger’s Syndome. I have really been enjoying the demo, creating my own engines from budget 2013 models to beefy 1970s models, haven’t preordered yet though, I’m waiting for a few weeks so I have my payment (Centrelink, I’m susceptible to outbursts and can’t work for a boss, Asperger’s again).

I have had a passing interest in cars for a few years, my younger brothers, mum’s brother and most of dad’s side of the family are massive car nuts, so I’ve been learning a bit from them. After playing around with the demo and tutorials, I have actually learned more in 2 hours, than I have ever learned in 16 years!

[sansa93]

Name: Dave

Occupation: Student

Location: West Bloomfield, MI, USA

Interests: Cars, Aviation, Kayaking, Cycling, Photography, Computers, Swimming

Vehicles Currently Owned: 2007 Pontiac G5

Dream Garage Vehicles: Mazda RX7 (FD), Spyker C8 Aileron, Cadillac ATS, Chevy Sonic RS (lol, but seriously, I love those little cars!)

How did you find us? I discovered Automation on Steam Greenlight. It was love at first sight.

About:
I am Dave. I’m 19 and currently a student attending a local college in order to get an associates degree in science. I plan to transfer somewhere else after that to study for a career in something (some plan, right??). But, it’s not like I don’t have any sort of plan in place. I will most likely study for a career in the automotive industry. However, I have also been considering a career as a commercial airline pilot or a IT professional. We’ll see what happens. Regardless, I would like to study abroad at some point during my college education.
Cars have always been a major part of my life. I currently have a Pontiac G5, which is just a better looking (imo) Chevy Cobalt. Even though it isn’t exactly the fastest, or coolest looking car out there, I love it. It’s fun to drive and easy on the wallet.

[Immi]

Name: Jasper “Immi” de Laat

Occupation: 1st year Game Programming student.

Location: Boxtel, North-Brabant, The Netherlands.

Interests: Cars, Simple programming (still learning), gaming, trains.

Vehicles Currently Owned: 2005 Batavus Future (technically, a bike = a vehicle)

Dream Garage Vehicles: Volkswagen Up GT, Subaru BRZ Turbo, Suzuki Kizashi.

How did you find us? Wikipedia, actually.

About:
I’m Jasper, I’m 18 years old and currently a student in game programming.
I’m hoping to get my B ICT and join the gaming industry (maybe Camshaft?)
I’m currently getting my driving license, which I hope to get next month.

[arkejn]

Name: Victor “Arkejn/Arkane”

Occupation: Currently non, future e-commerce specialist, Programmer, Dev, Web specialist

Location: Poland, Łódź/Cracow

Interests: Games, IT, Vehicles, WWII Stuff

Vehicles Currently Owned: Daewoo Lanos, Daewoo Espero

Dream Garage Vehicles: Audi R8, Saab 9-3/9-5 Aero, BMW X6

Previous Vehicles of Interest: …

How did I find you? By accident when watching Toilet Tycoon gameplay

About:

Hi, I’m 22yo, almost 23 (in may). Student of IT. Big fan of Asus hardware. Animu and Hatsune Miku addict :3

[urtz]

@arkejn

How did I find you? By accident when watching Toilet Tycoon gameplay

Toilet Tycoon??? you have given curiosity to me and i´ve googled it

ok, and now, here is my presentation:

Name: Ivan ¨URTZ¨

Urtz was a god from the mythology of the Basque country (where I was born), and was the god of the storm, who hurled lightning and thunder against the earth.
It´s also was the name of a music team from here.
And the name of my dog (he left us two years ago).

Occupation: Now without job. I did work Bus Driver. Before, I did study and work also in bodywork and aerodynamic´s technician.

Location: Bilbao, Spain

Interests: Games; Web design and programing (self-educated); Also Image, video and sound treatment too(i did studied it, but not work); RC cars… many things.

Vehicles Owned: Opel Corsa Sport 1.7Dti, Opel Astra 1.6 16V, Opel vectra GTS 1.9Dti

Current vehicle: BMW 320 xDrive Sport

Previous motorcycles of Interest: Honda Varadero 125cc, Yamaha Fazer 600cc 98hp

Dream Garage Vehicles: SLR McLaren, Viper, Ferrari F12berlinetta, Ferrari 458 Spider

How did you find us? looking for old tycoon games, and flash!

About:
Hi, I´m Ivan, from Bilbao, Spain.
And not much to say, maybe another day

[zepphead2011]

Name: Dominick

Occupation: High school history teacher/spackler & general contractor (mostly in the summer)

Location: New Jersey, US

Interests: Cars, history, historic cars

Vehicles currently owned: 2004 Ford Crown Victoria, 1996 Ford F-150, 2006 Chevy Cobalt (wife’s)

Dream Garage: Ford Model A 2 door sedan, 1967 Plymouth roadrunner, 1977 Chevy Impala

How did I find you? I was poking around youtube for engine simulators and found some videos you guys made.

About me: I’m not usually one to mess around with games but this game is awesome. I like big boat sedans with V8s which causes me to hate the gas prices lately. I hope to have some kids on the way soon so we’ll see how much time I’ll have for this game in the near future. haha

No, but really, good work on the game.

[ScottyG555]

Name: Scotty

Occupation: year 9 student

Location: Brisbane

Interests: v8’s, cars, turbos, that stuff

Dream cars: a 1969 Chevy Camaro, a 1970 Chevy chevelle ss, a 1970 corvette, a 1969 nova ss, that sort of car

How did I find you?: looked up car building game on YouTube and been following you ever since

About me: I saw the game in 2011 and loved it since the inline 4’s I love the work you guys do and can’t wait for turbos and superchargers. I aspire to become a mechanical engineer and want to set up my own business building crate v8’s

Keep up the good work!

Scotty

[Cookie]

Name: Terry Healy

Occupation: Network/Server Engineer

Location: England

Interests: Cars, cycling, gaming, blowing things up

Vehicles Currently Owned: Mondeo ST220 Estate

Dream Garage Vehicles: Agera R, AM DBS, V12V (I have a thing for Aston’s)

How did you find us? Pistonheads forum I believe

About: I’m 29, love cars and tinkering with engines. I have many leather bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany. Also a bit of a fetish for Technic LEGO.

[EnryGT5]

Name: Enry
Occupation: Student
Location: Italy
Interests: Everything with an engine
Dream Garage Cars: Nissan Skyline GT-R R32, 1965 Ford Mustang GT, Subaru Impreza 22B STI, Toyota Corolla AE86, Peugeot 405 T16 (Rally version, non the street one)
About: I’m a true car fan since i was 3 years old, i like every kind of cars, even though a few years ago i was biased towards JDM, and i find interesting every new thing i know about cars, even the smallest fact makes me happy, i’m also a simdriver since 2013

EDIT 05/05/2014: Changed Dream Garage and About

[jestermx6]

Well I suppose I should introduce myself as well!

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Name: George

Occupation: IT Generalist

Location: Lincoln, Nebraska USA

Interests: Games, Automotive, Technology, starting to get into programming

Vehicles Currently Owned: 89 Mazda MX-6 GT, 90 BMW 535i, 97 Jeep Cherokee Sport, 02 BMW 330i, 78 Suzuki GS550E, 80 Honda CX500

Dream Garage Vehicles: 67 Jaguar XK-E Convertible, 08 BMW 135i, 69 Dodge Charger R/T, 1981 BMW M1

Previous Vehicles of Interest: Too many too list. As of this writing i’ve owned 28 vehicles.

How did you find us? Steam Greenlight

About:

I’m a 27 year old newlywed (may 2012) to a wonderful wife who shares a lot of my interests. I love technology and motorsports. I come from a automotive background as my family has owned an autoshop for 25 years. I got into the computer field not long after the 386 pc was introduced and started working in DOS and have continued since then.

After seeing the game on greenlight I did some googling and was quickly brought here. I saw the option to pre-order and before even trying the game decided it was worth the investment. I pre-ordered a couple days ago and tried the game out for the first time last night. Before i knew it 3 hours had gone by and it was way past time for me to go sleep! Looking forward to doing more than just the free play when i have time.

[Molotov]

Name: Giancarlo
Age: 22
Occupation: Computer hardware reviewer and electrical engineering student
Location: Brazil
Interests: Cars, computer hardware (overclocking, hardmods and all those things… ) and gaming.
Dream Garage Vehicles: Ford Maverick V8 302, Chevrolet Opala SS, 69 Dodge Charger R/T, Fiat Coupé 20v Turbo, Lamborghini Aventador, Ferrari 512TR…

[SkilletKid]

Name: Jose “SkilletKid”

Occupation: Student/Part time Technical Assistant @ V8ST New Zealand

Location: Originally from Philippines, currently in New Zealand

Interests: Games, Cars & MotorRacing, Aircraft and tech in general

Vehicles Currently Owned: Mazda MX5 NA6CE

Dream Garage Vehicles: Turbo 1991 MX5, Datsun 240Z, Nissan BNR32 GTR, Ferrari F430 Scuderia, McLaren F1

How did you find us? Facebook

About:

Moved from PHI to NZ with family. Studying engineering at university at the moment and slowly emptying my spare change into my MX5 for daily driving and occasional track use.

[Juno8]

Um Hi I am Juno8 better known as Robert, I found this game thanks to Dreamreaver23 I hope to enjoy this game when the turbos come out on it…sorry this post is bland…but its my first time posting on this forum haha

12/07/2013 update:

Name: Robert
Callsign: Juno8
Cars: Saab 95 Saloon with the 185bhp Turbo engine along with a Saab 95 Estate with the 265bhp Turbo engine
Job: IT Minion and some know it all with computers and a Engine Grunt that needs work on…
Dream car: John Dodd’s The Beast…go google it…so that below

[avis2500]

Name: Andrew Avis

Occupation: Mechanic, Father, Idiot (yes it’s a profession)

Location: Brisbane, Australia

Interests: Naked women and Beer, Games, Cars, motorbikes…

Vehicles: P38 RangeRover, Holden Statesman, 1969 MK1 PI Triumph. The Triumph is a rare version of the range fitted with a sports car motor out of a TR5 it’s got mechanical fuel injection from factory.

Dream car: something done by Chip Foose? A Ferrari!

How did I find you: Facebook

About: always been a car guy, played street rod as a kid and it changed me… I left school and did a stupid job for years but stuffed around with cars. Quit my dumb ass job and became a specialized mechanic. I do English cars of all kinds, the triumphs are the fly in the ointment. They are what got me into the trade. I’ve restored sports cars, modified countless cars for friends and my self. Nothing I own is bog standard.

[Illunex]

Name: Near Amago (Illunex)

Occupation: Producer

Location: USA

Interests: Motorsport, EDM, Them Vidya Games

Vehicles Currently Owned: None, though I had a chance at a '74 260Z 2+2, which I lost due to financial crisis.

Dream Garage Vehicles: '69 Fairlady (240Z 432), N/A MKIV Toyota Supra, Mazda RX7 Spirit R Type A

Previous Vehicles of Interest: Nothing

How did you find us?: A friend randomly blurted out “You should check out this game, I’ve been playing it for a couple months”

About:

Oh jeez I’m bad at about sections. I’m a person who does things, and likes the things I like. I make music which goes on my YouTube channel…can’t think of anything else worth mentioning.

Apart from the fact that I’m terrible at staying active on forums, so there’s that. I usually make a bunch of posts, leave for a month or two, then make a bunch more…on every forum ever.

This game looks absolutely incredible though, and I’mma stick with it to the end of it. So hi.

[Dwarden20]

Name: Derrek… But just call me Warden/

Occupation: Oh boy… this is a hard one… lol. But i do maintenance work at a warehouse for Delphi Automotive Systems. I am a property manager for a small apartment complex… and finally I am an aspiring Computer/Mobile applications developer.

Location: Flint, Michigan, USA.

Interests: Engines, Automobiles, Women, Computers, and programming?

Vehicles Currently Owned: 2000 Honda Accord F23A1, 1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue 3.8L (okay in all seriousness the Oldsmobile is my girfriends… i just do all the work on it haha!)

Dream Garage Vehicles: 86 Chevrolet El Camino, 86 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z, 88 Pontiac Fiero GT, and a Pagani Zonda.

Previous Vehicles of Interest: Oh lord, heres the list… 97 Ford Taurus 3.0v6, 91 GMC Sonoma single cab long bed 4.3v6, 88 Dodge Dakota 3.9v6, 97 Oldsmobile Aurora 4.0 Northstar v8, 92 GMC Jimmy 4.3v6, 81 Chevrolet C10 5.0v8 (305 with a three on the tree!! Column shift.), 88 Pontiac fiero 2.5 4 cyl, 86 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z 5.7v8 (350), 86 Chevrolet Elcamino 5.0v8 (305), and a 01 Chevrolet Blazer 4.3v6. (im now driving my Honda… haha)

How did you find us? Well, we are us, but how did u find us? Google, facebook, wikipedia etc?

I did a search for an automotive manufacturing game on google.

About:

Im terrible at writing these but… Im pretty much an average guy… Im a car enthusiast… i work for a living and go home to my girlfriend. Im studying mobile applications and web development and have a strong interest in Java and C# programming. I plan on being a freelance programmer or running my own business.

Oh… and im pre-ordering this game on my next check… the engine designer alone has me hooked!!

[dajeg7]

Name: Daniel

Occupation: Graphic Designer

Location: Rheurdt, Germany

Interests: Games, Cars, Technology, Nature

Vehicles Currently Owned: 2006 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S, 2003 Smart Roadster Coupe, 1988 Westfield SE, 1977 Landrover Series 3 88"

Dream Garage Vehicles: Mercedes 300SL, 1966 Lamborghini Miura, KTM X-Bow, VW Beetle Cabrio

Previous Vehicles of Interest: 1998 VW Golf 3, 2000 Renault Twingo, 2009 VW Tiguan

How did you find us? Google

[MArcin91]

Name: Marcin
Age: 22
Location: Poland
Vehicle: 1998 Citroen Saxo
Previous Vehicles: 1993 Renautl Clio, 1994 Peugeot 106
Dream Garage Vehicles: Muscle Cars ( ), Dodge Viprer GTS, Calloway Corvette C4 TT, Peugeot 405 T16, Peugeot 106 Rallye S1

[kkacper]

Name: Kacper Kolodziejczyk

Occupation: Secondary School Student (Hoping to do Game Development in College)

Location: Originally from Poland, moved out to New Ross, Ireland where I live since 2006

Interests: Games, Racing, Rally, Technology, Swimming etc.

Vehicles Currently Owned: Well, even though I could do my license it would cost me too much so all I have is passenger seat on my father’s Mitsubishi Carisma

Dream Garage Vehicles: Austin Mini, Ferrari 348, Audi RS2, Jaguar E-Type

I’ve heard about the game on VirtualR and instantly got interested in it, yesterday I decided to pre-order and I think i was one of the best decisions I could have made

About:
I’m an absolute fanatic when it comes to cars and commercial planes. I love them to bits but cars are just that bit closer to you in every day life. I’m a massive fan of the Inline 5 Audi engine, one of the best in history IMHO. My father had an Audi 100 C2 with 2.1 5cyl engine, I will never forget it . I absolutely love the sound, also I do not mind Volvos at all, I actually am kind of sad that the C30 is going out of production, anyway I am 18 years old for a couple of weeks now and live in a smallish town of New Ross, I’m finishing this school in a little over a year and I hope to do Computer Game Development course in a college. I will probably move out of here as soon as I finish it. Whenever I get to getting a license and buying my first car I would love to buy a 83 or older Austin Mini, for a couple of reasons, but mainly that I love the look and the general idea of the good, old, classic car which drives like a go-kart