My introduction to PH
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Hi!
After a few quizzes I have started here, I felt I had to introduce myself.
I am Job (yes, an unfamiliar name in English-speaking countries), I am 28 years of age and I live in Holland, some 40 km from Utrecht. At the moment, I am still busy with my study psychology.
Me and cars?
I am mad about cars ever since I was born
! As a child, I spend much of my time laying on the ground playing with my toy cars. As a matter of fact, my game was accompanied by loud engine imitations! Ahum, whatever!
As a teenager, I collected diecast models (1:18 scale). I started with collecting the modern super cars (Viper, F40/F50), then I shifted to the classics (Ferrari 250GTO and TR, Lancia Aurelia B24S, Jaguar E-type) and all my last additions were pre-war (Horch, Wanderer, Maybach, Lincoln, Duesenberg, Cadillac V16). The majority of 1:18 scale models is of German and American makes and te French and British makes are far behind unfortunately and quite strange.
My car
I'd loved to have a car myself, but that is impossible… Why? Because I am visually impaired. From birth on, I have a severe form of what is called autosomal dominant optic atrophy. That means I have just 2 percent of sight and that is minimal. I see nearly no depth, hardly colour and my sight is very blurred (I have no comparison, so for me it is sharp). I have to read braille with a braille display and use powerful amplification software to see more details in pictures.
Now you are thinking, a visually impaired car spotter! Yes, I am. In a sence though. To be honest, my father takes the pictures and he spots the cars; I just stay close to him and watch the cars. I have some 16 thick folders with thousands of pictures, ordered by make, model and year, all indexed; made all over Europe in the last 10 years.
With a short distance, the right light and a contrasting colour of the car, I can still see a lot (for my standards though). But sight is not everything. I like to know more about the cars and their history. That's why a use the internet as a source of information. Besides the history, sound plays a very important role for me! After hearing an Aston Martin V8 Vantage accelerating, it is hard to get the smile off my face afterwards. For example, listen to this:
sound #1 what about the speed limits?
sound #2 be patient and you will be rewarded!
sound #3 Sounds like pure power!
sound #4 What oh what is this…?
sound #5 that's how you take a uphill hairpin in a vintage car!
Smell adds another facet, although it does not go as deep as sound.
The ultimate experience for me is driving with someone else in a interesting car. I have had a few exceptional experiences in such cars. I have got a seat in "The black car"; the 1937 Aston Martin 2 Litre with Ulster-style coachwork in which Saint John "Jog" Horsfal won the Belgian Grand Prix after the war. I have been a passenger in an Alvis TD21 Park-Ward saloon, a 1993 Morgan +8 (3.9 V8), a Ferrari 166 Inter Touring Berlinetta (actually, one of the first production Ferraris ever built), and a few less exclusive cars. To give full throttle while the gear is not engaged (is this correct English!) is one of the closest things I can get behind the wheel. To feel a Corvette shaking while the engine is revving… oh that's amazing! It's pure narcotic!
One of the greatest moments of my live is depicted here. Who is behind the wheel? I guess you know!?
My dream…
I hope I will ever be able to afford a Jaguar XKR from the second generation. I am a Jag man, I really am. But in all honesty, it is not the car that makes me excited, that makes me smile from ear to ear, that makes me feel unsteady. Cars like TVR, Ginetta or Marcos do.
My wish would be to be a passenger in a sportscar on a circuit. I don't know how anxious I would be, but I think it is just amazing.
I think I have told enough for now.
All the best!
Job
After a few quizzes I have started here, I felt I had to introduce myself.
I am Job (yes, an unfamiliar name in English-speaking countries), I am 28 years of age and I live in Holland, some 40 km from Utrecht. At the moment, I am still busy with my study psychology.
Me and cars?
I am mad about cars ever since I was born
! As a child, I spend much of my time laying on the ground playing with my toy cars. As a matter of fact, my game was accompanied by loud engine imitations! Ahum, whatever!As a teenager, I collected diecast models (1:18 scale). I started with collecting the modern super cars (Viper, F40/F50), then I shifted to the classics (Ferrari 250GTO and TR, Lancia Aurelia B24S, Jaguar E-type) and all my last additions were pre-war (Horch, Wanderer, Maybach, Lincoln, Duesenberg, Cadillac V16). The majority of 1:18 scale models is of German and American makes and te French and British makes are far behind unfortunately and quite strange.
My car
I'd loved to have a car myself, but that is impossible… Why? Because I am visually impaired. From birth on, I have a severe form of what is called autosomal dominant optic atrophy. That means I have just 2 percent of sight and that is minimal. I see nearly no depth, hardly colour and my sight is very blurred (I have no comparison, so for me it is sharp). I have to read braille with a braille display and use powerful amplification software to see more details in pictures.
Now you are thinking, a visually impaired car spotter! Yes, I am. In a sence though. To be honest, my father takes the pictures and he spots the cars; I just stay close to him and watch the cars. I have some 16 thick folders with thousands of pictures, ordered by make, model and year, all indexed; made all over Europe in the last 10 years.
With a short distance, the right light and a contrasting colour of the car, I can still see a lot (for my standards though). But sight is not everything. I like to know more about the cars and their history. That's why a use the internet as a source of information. Besides the history, sound plays a very important role for me! After hearing an Aston Martin V8 Vantage accelerating, it is hard to get the smile off my face afterwards. For example, listen to this:
sound #1 what about the speed limits?
sound #2 be patient and you will be rewarded!
sound #3 Sounds like pure power!
sound #4 What oh what is this…?
sound #5 that's how you take a uphill hairpin in a vintage car!
Smell adds another facet, although it does not go as deep as sound.
The ultimate experience for me is driving with someone else in a interesting car. I have had a few exceptional experiences in such cars. I have got a seat in "The black car"; the 1937 Aston Martin 2 Litre with Ulster-style coachwork in which Saint John "Jog" Horsfal won the Belgian Grand Prix after the war. I have been a passenger in an Alvis TD21 Park-Ward saloon, a 1993 Morgan +8 (3.9 V8), a Ferrari 166 Inter Touring Berlinetta (actually, one of the first production Ferraris ever built), and a few less exclusive cars. To give full throttle while the gear is not engaged (is this correct English!) is one of the closest things I can get behind the wheel. To feel a Corvette shaking while the engine is revving… oh that's amazing! It's pure narcotic!
One of the greatest moments of my live is depicted here. Who is behind the wheel? I guess you know!?
My dream…
I hope I will ever be able to afford a Jaguar XKR from the second generation. I am a Jag man, I really am. But in all honesty, it is not the car that makes me excited, that makes me smile from ear to ear, that makes me feel unsteady. Cars like TVR, Ginetta or Marcos do.
My wish would be to be a passenger in a sportscar on a circuit. I don't know how anxious I would be, but I think it is just amazing.
I think I have told enough for now
.All the best!
Job
AndrewW-G said:
Do you have a copy of "into the red" by Nick Mason? it comes with a CD of the sounds of his cars (BRM, Ferrari 250 GTO, Bugatti Type 35b etc)
That's a good advise! I have once heard the BRM from that CD... I turned my speakers on, played the sound and sat still waiting for the enormous peak in the sound level when the car passes the microphone! It's just too intense, too immersing! As you may have heard on the recordings in this post, it is very hard to make a good recording. I plan to buy a very good, high quality, semi-professional recording device and microphone and make some better ones, but still you cannot change the people around you, the anoying sound of someone hammering in his gardens or the most frustrating part: other cars! I have a really superb wave-file, but while the car passes, a dull diesel-engined car is waiting just in front of my mic!!! ARGH!
JagJob said:
deeen said:
Hi, great introduction, you sound perfect for PH !
If you ever fly in to London Gatwick, let me know and I'll pick you up in my TVR speed six!
I'm sure PH could arrange some track time, also...
Good luck, Dean
Sounds great! I'll keep that in mind, seriously! Thanks a lot!If you ever fly in to London Gatwick, let me know and I'll pick you up in my TVR speed six!
I'm sure PH could arrange some track time, also...
Good luck, Dean
Hi Job,
Welcome to PH (I really do wish that the majority of the people in the UK have your command of the English language).
I know that a group of us do join up with the Dutch for tunnel runs... maybe something could happen that way?
I love Holland (and not just Amsterdam!) - I was in Utrecht a few months ago (Jaarbeurs) - it's a dance music thing...
Welcome to PH (I really do wish that the majority of the people in the UK have your command of the English language).
I know that a group of us do join up with the Dutch for tunnel runs... maybe something could happen that way?
I love Holland (and not just Amsterdam!) - I was in Utrecht a few months ago (Jaarbeurs) - it's a dance music thing...
Welcome aboard sir. 
As a connoisseur of engine sounds, you might like these threads.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
As a connoisseur of engine sounds, you might like these threads.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
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