Just as the above title states, why did YOU join FSAE?

My personal reasons were knowledge (wanted to know more about the technical fabrication and design), and fun (hey, it's got tires for cryin out loud).

What are yours?

same reason as joining the engineering degree;

for the chicks

Sounded cool. Knew how to machine, figured itd be useful.

Smartest and dumbest move I've ever made, haha. Damn it wears you down.

I am sooo over the whole 'class' thing.

Because our solar car shuts itself off if you accelerate too hard. That simply won't do.

It was the only project at our school that had an engine, everything else was pedal power or a tennis ball launcher. Plus who can turn down sitting an inch off the ground while driving a racecar?

I like overanalyzing things.

I like cars.

Perfect combination.

Because im a Petrolhead, and Id love to be involved in motorsports for a career. A pipe dream maybe, but what are we without dreams?

It's an addiction.

because at the end of it all, we produce a car which makes a noise that raises the hairs on the back of my neck and arms!

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Originally posted by repeatoffender:
same reason as joining the engineering degree;

for the chicks

repeatoffender you took the words right out of my mouth.

Designing and building a race car with other car nuts isn't a bad bonus either.

To Dominate

Our team really wanted chicks on it so I thought what the hell, why not?

Fun...plain and simple.

I used to drag race so I figured it would be fun to learn how to turn... and not just left. I'm also decent at turning a wrench, so someone has to make sure the engineers don't hurt themselves.

Yeah, I'm with Tom on this one, smartest and dumbest move I've ever made. I'm glad I chose this route however, yet I wish there was some way I could get back the sleep and GPA points I've lost over the years.

Because if you tell someone that you once stayed up for 76 hours straight working on your basket weaving they would REALLY look at you funny.

one: the women
two: to lower my GPA
three: to have less time
four: good way to get rid of a girlfriend
five: to join a drinking team with a racing problem

Where are all these women you all are talking about?

Did I miss the memo?

right here babe!

I joined because riding BMX was getting too hazardous to my health. That and because working on my own cars spending my own money was too expensive

Once I was in though, whoa buddy. I think just going to the competition got me hooked, even though we weren't able to compete.

Because I couldn't get my girlfriend at the time to break up with me.

Seriously though....where else can you design your own affordable racecar from the ground up, contstruct it, test it, and race it....all using somebody else's money? On top of that, it's an absolute blast!