Welcome to OctaneList — a website dedicated to preserving automotive culture and the passion that surrounds it. My name is Zac, and I’ve been involved with cars for as long as I can remember. Like many kids of my generation, the love for cars was ingrained in me from an early age through Hot Wheels and the toys my parents bought me. Eventually, I was gifted a few Lego and model sets to assemble, and before long, I was taking apart things around the house—much to my mom’s dismay—because I wasn’t exactly skilled at putting them back together.

I haven’t outgrown my love for cars or my inquisitiveness about mechanical things; if anything, it has turned into a full-blown love affair. Since finishing school, I’ve honed my skills in photography, graphic design, and e-commerce. I’ve worked with several clients, helping them expand their businesses by showcasing their products or builds, improving processes, polishing their e-commerce sites, and bringing them up to speed on the latest social media trends.

Times have changed, and though saying that makes me sound like I’m getting up there in age, I genuinely believe that the days of younger folks being as excited about vehicles as my generation and those before me might be behind us. While that’s unfortunate, I still believe there are stories worth telling about those who remain passionate about automotive culture and motorsports. I intend to use this website as a time capsule, archiving this traditional wisdom to inspire our youth and show them that there was a time when cars were more than just a means to get to the next destination.

Although it might be harder to find replacement parts in today’s economy, I’m excited about what the industry has to offer, particularly with new methods of creating parts, such as 3D scanning and additive manufacturing. I still believe there’s a flicker of hope for the internal combustion engine to live on, perhaps through synthetic fuels or hydrogen power.

I can’t wait to share my passion with you all. Where we once said “save the manuals,” we should now say “save the culture” as a whole.