Raf Reporting for Duty

[Raf]

Hey guys! I'm seasoned forum veteran, dating back to my Nokia N-Gage days in mid 2000s, to then Sony PSP and eventually car forums when I was old enough to drive in 2006, via Saabcentral, Saablink, GTOForum and then started doing local things in Massachusetts with local sports car club Yuppieracing. Then I moved to Arizona in 2018 and launched PHXDriven, a local supercar club. In the meantime I became a partner at Nagengast, a company based in Poland rebuilding magnetic ride shocks, which transformed me from an R8Talk forum member to a sponsor.

And as I learned today, I'm not appreciated at Lamborghini-Talk so I saw @Luzifer's signature and made it here.

I have a 2012 MP4-12c and 2021 R8, so not exactly a Lambo but unfortunately I will never own one due to my tall size. Maybe Revuelto one day, though! Those can fit a tall dude quite alright!

Cheers from Sao Paulo! My last day here before heading back to Scottsdale for the Arizona Car Week. If any of you guys are at Barrett-Jackson - holla!

 

[Luzifer]

Welcome to the forum, and enjoy!
It's a small community with no corporation BS.

About those shocks rebuild I'll be sending them there when they leak but I hope it's not for a very long time.

 

[Raf]

Hope they last forever!

 

[Sakura]

Welcome to the forum!

The last time I went to Scottsdale was about 25 years ago. Visiting a friend who was a premed student at nearby Tempe. All I remember is that the city was huge, the air was dry, and there were cactuses everywhere. I also remember accidentally eating burgers with a side of sand and standing there completely perplexed while people were dancing macarena. I am sure things have changed a lot since then

 

[Raf]

Welcome to the forum!

The last time I went to Scottsdale was about 25 years ago. Visiting a friend who was a premed student at nearby Tempe. All I remember is that the city was huge, the air was dry, and there were cactuses everywhere. I also remember accidentally eating burgers with a side of sand and standing there completely perplexed while people were dancing macarena. I am sure things have changed a lot since then

Pretty accurate! Also as I recently learned the root cause of my major hangovers in Scottsdale - turns out humidity heals all the problems.

Ordering a humidifier for my bedroom for when I arrive back home tomorrow.

 

[REKIII]

Welcome. Staying hydragted is always important. lol.

Man, Nokia N-Gage!! Blast from the past. Do you remember seeing or playing with the Demo unit at Game Stop? I designed the Wall bracket thing that held it.

 

[Raf]

Welcome. Staying hydragted is always important. lol.

Man, Nokia N-Gage!! Blast from the past. Do you remember seeing or playing with the Demo unit at Game Stop? I designed the Wall bracket thing that held it.

Thank you! This would have been before my time in America as I moved here in 2006. That’s such a cool story though, have you been involved with any other designs that any of us could have been exposed to over the years?

 

[Sakura]

Welcome. Staying hydragted is always important. lol.

Man, Nokia N-Gage!! Blast from the past. Do you remember seeing or playing with the Demo unit at Game Stop? I designed the Wall bracket thing that held it.

Wow, did you work at Nokia before designing the wall bracket?

A friend of mine worked at the Austin plant back in the 1995s assembling the 2190. Graduated electrical engineering.

 

[REKIII]

Thank you! This would have been before my time in America as I moved here in 2006. That’s such a cool story though, have you been involved with any other designs that any of us could have been exposed to over the years?

Actually.....I've been involved in a lot of retail type programs you are familiar with. Some of the more notable ones:
PS3, and PS4 stand alone Kiosks (Gamestop, Best Buy, etc). For PS5 we only designed the controller holder clamp, another firm got the kiosk.
Late 2000's I designed the remodel for the Virgin Megastore in Times Square
I've designed several Generations of the Microsoft tables at Best Buy
I designed the Dealership pylons for Chrysler, they were mostly black with the Jeep/dodge/ram logos. Some had display cases or lighting
This was REALLY short lived, but I designed the showroom fixtures for the original Fisker dealerships

Wow, did you work at Nokia before designing the wall bracket?

A friend of mine worked at the Austin plant back in the 1995s assembling the 2190. Graduated electrical engineering.

No, I work at a mechanical design firm (contract engineering/design) and we get hired by a lot of different marketing companies that handle the customer side for companies like nokia/apple/ford/microsoft/etc etc.