Gawd... my story is soooo boring...
The time was March 2005, and I was to join a motorsport forum. At the time the Vauxhall Astra was the top performing car in the
BTCC and I thought I should base my name around that. I had already used the "Mp3" part of my name in previous lives (MP are my initials, the 3 is to add the audio format theme), but thought I should use a motorsport themed name in order to look like a proper enthusiast. Thus - Mp3 Astra.
I receive quite a lot of jibes from LFS racers and PS3 players with microphones (I've heard foreign people giggling and saying "Mp3 Astra?" a couple of times) for my alliance with the Vauxhall (Opel) Astra. But I don't care, it's my Internet identity, and will remain so forever!