Our Humble Beginnings

Where would we be without class nerds? Bill Gates and Steve Wozniak make us more productive and well-informed, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg keep us entertained, and George Rode keeps our cars happily humming in tune.

President and owner of Autohaus, George started out as a self-described electronics freak at South Eugene High. He got his jollies by creating weird gadgets like audio oscillators and resistance substitution boxes. "I was the really annoying kid in class," he recalls. "Every time there was a weird noise in the classroom, everyone turned around to see what I was up to."
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