“For Your First Car? Go With an Electric. Trust me.”

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• 	Tyler D February 28th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
  The Truth About RC Cars?
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• 	JG February 28th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
  I simply cannot get into RC cars… cheap fun I guess.
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• 	foolish February 28th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
  I have 3 electric RC cars. By buying them used, I only have about $100-140 in each of them, and they are a ton of fun. Nitro cars require a lot more maintenance and tuning, cost more, and are just generally more complex, so video dude is right. Start with electric.
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• 	Robert Schwartz February 28th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
  My son gave up playing with electric cars when he discovered girls.
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• 	moawdtsi February 28th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
  Once we are all forced to drive electric tata nano’s with a top speed of 50 mph and constant GPS monitoring by the government, electric RC cars and video games may be the only fun we are allowed to have.
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• 	Scorched Earth February 28th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
  Electric all the way. It’s all about the instant torques. E-Maxx FTW
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• 	qfrog February 28th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
  I was building those when I was in elementary school. I prefer the full scale experience as the excitement in a 1/10th scale model is inherently limited. A quick analogy to sum it up. Pixie sticks are to magic mushrooms what RC is to full scale. Having driven both electric and gasoline powered go-karts I will say that the fun isn’t lost in the driving experience. I’d actually like to try a full scale fuel cell/electric powered car which utilizes four independent motors to facilitate torque vectoring. Being able to direct torque where it is needed to rotate a vehicle mid turn is a great asset on a road course.
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• 	rpn453 February 28th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
  I loved my Tyco Turbo Hopper. Great toys for kids.
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• 	PeteMoran February 28th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
  GM should have just bought a design from Tamiya for the Volt.
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• 	folkdancer February 28th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
  Thank you Mr. Farago, that was a fun video and got me to thinking of buying another Japanese car but this next one will be 12″ long.
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• 	AdamYYZ March 1st, 2009 at 9:03 am
  You guys can crap on R/C cars all you want, but not all of us can afford full scale racing. It’s a great social hobby as well as something that parents can do with their kids. I used to race an XRay T1 EVO2 every weekend until I got out of the hobby when I bought a new car. At the time, it was probably the largest racing club in the country so it was pretty intense racing. EDIT: I managed to find a video on google of the old PLRC track. If you want to see some factory team drivers duke it out see this: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8050618966806655718&ei=CJaqScKCLJ-G_AGS2einDA&q=hobbyhobby Being an A-Main driver myself, I always had to find every bit of speed I could. The setup of the car changed throughout the day depending on sweeping of the cars and pavement temperature. It was wicked fun. But I never rivaled these guys. The best I ever did in a season was 5th overall.
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• 	Tyler D March 1st, 2009 at 11:38 am
  Maybe I should have mentioned my Losi hobby. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3538/3319748364_cc3e2caaaa_b.jpg They are good fun when they work.
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• 	Kurt. March 2nd, 2009 at 4:36 am
  I quit racing my RC-10 and RC-10T when it became more expensive than it was for me to race Motocross at the top level!
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