@djslack Yup, but better a color I don’t care about, than a color I like, but on a truck I cannot race against my nephew because the cool silver and cool red were the same freq.
@dam091 You mean when two cars are on the same frequency? No, not really in any kind of formation. Each car sort of responds with a differing degree of throttle/turn radius, etc.
I guess I got lucky to get two different colors and frequencies last time.
I gave a couple of these to my kids for Christmas and they like them ok. The steering is either difficult or impossible to zero in exactly (they always drift left or right a little and sometimes it varies from run to run) but they go way faster than you might expect for cheap RC cars and don’t look half bad. The remote controls feel like cheap plastic garbage and the antenna never feels quite right when you screw them in, but you’re paying cheap plastic garbage prices for them so you can’t complain too much.
@jandrese go to your hobby store and pick up some real RC cars…it’s a great hobby, i have been doing it 30 years…and try to get them a kit and you help them build one…
@bdb In case it was not clear, everything I say about batteries and/or refrigerators is entirely tongue in cheek. With that in mind, please understand that anyone who suggests that batteries may not in fact need to be refrigerated must be banned.
If this comment or the reason behind it is at all confusing to you, please consider yourself lucky and move on to a more enjoyable and meaningful topic.
I have to leave it at this, as the batteries in my refrigerator need to be rotated for maximum freshness.
screw that toy crap…get some real RC cars or trucks and get involved in a real hobby…Build!..Race!..FUN!..been doing it for 30 years…on 2 continents…These are just some of my honeys that took me to England to race in a world finals in 2004…HPI Racing Nitro Stock, HPI Super Nitro and an HPI R40 Pro Hara Touring car…
@fastharry I had a super nitro. Crazy fast cars. The purple anodizing on the frame was pretty slick. Replaced the stock transmission with a nice multi-gear, and ran it until the wheels fell off… Literally.
I was touching up the paint on one of my bodies when a friend came over and asked to see it run. I decided to run it without the body on, and the battery pack came dislodged and flew out of the car around a turn at full speed. All I could do was watch in horror as it shot across the lot and ran into a block wall… cracking the frame, destroying the front end, and sending a tire [who knows where]. Never found it.
Too expensive to fix, so I sold it for parts (the motor was still worth $$$), and never got back into it.
@fastharry Screw that toy crap… Get some real cars and race them. Buy two real Lambos, one for the nephews when they come to the house. Just be sure get two Lamborghinis with different frequencies/channels so you can race them in your cul-de-sac. SON! Was that ever an expensive mistake! I felt so silly explaining my error at the Lamborghini dealership. They acted like I was the crazy one!
@medz cool stuff…I was really really into it with a 300 car collection…still have all my nitro cars i raced, Tamiya collectible RC cars, and what is probably the only last example of a 2002 OFNA Limited Edition Twin Titan new in box…
@fastharry I… have never seen anything like this. Assuming it is still AWD, how does this work… One engine per axle, one per side (front/rear), or do both engines power the same drive shaft?
@fastharry I was referring rather to the twin-engine one. Do both engines ultimately work to drive the same gears, or do they split the work up between them?
@jestermx6 This exactly! My buddy has a black Denali. Would buy one for him, but don’t need one myself, and not going to chance getting the wrong color. Meh is missing some opportunities here.
Gave one to my 9 year old kid for his birthday. The other one we’re keeping as a birthday present-on-demand when he gets invited to other kids’ parties.
Can’t pick the color? No thanks. I don’t need one, but for this price it would have been cool to get my buddy a Denali to match his truck. Not nearly as cool: “Yeah, um, I know it’s a different color and all, but it’s still a Denali!”
Bought the spider and the 911 last go-round surprisingly they sent me 2 black cars …big question why …not to happy and would order more but don’t need 4 black cars …
My two black PORSCHE 911’s came today. Two different frequencies as advertised. They have real nifty working headlights and taillights. I’m still working on steering. It really is all or nothing.
I ordered the Corvette and the Porche but received two Porche. I don’t know how to check if they are the same frequency. Trial and error will tell me when I put batteries in them with the grandkids. I ordered two different ones so that they can race each other. I received two different colors at least. Great price and I’m not sending them back.
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2x RC cars
2x Controller
Pictures
Options
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Continental
Corvette
Veneno
Lexus LFA
McLaren
Porsche 911
Denali
remote
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Vroom
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$39.98 (for 2) at Amazon
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90 Day Mediocre
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Braha? Nada.
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Choice of frequencies now. That would have been useful BEFORE receiving 2 on the same freq last time around.
@ruouttaurmind yes but didn’t you get to pick your colors then?
@djslack Yup, but better a color I don’t care about, than a color I like, but on a truck I cannot race against my nephew because the cool silver and cool red were the same freq.
@ruouttaurmind never mind me, just bring contrarian. It was humorous in my head.
@ruouttaurmind did they really drive in formation? Because that’s kind of cool.
@dam091 You mean when two cars are on the same frequency? No, not really in any kind of formation. Each car sort of responds with a differing degree of throttle/turn radius, etc.
Nope. You gave me two of the same car, same color, same frequency last time.
One of these is not like the others. One of these do not belong. But they all can take me to Sesame Street.
Last year, I would’ve helped you by correcting your “do” to “does”… Thanks for the opportunity to exercise my New Year’s resolution.
My cats have dealt with an RC Godzilla, tarantula, and dinosaur. Finally they will get actual vehicles.
I see the 918 sold out
What exactly is the appeal of a RC SUV pickup truck!?
@UncleVinny a rc pickup allows you to deliver stuff to a friend while sitting down
So when I go to actually buy it, I get the option to pick 1 frequency if I’m buying 2 cars. Hmm. Is that the way it’s supposed to be?
@owenversteeg The cars are two for $20, as the buy button says. When you’re selecting them, you’re picking one for $10 and then a second one for $10.
Didn’t Downsizing flop at the theatres. Yeah, no one wants to settle for less, especially in their imagination.
I guess I got lucky to get two different colors and frequencies last time.
I gave a couple of these to my kids for Christmas and they like them ok. The steering is either difficult or impossible to zero in exactly (they always drift left or right a little and sometimes it varies from run to run) but they go way faster than you might expect for cheap RC cars and don’t look half bad. The remote controls feel like cheap plastic garbage and the antenna never feels quite right when you screw them in, but you’re paying cheap plastic garbage prices for them so you can’t complain too much.
@jandrese go to your hobby store and pick up some real RC cars…it’s a great hobby, i have been doing it 30 years…and try to get them a kit and you help them build one…
There’s a 1:24 chance of me buying these. Does that count?
With that logo, I’d expected a 6000 SUX.
@PhantomV48 I LIKE it!!!
@PhantomV48 I would buy that for a dollar!
So, do these have variable speed and variable turn, or is it all or nothing?
@laidbackoh All or nothing. They look nice, but are rather meh to drive
I checked my refrigerator. I’m fresh out of batteries for these cars. Guess I’m out.
@shahnm Gosh, if only there’d been some online retailer that’d offered AA batteries in bulk for cheap recently…
@shahnm It is no longer necessary (if it ever was) to store batteries in your fridge.
@bdb I’m picturing @shahnm fainting at the thought of unrefrigerated batteries …
@bdb I don’t understand any part of this comment. What is the meaning of this? Is there a way to ban this individual?
@shahnm Which comment do you not understand? There are three above yours that you might be referencing.
In the same vein, which individual do you wish to ban?
@bdb In case it was not clear, everything I say about batteries and/or refrigerators is entirely tongue in cheek. With that in mind, please understand that anyone who suggests that batteries may not in fact need to be refrigerated must be banned.
If this comment or the reason behind it is at all confusing to you, please consider yourself lucky and move on to a more enjoyable and meaningful topic.
I have to leave it at this, as the batteries in my refrigerator need to be rotated for maximum freshness.
@shahnm do you store your tongue in your cheek, or in your fridge?
@bdb Well, given that the space in my fridge is entirely occupied by the batteries…
where are my rc boats?
@CaptAmehrican I put “where are CaptAmehrican’s rc boats?” And the first result was a local-ish store that seems to be your answer:
https://www.offshoreelectrics.com/
Like I need any more frequencies bottlenecking through my brain.
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I got two of these last time, to give to my kid for Christmas. Both of them ended up being DOA.
I bought 4 last time, gave 3 to my grand sons and 1 to Toys for Tots and all were a hit. Had to buy some for my house this time.
screw that toy crap…get some real RC cars or trucks and get involved in a real hobby…Build!..Race!..FUN!..been doing it for 30 years…on 2 continents…These are just some of my honeys that took me to England to race in a world finals in 2004…HPI Racing Nitro Stock, HPI Super Nitro and an HPI R40 Pro Hara Touring car…
@fastharry I had a super nitro. Crazy fast cars. The purple anodizing on the frame was pretty slick. Replaced the stock transmission with a nice multi-gear, and ran it until the wheels fell off… Literally.
I was touching up the paint on one of my bodies when a friend came over and asked to see it run. I decided to run it without the body on, and the battery pack came dislodged and flew out of the car around a turn at full speed. All I could do was watch in horror as it shot across the lot and ran into a block wall… cracking the frame, destroying the front end, and sending a tire [who knows where]. Never found it.
Too expensive to fix, so I sold it for parts (the motor was still worth $$$), and never got back into it.
@fastharry I used to work the night shift with a guy who was really into gas powered RC cars. He was a pretty odd fellow…
@fastharry Screw that toy crap… Get some real cars and race them. Buy two real Lambos, one for the nephews when they come to the house. Just be sure get two Lamborghinis with different frequencies/channels so you can race them in your cul-de-sac. SON! Was that ever an expensive mistake! I felt so silly explaining my error at the Lamborghini dealership. They acted like I was the crazy one!
@medz cool stuff…I was really really into it with a 300 car collection…still have all my nitro cars i raced, Tamiya collectible RC cars, and what is probably the only last example of a 2002 OFNA Limited Edition Twin Titan new in box…
@danlo shame you never got back into it…I still have my 3 HPI Challenge Supers and all the parts…
@fastharry I… have never seen anything like this. Assuming it is still AWD, how does this work… One engine per axle, one per side (front/rear), or do both engines power the same drive shaft?
@danlo hey danlo…these are AWD…they run a belt to the front to drive the fron wheels…both ends have gear diffs…the back is also belt driven…
@fastharry I was referring rather to the twin-engine one. Do both engines ultimately work to drive the same gears, or do they split the work up between them?
@danlo both engines drive one gear…
@danlo
@fastharry Very nice!
But…what if i only want one GMC and I want it in red to match my friend’s IRL truck?
@jestermx6 buy it off another website, or buy someone’s previous purchase.
@jestermx6 Bonus one for the local shelter and maybe a sharpie for color?
@jestermx6 This exactly! My buddy has a black Denali. Would buy one for him, but don’t need one myself, and not going to chance getting the wrong color. Meh is missing some opportunities here.
John Heard, using baby-talk voice, in the movie ‘Big’:
“I doan ged it, I doan ged it…”
Bought these last time around.
Gave one to my 9 year old kid for his birthday. The other one we’re keeping as a birthday present-on-demand when he gets invited to other kids’ parties.
They’re really fun. Definitely worth $20.
Can’t pick the color? No thanks. I don’t need one, but for this price it would have been cool to get my buddy a Denali to match his truck. Not nearly as cool: “Yeah, um, I know it’s a different color and all, but it’s still a Denali!”
How is this 2-fer-Tuesday if there’s only one box?
No Georgia Red. . . for that alone, meh.
Maybe Meh could offer this sometime.
Bought the spider and the 911 last go-round surprisingly they sent me 2 black cars …big question why …not to happy and would order more but don’t need 4 black cars …
/giphy masterful-exclusive-ring
My two black PORSCHE 911’s came today. Two different frequencies as advertised. They have real nifty working headlights and taillights. I’m still working on steering. It really is all or nothing.
I ordered the Corvette and the Porche but received two Porche. I don’t know how to check if they are the same frequency. Trial and error will tell me when I put batteries in them with the grandkids. I ordered two different ones so that they can race each other. I received two different colors at least. Great price and I’m not sending them back.
@KC1960 My Porches had little stickers with the frequencies stated on each box.
@KC1960
ETA: Porche > Corvette
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Man, these cars stuck! The steering is digital instead of analog! Either straight, hard left, or hard right!