WHICH CAR FOR MY 3YR OLD?

[shanks]

Since tanking my little boy to watch indoor racing he wants a car!!!

So thought id ask if you guys have any ideas?

Spec required:-

1) Big is better
2) He will mainly use it indoors so needs to be slow really
3) Was thinking of a rock crawler type vehicle as i guess they go nice and slow
4) Oh yes cost - need to keep this as low as possible cause i spent to much on 1/10th electric already!! even something 2nd hand would be fine...

any ideas or anyone got soemthing they want to sell?

cheers

[ashleyb4]

losi micro t.

A

[Garry Driffill]

Originally Posted by shanks

Since tanking my little boy to watch indoor racing he wants a car!!!

So thought id ask if you guys have any ideas?

Spec required:-

1) Big is better
2) He will mainly use it indoors so needs to be slow really
3) Was thinking of a rock crawler type vehicle as i guess they go nice and slow
4) Oh yes cost - need to keep this as low as possible cause i spent to much on 1/10th electric already!! even something 2nd hand would be fine...

any ideas or anyone got soemthing they want to sell?

cheers

Originally Posted by ashleyb4

losi micro t.

A

Last time i looked Ash wasnt the Micro T like the size of a penny?

[DCM]

The Tamiya GB-02 series are pretty good, in stock form, slow enough for around the living room, wont break if he hits something, but can be upgraded. Also come in off-road or on-road guises too

[shanks]

Originally Posted by DCM

The Tamiya GB-02 series are pretty good, in stock form, slow enough for around the living room, wont break if he hits something, but can be upgraded. Also come in off-road or on-road guises too

ta will check them out on the net now

[sosidge]

Tamiya GB-02 is also a small car - 1/18th buggy.

1/10th-ish rock crawlers would be great I think, very slow, 4wd, lots of steering, reverse. Considered one for my daughter. The downside is that 1/10th scale has a higher starting cost, but the upside is that you can share electrics with your 1/10th race car. Perhaps the bubble has already burst for crawlers in the UK and you could pick up a bargain, I'm sure I saw the Yokomo crawler kit being advertised for £100 new on ebay, including ESC.

Biggest problem with a 3-year old is finding a transmitter to fit little hands! My daughter is a tall 2.5 year old (wears 3-4 clothes), and she can't get her hands round the smallest transmitter I have seen, which is the Kyosho Perfex wheel from a Mini Inferno. Sticks seem even harder for small hands to get around.

[jim76]

something like this would do. you can always install a slower motor like a 35t etc until he gets to grips with it. spares are cheap and readily available. it also shares the same chassis as the buggy version so a conversion would basically be a shell and wheels if he wants to race with other buggies.

http://www.mirageracing.com/piw.php?partNo=MV12203

[shanks]

Originally Posted by ashleyb4

losi micro t.

A

Micro t too small - he has one of those huge trucks from tesco at his grandparents but as youd imagine they arent much use...

want soemthing big and trucky type really