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@kirp
My RC love started when I was 11 with a quick drive Monster Beatle. Was fairly shit so convinced mum to buy me a Tamiya Boomerang which was cool but the battery lasted about 5mins and the basic speed controller thing made zoom off out of control when ever the battery was about to die.
But I loved pulling it all apart and it had oil filled coil overs which I used to pull apart as well.
I bought a Tamiya road car off eBay about 10 years ago. The previous owner had set it up for drifting so it was fairly hard to control. Used it maybe 15 - 20 times mostly when drinking beers and practising parking it with friends in the living room.
It then left it in the garden shed for the last 7 or so years. My friend who is into Nitro RCs desperately wanted to fix it up for some reason so I said he could have it.
He then returned it for my birthday the other day as a complete surprise.
He has modified the hell out of it with a new motor, battery, alloy drive shaft and God knows what else.
It's insanely fast. No longer can I practice parking it while drinking beers, it's mental.
Going to hopefully take it for a spin on a tennis court tomorrow while the kids are out.
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