Thinking About On Road- Electric

[kenji]

We've been racing off road, Assocaited's T3's, T2, and a B3, and having
a great time.

Recently now that it's warm out there's lots of parking lot action at
hobby stores near us. Lot's of on road racing.

We've been running our trucks and buggies on the asphalt and gearing
them differently and using different tires, but I think it's time to
look into an acutal on raod car, electric.

I'm leaning towards an Associated TC3 mainly because I'm familiar with
their products and have lots of parts that may cross over.

If I don't go TC3, how do decide which on road to go with? Spec racing
looks fun and affordable, but will the cars keep up with others on our
hobbie tracks? There's Tamiya, Ofna, etc..

[Bob Seay]

On Sun, 01 Jun 2003 11:36:27 -0500, kenji <yobubba@ameritech.net>
wrote:

>We've been racing off road, Assocaited's T3's, T2, and a B3, and having
>a great time.
>
>Recently now that it's warm out there's lots of parking lot action at
>hobby stores near us. Lot's of on road racing.
>
>We've been running our trucks and buggies on the asphalt and gearing
>them differently and using different tires, but I think it's time to
>look into an acutal on raod car, electric.
>
>I'm leaning towards an Associated TC3 mainly because I'm familiar with
>their products and have lots of parts that may cross over.
>
>If I don't go TC3, how do decide which on road to go with? Spec racing
>looks fun and affordable, but will the cars keep up with others on our
>hobbie tracks? There's Tamiya, Ofna, etc..
Well, the TC3 is certainly a great car(& still able to win at the
highest levels), but there are plenty of other excellent cars out
there, too. The best thing I'd suggest is that you see which cars have
the best parts support at your local shops(so you won't have to worry
about waiting a couple of weeks for a replacement part if something
breaks), & among those, see if some local drivers will allow you to
try driving one for a couple of laps, see if you like the feel of
it(figure of speech, of course, see how easy the car is to drive, how
aggressive you can be with it, how it carries speed, how easy to be
smooth with, etc.) & from there go with your gut. I for one am very
happy with my TC3, but I have to admit, I wouldn't mind trying a Losi
XXXS Graphite+, & the new Yokomo MR4-TC SD SSG also looks great(&
drives really well, too, a few guys in my area have one & they let me
try it).....:)

[Mat W.]

TC3 is a great car. Just make sure your local track has parts. With any
car, you will eventually break something and it stinks when a simple part
does in your race day. I have a Kyosho TF-2R that ran top notch and I was
out for an entire weekend when i broke a carrier messing testing my setup in
my apartment the day before.

I'm an Associated guy myself and always buy AE first... but I do also
like to be the guy to try something new. Anyone ever race a Superior brand
pan car?

"Bob Seay" <grizzbob@cox.net> wrote in message
news:ktmldvgmvr9rf8342ci02obsfrvu3gclol@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 01 Jun 2003 11:36:27 -0500, kenji <yobubba@ameritech.net>
> wrote:
>
> >We've been racing off road, Assocaited's T3's, T2, and a B3, and having
> >a great time.
> >
> >Recently now that it's warm out there's lots of parking lot action at
> >hobby stores near us. Lot's of on road racing.
> >
> >We've been running our trucks and buggies on the asphalt and gearing
> >them differently and using different tires, but I think it's time to
> >look into an acutal on raod car, electric.
> >
> >I'm leaning towards an Associated TC3 mainly because I'm familiar with
> >their products and have lots of parts that may cross over.
> >
> >If I don't go TC3, how do decide which on road to go with? Spec racing
> >looks fun and affordable, but will the cars keep up with others on our
> >hobbie tracks? There's Tamiya, Ofna, etc..
> Well, the TC3 is certainly a great car(& still able to win at the
> highest levels), but there are plenty of other excellent cars out
> there, too. The best thing I'd suggest is that you see which cars have
> the best parts support at your local shops(so you won't have to worry
> about waiting a couple of weeks for a replacement part if something
> breaks), & among those, see if some local drivers will allow you to
> try driving one for a couple of laps, see if you like the feel of
> it(figure of speech, of course, see how easy the car is to drive, how
> aggressive you can be with it, how it carries speed, how easy to be
> smooth with, etc.) & from there go with your gut. I for one am very
> happy with my TC3, but I have to admit, I wouldn't mind trying a Losi
> XXXS Graphite+, & the new Yokomo MR4-TC SD SSG also looks great(&
> drives really well, too, a few guys in my area have one & they let me
> try it).....:)

[kenji]

In article <C6RCa.814435$OV.750742@rwcrnsc54>,
"Mat W." <mat1@blackhorizon.org> wrote:

> TC3 is a great car. Just make sure your local track has parts.

Thanks Mat.

I have three shops within a short drive and all carry a full array of
Associted parts. That was one of the reasons I also have T2's T3's and a
B3. I can get almost any part within an hour when it breaks.