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21Blue · Jun 8th, 2003, 10:45 AM

Has anyone got a Mini Cooper R/C car? There are quite a few available.

Here are some of them
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....ategory=25 65
http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/rc/...sis/58295.html
http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/ca...l?pid=43282400

Which one of these do you people like best?
The sharper image R/C is just like the one you can buy from Mini Dealers, but in a different colour.

Please post any suggestions.

Jeep-2-mini · Jun 9th, 2003, 03:57 AM

I have the Tamiya - photo shows it atop my 1:1 mini

Advantages:
Its quick (especially if you chuck out the stock motor & put something a bit quicker in)
Good handling
Front wheel drive
Its a kit - so parts are easy to upgrade/replace
Paint it any colour you like (you can even change the wheels to match)

Disadvantages:
You have to get out your screwdrives before you can run it (it take a couple of evenings to build, another one or two to paint the body, depending on your painting skills)
Its not the most scale appearing
You can easily spend the same again on extra bits as you did on the kit

Basically if you want to take it out of the box & run around the drive, its not for you. However if you like building & modding, want spped & handling, and the chance to race its the only choice.

Mark

acetonic · Jun 9th, 2003, 10:58 AM

I also have the Tamiya. I'm glad it was fun to build as I've hardly had a chance to drive it much with all the rain in my area lately.

I have some pics that can give you and idea what your in for:

Here's what you get in the box.

Here's the chassis assembled without the body on.

And here's the completed model with some others around for scale.

I just bought a second body for it that I'll paint up like one of the racing MINI's I've seen on here.

Jun 8th, 2003, 10:45 AM	#1
21Blue MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: May 2003 Location: Brisbane Local Time: 05:50 PM Posts: 840 Offline	Mini R/C cars Has anyone got a Mini Cooper R/C car? There are quite a few available. Here are some of them http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....ategory=25 65 http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/rc/...sis/58295.html http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/ca...l?pid=43282400 Which one of these do you people like best? The sharper image R/C is just like the one you can buy from Mini Dealers, but in a different colour. Please post any suggestions.

Jun 9th, 2003, 03:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jeep-2-mini World Traveler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Bath Local Time: 07:50 AM Posts: 1,199 Offline	I have the Tamiya - photo shows it atop my 1:1 mini Advantages: Its quick (especially if you chuck out the stock motor & put something a bit quicker in) Good handling Front wheel drive Its a kit - so parts are easy to upgrade/replace Paint it any colour you like (you can even change the wheels to match) Disadvantages: You have to get out your screwdrives before you can run it (it take a couple of evenings to build, another one or two to paint the body, depending on your painting skills) Its not the most scale appearing You can easily spend the same again on extra bits as you did on the kit Basically if you want to take it out of the box & run around the drive, its not for you. However if you like building & modding, want spped & handling, and the chance to race its the only choice. Mark Lifes a reach ... and then you gybe

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Jun 9th, 2003, 10:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
acetonic MINI2 Regular Join Date: May 2002 Location: New Castle, Delaware Local Time: 03:50 AM Posts: 289 Offline	I also have the Tamiya. I'm glad it was fun to build as I've hardly had a chance to drive it much with all the rain in my area lately. I have some pics that can give you and idea what your in for: Here's what you get in the box. Here's the chassis assembled without the body on. And here's the completed model with some others around for scale. I just bought a second body for it that I'll paint up like one of the racing MINI's I've seen on here.

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