Models and RC cars

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shit i wouldn't pay that for a real one! id have to smog that sucker, i aint dealing with that. ...now if it were a 71... ;)
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i bet that car cost at least $5000 :shock:
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Super_Randy wrote: July 25th, 2023, 8:17 pm i bet that car cost at least $5000 :shock:
Wow, really? I think it's amazing but I didn't think that would cost that much.
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schwim wrote: July 25th, 2023, 9:06 pm
Super_Randy wrote: July 25th, 2023, 8:17 pm i bet that car cost at least $5000 :shock:
Wow, really? I think it's amazing but I didn't think that would cost that much.
pretty sure that started out as an HPI Baja 5B, which is a 1/5 scale. car alone is/was around $1000, plus all the aftermarket stuff, and i see a lot of aluminum. also willing to bet the engine has been changed. and there's probably a pipe attached to it. plus all the radio gear.
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Super_Randy wrote: July 25th, 2023, 10:29 pm
schwim wrote: July 25th, 2023, 9:06 pm
Super_Randy wrote: July 25th, 2023, 8:17 pm i bet that car cost at least $5000 :shock:
Wow, really? I think it's amazing but I didn't think that would cost that much.
pretty sure that started out as an HPI Baja 5B, which is a 1/5 scale. car alone is/was around $1000, plus all the aftermarket stuff, and i see a lot of aluminum. also willing to bet the engine has been changed. and there's probably a pipe attached to it. plus all the radio gear.
Just spotted the project page: https://www.rcdriver.com/attack-of-the- ... ja-beetle/

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new body and wheels for the HPI Nitro RS4 2
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Nice! 8-)
Where do you drive (race?) it?
Some isolated parking lot, club race track?
Back in the day I had a rarely used soccer field nearby.
Worked well for about 30 minutes or so, before the first rubbernecks appeared. :D
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mostly empty parking lots. there's a church i pass on my to and from work i stop at, nice big empty parking lot. im away from the building and people and it's off any main road so i don't get any rubberneckers or riffraff.
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