What I mean is what part of this hobby holds your biggest interest? Racing? Collecting? Customizing? Building? Tuning?

Personally I enjoy the racing and collecting, but turning a common car into something uniquely mine is my greatest thrill.

Casting a car and seeing the buyers smile.
DRAGjet

Bringing back the dead, one mans junk is another mans treasure...er slot empire.

Goes in spurts. Sometimes all I wanna do is race, other times tear em all down and do some tuning, then i'll work on my track a little and thats all before my wife wakes up.

Mainly just fiddling with the cars. It is my way of relaxing and keeping my sanity. Then casual running with friends.

Patrick

Hunting (eeebaying), fixing, tuning and driving.... No interested friends for really running

I enjoy all aspects of the Hobby/Sport.
Racing; I'm an adrenaline junkie, I've been adicted to the rush I get from close hard fought competition during a good race.

Tuning: I like the satisfaction I get from getting every bit of performance I can from a car, whether it is a stock class or an open class.

Building: I enjoy seeing something I created when I get it right. I try to get the look of a car you could see at the full size races.

Customizing: I also like to take models from the manufacturers, and change them to represent other cars, both those that have actually ran, and those I would have liked to see on the track.

Cheers !

Tom

Customizing and running.

Reading and posting here.

I really enjoy my slot cars and track, but comming here and seeing what others are doing and showing what I am doing is another big part of this hobby for me.

I like it all. My problem is that I see things that others have done concerning tuning and I wanna do that but I don't know where to begin. Heck I even bought an air gun with a compressor so I could start painting these little devils. I've wasted way too much time on this. :) Thank god the wife understands my passion. I'm not too good at the racing part of it.

Side note: I see micyou3 is from ct. Where in ct. are you? I'm looking to just hang out now and then with other enthusiasts. Not sure if you're up for it????

Cheers

For me it's collecting, customizing and running cars on a home track

nastalgia and just seeing how cool and detailed these cars are... I like the cars that I've had since I was a kid, and now how great the new cars are too. I just bought the two new Suburbans and are they cool.

For me, it's tuning and running. When I first ran slots (Afx MT's in the 70's, or sneaking runs with a cousin's tjets), I quickly learned these cars will run, but needs fine tuned to get better performance. Collecting comes with buying cars, but not able to bring them to the track.

Ditto a lot of the above..... the sanity part, a quick fix, something to relax and fool with - healthier than a cigarette or snack break, and brings a smile to my face despite everything else going on at a particular time. Also a lot more acceptable to the family than hitting the garage at 11:00 pm for comparable 1:1 work.

Have to say bringing a tired original back, that diamond in the rough thing, is only second to the friends I have made on this forum - few slotheads to be found near me.

Ok No one else said it so I wil.. Sneaking the new slots in the house and hoping the TM doesn't catch you.. If she does right now I just say hey! more cars for the auction hows nice of ..(insert hobbyshopname here)...lol.. but she never gets foolded.. she just rolls her eyes and says shouldn't you be in chat with your little friends?


Coach!

Ok No one else said it so I wil.. Sneaking the new slots in the house and hoping the TM doesn't catch you.. If she does right now I just say hey! more cars for the auction hows nice of ..(insert hobbyshopname here)...lol.. but she never gets foolded.. she just rolls her eyes and says shouldn't you be in chat with your little friends?


Coach!

...................in chat with your little GAY slot car Boyfriends, is more like it.

...................in chat with your little GAY slot car Boyfriends, is more like it.


Carol is so funny. :lol: :eek:

We are not gay, not that there's anything wrong with that, we're just happy! :woohoo: rr

Well said Coach LOL

My TM always look the packages that arrive at home (usually with around 10 bucks of stamps on it - overseas costs more).
And me with my angelic eyes saying "Wowow, I paid mor for shipping than for the goods in itW... not sure if she really believes me.
Hopefully she don't speak english, so it's long before she could come here or on the Bay and read some prices

Well said Coach LOL

My TM always look the packages that arrive at home (usually with around 10 bucks of stamps on it - overseas costs more).
And me with my angelic eyes saying "Wowow, I paid mor for shipping than for the goods in itW... not sure if she really believes me.
Hopefully she don't speak english, so it's long before she could come here or on the Bay and read some prices

Haha.. My wifes other favorite is. "You know if you sold all those I could have hardwood floors.".. I always tell her naa they ain't worth that much.. they propose we do something else which gets me a look and me sent off to the office lol...

To play and order more little cars.. hahaha


Dave

Just tell your wife, "If you sold all those shoes you could have your hardwood floors that you shouldn't be wearing shoes on anyway."

I love collecting. It's great to see something that you forgot you had. Just looking at them makes me smile.
Working on cars that barely run. Once I get them running well, I feel a sense of accomplishment, and then look for the next one.
Attending shows. I can talk about slot cars for 4-5 hours and not worry about being overheard, or boring the listener.
Talking slots on the various boards.
Just running the little buggers.
I am a child....and I'm proud of it.

Joe

I like to race, build, and customize cars. It lets me escape from all the b.s. in the real world. So there you have it, I don't need the therapist anymore. Can you please remove the restraints now?

Just tell your wife, "If you sold all those shoes you could have your hardwood floors that you shouldn't be wearing shoes on anyway."

LOL....Our 5 year old Daughter just blurted out yesterday to me that Mom has lot of shoes...lot of them. She is in training.

Like to do the whole collect, race, tinker, track layout, and build...all is good!

Bob...zilla

My wifes other favorite is. "You know if you sold all those I could have hardwood floors."..

LOL....Gee does that sound familiar! Except I hear about selling a couple of my more expensive cars in order to buy this fancy headboard for the bed.

So far, I've enjoyed everything from building the track from nothing to collecting to tuning and detailing the track scenery. I've simply got many years of clean law-abiding fun ahead of me with this hobby. It's weird how searching for specific items (cars, scenery, etc.) can get frustrating yet it's still fun.

[COLOR=Red]I'm pritty new at this, a good friend has gotten me into it. Honestly, I got to say that the best part with me is running the slots with my buddies, tuning them, and bringing back the broken chassies.

Just tell your wife, "If you sold all those shoes you could have your hardwood floors that you shouldn't be wearing shoes on anyway."

DD,
Thanks! I've never thought of that one. As many shoes as my wife has, her nickname is Imelda as in Marcos. :freak: rr