When im on ebay, i dont know what im looking at. How do i kow whats newer.or holds to the tracks

When im on ebay, i dont know what im looking at. How do i kow whats newer.or holds to the tracks

So you are looking for a fast newer car? Tomy has a new chassis out but, is made for their indy/cart bodies only as of right now. Tomy SRT cars are what I use when ripping up the track but, still prefere slidding out in the corners with some T-Jet action just as much.

Now that I have mentioned the Tomy chassis others will surely come by here and offer you some other brands that are equaly as good and fast. Zoom, zoom, zoom....Welcome to the HT boards dpb!! It is always nice to have more slot heads on this forum. This is the Party.com place for slot car nuts! :hat:

Bob...stick around HT and all your questions will soon be answered...zilla

Tomy SRT as mentioned. Also, Tomy Super G+, Tomy Turbo and any Tyco or Mattel 440X2 chassis are all good track grabbers. The SRT & G+ probably grab about the hardest, however.

Have Fun! :thumbsup:

If you are interested to purchase current new HO cars, there are many reputable vendors on the net you can choose from. You can build your stable in quantity/variety & buy direct. They can offer suggestions for your interests
w/o the confusion of an auction. :)

If you're interested in the best fastest slot cars get a BSRT G3R of any type.

BSRT Super G3 Cars http://scaleauto.com/bsrt/g3_cars.htm

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If you're interested in the best fastest slot cars get a BSRT G3R of any type.



That's perhaps a bit of overkill considering he doesn't even know what to look for yet. :rolleyes:

I love the SRT's and SG+'s by AFX/Tomy. Even their racing Turbo is good. They're all fast and hold the track very well. The Mega G's are great too but, they are more expensive. I think the F1 Indy SG+'s probably stick the best because of a lower center of gravity. Just be careful...everybody is putting AFX in their listings. It's become sort of a kleenex or coke type of thing.

That's perhaps a bit of overkill considering he doesn't even know what to look for yet. :rolleyes:

I've built and tuned a lot of different slot cars,
and that's a fun and important part about being a slot car hobbyist.

But when I got a BSRT G3R and put it on the track straight out of the package,
I realized all my efforts were in vain.

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When im on ebay, i dont know what im looking at. How do i kow whats newer.or holds to the tracks

Let people know where you are located and find a local racing group. Get a look at all the different varieties and find the type of car that best fits your needs. There are a lot of options to choose from and your particular enjoyment will depend on the type and style of track you will race on, your willingness to tweak and tune, etc.
A local group will expose you to many of the variables and allow you to make good decisions with your purchases. I'm located in south central Illinois and would be happy to help if you are close enough for a visit.

Gary
AKA LeeRoy98
www.marioncountyraceway.com

LeeRoy98 - great advice!

dpb73, for less than $12 each you can get a brand new, still in the package slot car directly from the leading distributor of AFX products: http://afxracing.com/cart/?c/9999/1

That's about half the price that you would pay in a hobby shop for the same cars. That's just one instance of a contemporary type of car aimed at the home hobbyist. Other contemporary cars in the same category as the Tomy SRT include Life-Like Fast Trackers, Mattel/Tyco 440-X2, and Tomy Super G+. And that's just one type of car. There are other types.

It's all about what you are looking for, both in body styles and running style, the type and size track you have, and whether you are just looking to bash around a few slots with buddies or a hard core collector of vintage cars. Yeah, there are a few variables because these things have evolved (and in some cases not evolved) over decades. But there are not too many variables, so honing in on what you like is an easy trip down discovery lane.

Asking a racer what's the best car to buy is probably going to get you an answer that's very biased towards that racer's brand preference and loyalty. If someone tells you to buy a mini gun to deal with that pesky woodchuck eating your tomatoes, well that's like the kind of answer you will get from a racer if asking about what car to buy. You need to sample the field yourself, figure out what you like, and build on that.

E-Bay is a crap shoot. If you don't have a pretty good idea about what you are looking for, much less looking at, you are going to be the target.

i like old school cars. i dont care for cars that are to easy. what about X-traction cars i see them at the track we go to

XTractions (XTs) are a great value and a nice compromise between the magnetic handling assist cars that are built for high speed racing on large tracks (where you can throw the "too easy" thing out the window) and old style sliding around at slow speeds with no magnetic handling assist Tjets. The XTractions are closely based on the venerable Aurora A/FX Magnatraction design and are a thoroughly enjoyable car to race on just about any size track. The newer XT "Ultra G" versions have an extra magnet added to give them more stick, but it can be popped out.

The Aurora G-Plus (not Tomy Super G+) is a nice "tweener" car from a magnetic perspective. Definitely a step up in downforce from the Magnatraction and XT, but still a long way removed from the Tomy SRT, Tomy SG+, Tyco 440X2, and Life-Like cars. These are increasingly harder to find, tend to have collectible associations, and not as easy to work on as an XT. The Tyco HP7 is another light magnet car.

You really can't go wrong with an XT or Magnatraction. Even if you decide you like the faster paced, adrenaline rush racing challenge that you get with a true magnet car on a larger track, you'll still want to break out the XTs and Magnatractions every now and then to mix things up. The availability of body styles for the XT/Magnatraction is second to none, as long as you don't want an open wheeled style car.

Straight run of the mill Aurora Tjets are nice also. The only "issue" is that the lowest cost, easiest to find ones are the AutoWorld versions and they are setup with too much gear for small tracks running at standard voltages (18V - 22V). Take a car that doesn't handle that great and give it too much gear on a short track ... you can probably figure out the next part. But Tjets are a tinkerers delight, and as such, very popular for people who like to spend countless hours figuring out how to make them submit to the will of the builder/driver instead of following their innate natural tendencies.

Good luck.