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tamiya nitro ford focus
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:26 am
by masterofinsanity
Re: tamiya nitro ford focus
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:49 am
by superman
hi mate, im fancyin one of these things more an more. are these things hard to maintain etc. i might well have this off ya for the right price

cheers
Re: tamiya nitro ford focus
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:56 am
by zimm
i'd love it, but without me specs on i'd twat it into something hard and kill it.
Re: tamiya nitro ford focus
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:12 am
by masterofinsanity
as long as you put after run oil in after every use and drain the fuel off you should be ok, my rush evo fkin flies, i've got a vid of the evo on my phone, i was racing cars up and down the road (and pissing over them) with it. if anyone knows how to convert a 3gp file to mpg i'll upload it to youtube.will get the focus out the weekend and try and video it.
i think the fuel may have gone off in the pipes and carb which is why its not starting and running 100% so may strip it the weekend and clean it. the more i look at it the more i'm thinking of taking it off ebay.
Re: tamiya nitro ford focus
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:34 am
by superman
just been lookin at helicopters too lol bit out my price range thoe i think. your talkin hundreds, sayin that thoe some of these cars go for that an all. like them monster truck things.. are they easy to strip and sort out then. im really thinking i want one now, i just wont tell the mrs LMAO.
Re: tamiya nitro ford focus
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:34 am
by zimm
Re: tamiya nitro ford focus
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:39 am
by masterofinsanity
cheers mate have tried that first one and it came out crap, will try the others tonight.
Re: tamiya nitro ford focus
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:49 am
by zimm
yeh, cant say ive tried em myself as im running linux.. and there doesn't seem to be anything that does the job without me compiling it from source

Re: tamiya nitro ford focus
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:43 am
by superman
how much are you looking to sell her off for?
just been lookin at a 206 one looks wkd. im considering these little things more an more. the guy selling the 206 recons it will do 70mph is this likely?
Re: tamiya nitro ford focus
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:51 pm
by masterofinsanity
i don't think so mate. might be a scale of 70mph so if the cars 1/10th scale the car will do 7mph
and i was expecting to get about £75 for it at least judging by what others have been going for recently, got 17 watchers at the mo and had 3 offers but i'm letting the auction run.
Re: tamiya nitro ford focus
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:48 pm
by superman
alrite then mate no probs ill have a bid in a bit i think lol. first i need to work out how to open a paypal account dont i. shouldnt be a prob.
good job you said that then cos i was thinkin 70mph is class. but too good to be true lol. the chap recons he has spent a thosand quid doin it up which i think is a tad far fetched too.
Re: tamiya nitro ford focus
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:53 pm
by masterofinsanity
is it on ebay?? whats the item number, our local hobby hut races nitro cars and he has a kyosho buggy and he's spent £3500 on it. nutters!! i reckon my evo will do about 50-60mph
Re: tamiya nitro ford focus
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:54 pm
by masterofinsanity
i'll take cash/cheque/postal order/bank tranfer whatever mate.
more info on it here
http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.p ... t-id=43512
Re: tamiya nitro ford focus
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:26 pm
by superman
sound then... this is it.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... CA:GB:1123 .what do you think..... buy it now is £300 haha no way from me........
how do you spend 3.5k on one

i just dont get it lol
Re: tamiya nitro ford focus
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:51 pm
by superman
what do you think to this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... TQ:GB:1123 for £75 an he will throw in a spare set of wheels an tyres. i think it might be abit pants thoe. only does 25 mph