Made the mistake of lettign a friend drive
08-02-2006, 08:04 PM
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Made the mistake of lettign a friend drive
Hey all,
Yesterday, like the title says, i let my friend drive my car. Of course him driving a car for the first time, he ran it into a curb. Luckly nothing that serious happened, as in nothing broke, but i noticed that my centerdrive shaft has a slight bend in it. I was wondering if i should buy i new drive shaft or if it matters to keep the one i have now. Its not that bent, it doenst scrap anything or hit anything, but it scares me. ALso its a nitro TC3 and is bone stock.
Thanks,
Keith
Yesterday, like the title says, i let my friend drive my car. Of course him driving a car for the first time, he ran it into a curb. Luckly nothing that serious happened, as in nothing broke, but i noticed that my centerdrive shaft has a slight bend in it. I was wondering if i should buy i new drive shaft or if it matters to keep the one i have now. Its not that bent, it doenst scrap anything or hit anything, but it scares me. ALso its a nitro TC3 and is bone stock.
Thanks,
Keith
08-02-2006, 10:31 PM
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RE: Made the mistake of lettign a friend drive
A slightly bent shaft wouldnt hurt anything but if the chassis is also bent, you will have severe handling problems. I can see how you were trying to be a good friend buy letting your buddy drive, but letting a first time rcer at the wheel was a BIG mistake.[&:]
08-03-2006, 07:30 AM
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RE: Made the mistake of lettign a friend drive
yes it was, i checked the chassis and it seems to be fine... so looks like everythings all good.
Thanks,
Keith
P.S. next time i wont let anyone drive my car haha
Thanks,
Keith
P.S. next time i wont let anyone drive my car haha
08-03-2006, 09:07 AM
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RE: Made the mistake of lettign a friend drive
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yes it was, i checked the chassis and it seems to be fine... so looks like everythings all good.
Thanks,
Keith
P.S. next time i wont let anyone drive my car haha
yes it was, i checked the chassis and it seems to be fine... so looks like everythings all good.
Thanks,
Keith
P.S. next time i wont let anyone drive my car haha
08-04-2006, 08:03 PM
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LMAO @ ProRCRacer88 I agree be stingy these are not walmart cars here !!! it cost money to keep them going heck i dont even let my wife drive my mini-t let alone my NTC3 which i have ALOT more money into LOL
08-05-2006, 01:06 PM
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RE: Made the mistake of lettign a friend drive
Some of my friends got mad at me in the past because i wouldnt let them drive my cars. Think about it, shumacher car will do 60mph in under 3 secs and the serpent will reach 70mph in under 2.5 secs, why would I let some noob to RC drive one of those cars[&:] I think I even lost a few friends because of this, but if somethin happens to those cars, no1 is goin to offer any help for the repair bill.[&o]
08-05-2006, 01:55 PM
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ORIGINAL: ProRCRacer88
Thats what I always do, I tell them, see with your eyes, not with your hands.
Thats what I always do, I tell them, see with your eyes, not with your hands.
thats tru but i always feel bad saying no i almost always let my friends and family drive any of them i jsut tell them W/E u do dont slam on the gas!!!!!!!until the get use 2 feel of the car lol and since i have fiber disk brakes on ALL MY CARS (thats probably the fist thing i do when i get a car) i tell them str8 up if IF U GET NERVUS JUST SLAM ON THE BREAKS (car stops in 2 seconds) if im on a street then i dont let people drive (there is alot of things they could hit car,tree,wall,themselfs,other people, ext) but if im in a big open place (that i usually em anyways) i let them drive wut can the probably crash into there it noting around LOLOLOL
08-07-2006, 08:12 PM
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RE: Made the mistake of lettign a friend drive
I keep a couple of older electric beaters goings for this purpose. If a friend wants to try one of my nitros, I set them up with an electric to see how they do with those first.
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i have an expensive transmitter, and whenever my friends want to try out my truck (yes its 1/18 but its got a brushless system and once a crash took out the chassis) i just flip it to a 'model memory' with like the throttle at 60% epa or something , and full brake.... they dont seem to notice the difference, when i rebuild my truck i'll try like 20% epa and see if they complain , also i'll tape over all the buttons on the tx....
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RE: Made the mistake of lettign a friend drive
I see what you mean, but the noobs to RC, dont have a chance to drive none of my stuff. Nitro is very expensive just to keep it up and running, so unnesscesary repair bills is the last thing I need to worry about.
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thats tru but i always feel bad saying no i almost always let my friends and family drive any of them i jsut tell them W/E u do dont slam on the gas!!!!!!!until the get use 2 feel of the car lol and since i have fiber disk brakes on ALL MY CARS (thats probably the fist thing i do when i get a car) i tell them str8 up if IF U GET NERVUS JUST SLAM ON THE BREAKS (car stops in 2 seconds) if im on a street then i dont let people drive (there is alot of things they could hit car,tree,wall,themselfs,other people, ext) but if im in a big open place (that i usually em anyways) i let them drive wut can the probably crash into there it noting around LOLOLOL
ORIGINAL: ProRCRacer88
Thats what I always do, I tell them, see with your eyes, not with your hands.
Thats what I always do, I tell them, see with your eyes, not with your hands.
thats tru but i always feel bad saying no i almost always let my friends and family drive any of them i jsut tell them W/E u do dont slam on the gas!!!!!!!until the get use 2 feel of the car lol and since i have fiber disk brakes on ALL MY CARS (thats probably the fist thing i do when i get a car) i tell them str8 up if IF U GET NERVUS JUST SLAM ON THE BREAKS (car stops in 2 seconds) if im on a street then i dont let people drive (there is alot of things they could hit car,tree,wall,themselfs,other people, ext) but if im in a big open place (that i usually em anyways) i let them drive wut can the probably crash into there it noting around LOLOLOL
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i have an expensive transmitter, and whenever my friends want to try out my truck (yes its 1/18 but its got a brushless system and once a crash took out the chassis) i just flip it to a 'model memory' with like the throttle at 60% epa or something , and full brake.... they dont seem to notice the difference, when i rebuild my truck i'll try like 20% epa and see if they complain , also i'll tape over all the buttons on the tx....
i have an expensive transmitter, and whenever my friends want to try out my truck (yes its 1/18 but its got a brushless system and once a crash took out the chassis) i just flip it to a 'model memory' with like the throttle at 60% epa or something , and full brake.... they dont seem to notice the difference, when i rebuild my truck i'll try like 20% epa and see if they complain , also i'll tape over all the buttons on the tx....
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that's the best idea i think i've ever heard on a forum. thanks!
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then they will go 'hey thats not fair, how did you make it go that fast?!?!?!'
then its bye bye mini lst
then its bye bye mini lst
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lol i once let my mom drive my car(she paid for it and pays for most of the broken parts) she was spining around in circle nice and slow when out of nowhere she guns it straight over a ledge and into a pudle, nothing happend but it look awsome it splashed and everything ithought it was under water[sm=drowning.gif]lol
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RE: Made the mistake of lettign a friend drive
Yeah, I made that same mistake as well, letting a friend drive. [:@]
He got all sand through my car, took me ages to clean - had to strip everything back. ehhh [>:]
Now I think twice about everything I lend to people as well as everything I do.
He got all sand through my car, took me ages to clean - had to strip everything back. ehhh [>:]
Now I think twice about everything I lend to people as well as everything I do.
