I got the replacement vaporizr yesterday

sadly, performance isn't much better. first, it lacks torque to do good 360 spins. If its a smooth or flat surface its fine, but sand/dirt/lawn it struggles...but at least this time it can do it.

second, the battery only lasted about 10 minutes! The manual does say that the pack will increase in runtime over the first 6 charges. But its hard to imagine that it will triple in runtime just from "conditioning" as the manual calls it.

I will admit that the low ground clearance doesn't hurt it as much as I thought. Honestly, I doubt any other $30 RC could drive over as many things as this car can (short of those MOA crawlers, but those are wicked slow)

It is slow in water, but moves along as it should.

The end result: Not fun for me really, but my 6yo son LOVED it. He drove it in and out of the water at the lake. And on a flat surface it is very quick given the cost. Again, most $30 RC's are only half as fast as this car.

It is really tempting to try upping the voltage. It has a 6v nimh pack. Imagine was a 2s lipo could do for performance! Maybe I will attempt it once my son has gotten a good amount of use out of it.