RE: Do you ever let your friends or family members drive your r/c cars and trucks?
A test-drive is definitely the best way to get people involved in the hobby. A guy was just mentioning on the Evader thread that he just got his 60+ year old mother hooked on nitro R/C's and now she has gone and bought a NEST and a TMaxx for herself. I am just reluctant myself to hand over the controller, because people just aren't as careful as they should be (IMO).