by gascarnut » Sun Nov 24, 2013 3:50 pm
Great review and super photos, thanks! This kept me going until yesterday when mine arrived.
I have to admit to being a little disappointed with the one I got, though.
The front tires are poorly molded, with splits between the sidewalls and the tread of the tire.
The chassis is markedly warped downward towards the front, so that the guide has an extreme "nose-down" attitude, which will not be good for handling. Some of my other Slot.it cars have had warped frames, but none as bad as this, I will need to flatten this one before it gets run.
Mine has the motor/body interference that Maurizio warned us about, but that's not a big deal, I will remove the capacitor and file the brush holder molding a little to get the little bit of clearance I will need. On my track, these cars generally perform better with minimal pod movement anyway.
Finally, although the paint and detailing are very good, the tampo printing on the driver's helmet is off-center to the right about 2mm, which looks very wierd. It won't worry me when it's on the track, but static it is quite noticeable.
I hope that the car performs well enough to compensate for the quality control issues.