Not Trains! Shock Horror - My Other Love Slot Cars

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Yes super. they sure are and very fast as well. Most have working lights and other features. If you notice on the Scalextric cases there are a row of icons which specify what features that particular car has, these can include;

Super resistant - really meant for kids, lower level detail but can withstand numerous crashes without any major damage.

High Detail - Still race cars, but do have small added details such as wing mirrors, spoilers, windscreen wipers etc... which can get broken in a crash. Typically the Super Resistant will have blacked out windows whereas the detailed cars have full interiors including driver figures, dashboards etc...

Magnetraction - magnets mounted strategically on the bottom chassis to attract towards the metal rails thus keeping the car on the track on corners etc... at higher speeds. Sometimes these are removable as the extra downforce can slow them down a bit

Working Front Lights/Rear Lights/Xenon Headlights, some cars like police cars also have flashing roof lights and sirens even Smile

DPR - Digital Plug Ready, allows you to convert the standard analogue car to a digital car by removing a small blanking plate and replacing this with a small module containing a digital chip (bit like DCC on trains), these allow you on a digital track to pair a particular car to a particular hand throttle control. Then the cars can run on any of the slots and there are special track pieces that allow you to switch tracks to either try to overtake, undertake or block an opponent from overtaking. These little digital plugs are typically around £15-20, you can get ones suitable for saloon type cars, formula 1 cars and special modules that you need to wire in manually for older non DPR cars.

Quick Change Pickups - Easy to change plates carrying the braids so you don't have to dismantle or fiddle around to replace the pickups on the cars.

There's other features as well but I can't remember them all off the top of my head

I should have added that KITT & KARR even have the iconic strobing coloured lights on the front of the car bonnet (hood to you guys Smile)... And yes, I do have KITT as well as the Back to the Future Delorean Smile
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(This post was last modified: 01-22-2025, 12:17 AM by Nigels.)

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