30th-Jun-21, 05:07 PM
Nice review! I came upon this thread when looking for some background about the Carrera cars. It made me loose some initial reveservations and added some Carrera cars to my collection of mainly Scalextric ones. My opinions so far:
PLUS:
- very well detailed and nice paint finish
- have a very sturdy feel to them
- guide can be removed, at least in the later Evolution cars. This makes them stand on my desk that bit nicer when not being raced, very nice!
- run pretty well for a simple home racer like me
MINUS:
- no lights in the Evolution cars. Lights on cars are half the fun for me, so extra soldering required (which can be fun in itself, so not to worried about this)
- screws which attach the body to chassis have a feeling of giving up after 2 or 3 times removing and putting back in
- due to the inline motor, the interior does not have a lot of depth
- tyres on some cars have the Carrera brand name on the sides in white, what is that about?
PLUS:
- very well detailed and nice paint finish
- have a very sturdy feel to them
- guide can be removed, at least in the later Evolution cars. This makes them stand on my desk that bit nicer when not being raced, very nice!
- run pretty well for a simple home racer like me
MINUS:
- no lights in the Evolution cars. Lights on cars are half the fun for me, so extra soldering required (which can be fun in itself, so not to worried about this)
- screws which attach the body to chassis have a feeling of giving up after 2 or 3 times removing and putting back in
- due to the inline motor, the interior does not have a lot of depth
- tyres on some cars have the Carrera brand name on the sides in white, what is that about?
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