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Title is supposed to say “Supercar”. Darn auto correct!
Picked this thing up for my 12 year old.
Hey, you can’t start too young!
Dropped in a Harbor Freight special for $99 and we were off to the races.

He’d never driven any motorized object ever, and it shows!
I asked him if he wanted me to do the first test drive and he said NO WAY!
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Thanks for sharing, this is THE BEST stuff of all!!!

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This is awesome! Thanks for sharing!
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AWESOME!! Way cool!!
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Thanks guys!

Seems dad forgot to put a return spring on the throttle for the first run and the throttle stuck!
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Thanks guys!

Seems dad forgot to put a return spring on the throttle for the first run and the throttle stuck!
LOL. That will make for a quick learning curve!
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Might want to consider a cut out switch on the steering column for the next ooopppsss...
Looks like he was having fun anyway.
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Might want to consider a cut out switch on the steering column for the next ooopppsss...
Looks like he was having fun anyway.
Thank goodness I did wire up the kill switch! That’s how he was able to stop
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Thank goodness I did wire up the kill switch! That’s how he was able to stop
Good thinking on his part to remember to do that.
Might not need that return spring, he's probably addicted to WOT already anyway...
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