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theMonster 03-05-2004 06:51 PM

Hot Wheels fuelers
 
Has anybody got one of those make-your-own-fuel Hot Wheels cars? The look bloody awesome. I think I'm gonna get one this weekend and put RC car fuel or alcohol in it or something stron like that, maybe ammonia. I was wondering if I'd be wasting my time, I could only find one article on it and the guy used Gatorade in it....kinda weak.....lemme know.

MicroSpeed 03-06-2004 04:53 PM

Do you have a link? How do they work?

filelicker 03-06-2004 05:36 PM

here it is:
http://www.hotwheels.com/us/product....tegory_id=8329

theMonster 03-06-2004 06:21 PM

got one
 
Okay, I got one. here's the 411. These cars are about a foot long and six inches wide. It comes with a little tester and a NOS bottle. THE CAR DOES NOT BURN ANY KIND OF FUEL AT ALL. You either test the liquid with the tester or fill the NOS bottle with it and stick it in the car. The car uses 3 AA batteries and it passes a current through the liquid which tests it for acidity, neutralness or base. If the mix is an extreme acid then it gets a 5 on the 1-5 scale or a -5 with an exteme base. If it gets a 0 it's neutral and does not run. It's supposed to run faster for each level of acidity or base -5 to +5 with -5 adn +5 being the fastest. I used bleach and it got a +5 and then I ran it. I then used some Coke which got a +3 and ran it. I could tell no difference in speed.

Verdict: The car costs $20 and comes with the tester and packets of fizzy mix stuff. The motorcycle costs $10 and comes with no tester and no fizzy mix stuff. Get the motorcycle, the tester and the mix are useless. The car is not worth $20.


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