I was checkin the competition (MRCC) & I crossed somthing I discussed a LONG time ago back at the very beggining of my got BITS? days. IS this really a fad. To me its not. I discovered MRC's in October of 2002. I've been addicted since. My dad thinks I'm tossing my money but he said "oh well, atleast you don't smoke plastic" Well my plastic currently smokes with my 3.4 Nitrous Express (NOT NOS) motor. I have 2 cars right now. I remember when the "thought they were cool rapper kids" got into these a little after I did. They kept saying there "was no NOS motor". Well only the actually cool rap/sorta rock kid in that group even knows I exist, we are good friends & drive are Zips like mad. I can honesty claim to wanting this kinda thing since I was 4. I told my mom "I wish I had a remote control for these hot wheels...that way I could have a funner time racing them" Trust me if these were out when I was a little kid then I'd have one of every frequency known. In a way this is like mini skateboards. There were a lot of fadders (aka ***gers) & there are the stayers (like us who are currently here now. Us who paid the high prices & were there when the prices drop & will probably be here until they quit making these cars & all of them break. I feel proud not to be a ***ger & to be a Mini R/C person. I've loved racing & cars for as long as I remember & have tons of witnesses. Thanks ~DJ