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Posted by John on
August 29, 2009
A cult brand celebrates its centenary and Carrera joins the celebrations!
The first weekend of August marked an extra special party that take place in Cheltenham, England. It’s a rare and special occasion when a car producer celebrates its centenary; especially when it’s the last of the all-British manufacturers.
The special centenary had over 7000 guests from all over the world. With thousands of guests in attendance, the event celebrated the anniversary with Morgan, and saw see the many magnificently crafted automobiles produced in the last one hundred years. The numerous representatives of the English Morgan Club were joined by their counterparts from Japan, USA, Germany and Austria.
The latest Morgan models, Aeromax and Aero 8, were on show as well as models crafted during the entire corporate automobile manufacturing timeline: Morgan Three-wheeler, Morgan 4/4, Morgan Plus 4, Morgan Plus 8. Current design studies for the Morgan hybrid engine vehicle planned for 2011 left a great impression on the hearts and minds of every Morgan fan.
Carrera just, couldn’t miss out on joining the phalanx of felicitators at such a unique event! The Carrera Race Centre gave a whole host of Morgan enthusiasts a perfect, delightful chance to test drive the entire Carrera Morgan product range. Charles Morgan’s son, Xan Morgan, demonstrated that the Morgan family members are not just impressive car builders. Having set the best time of the day on the Carrera competition circuit he was delighted to be the recipient of a brand new Carrera Morgan set.
Carrera sends its very best regards!
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Posted by John on
June 30, 2009
The competitive edge was heightened even more when the latest lap and section records were transmitted via TV to the Carrera circuit. Despite the conclusion of the event that lasted for 24 hours of racing, there was no loss of enthusiasm for the Carrera competition. In fact, the events staged on the Carrera circuit outlasted the real-life 24 hour racing action by far.
As in previous years, over 500 invited AUDI guests enjoyed a pleasant opportunity to be sidetracked by the Carrera circuit. Regardless of whether it was drivers on a break from the 24-hour race, members of the board engaged in mutual tests of skill, works engineers testing out the true qualities of the perfect scale models of the Carrera Le Mans racing cars, or simply guests looking to imitate the full size excitement on the Carrera racetrack.
Finally, although Peugeot, the French hosts, came first and second in the actual race; Audi took third place and, thanks to the active involvement of Carrera, they also won over a great many hearts and minds.
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Posted by John on
March 6, 2009
Carrera released many exciting new digital car and set for the year 2009. Get your hands on the Carrera Digital 124 Set Classic Legends with highlighted product features you will definitely have fun with:
Order your own Carrera 20023602 - Digital 124 Set Classic Legends here.
-Includes tracks and cars with digital technology and wide tracks with power slide shoulders for sensational drifts and power-slide action
-Up to 4 cars can race on 1 track simultaneously
-Cars are individually codeable, digitally controlled and feature high quality detailing, front and rear lighting and a polarity switch to change directions
-Comes with 2 cars, a connecting track with black box, 2 digital 124-lane change sections, a crossing, 7 standard straights and twelve 60° curves
-Also includes 2 speed controllers, a transformer, outside and inside shoulders for curves, shoulder connecting sections, track supports, guardrails and more
-1:24 Scale
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Posted by John on
November 10, 2008
Reader Bobby G asks:
i have about 70′ of evolution track converted to digital and there is a voltage drop around the middle section. can a second transfomer be added?
Sorry Bobby, I tried to reply to your email but I think I have the wrong address.
The short answer is no, you definitely can’t just add a second transformer. Carrera makes power extension cables under part numbers 20584 (5m) and 20585 (10m).
Here’s the word direct from the US Carrera website FAQ:
Question:
Which circuit length does require any additional supply with Digital 132?
Answer:
Tracks of an entire length of 12 metres and more should be equipped with an additional power supply. Since 2006 the generation of modified U-profile connections between the individual track parts has drastically minimised the power loss. You will get the additional supply cables required from your retailer under item number 20584 (cable length 5m) and item number 20585 (cable length 10m). Under no circumstances you shall connect any further Black Boxes and/or transformers (danger of causing a short circuit!).
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Posted by John on
October 14, 2008
I received my Carrera Go Police Chase set over the weekend.
Initially I’m very impressed with the quality of the track and parts. For a product that is considered “toy-class,” the assembly takes a little bit longer than I would have expected, and it seems like some of the parts could break fairly easily if they were handled roughly. The track has a rigid feel to it as opposed to more flexible tracks like Scalextric.
Putting the track together there are tabs on the end of each track piece that slide into one another along with the connectivity tabs. Once that goes together, there are clips that go on each side of the track to hold it in place. When I first received the set, I did set it up without putting the clips on very quickly in a temporary spot just to try it out. It will run reasonably well without putting in the clips, but it did seem like the track wanted to separate without the clips. I think you could really only run it clipless on a very small track for a short period of time.
Once you attach the clips, the track becomes very solid. You can have a 4 or 5 piece section of the track that is a very firm, you can pick it up as one unit. It has a nice rigid feel - it feels very weighty and very substantial, not at all like a kid’s toy. But, being that it’s rigid, I would wager that stepping on it for instance (if you have it set up on the floor) would be a bad thing. It would probably damage some of the tabs.
The only piece that I wasn’t totally enthused about was the guard rail attachments. Everything else, like I said, has a very solid and well connected feel when it goes together. The guardrail tabs tend to slide around and seem to come off very easily. They could be a little bit tighter fit. On the other hand, they look very cool when attached, especially along with the red and white striping on the edge of the turns.
The cars are pretty nice. They aren’t quite as detailed as 1/32nd scale cars, but they are a little nicer than I expected. They have some very nice detail elements. The police car has working police lights, which is very cool. The Corvette actually has a blue light underneath it that lights up as it goes around - the car has a clear bottom, and the light is inside.
The cars are very powerful on this track. For a track this small, you can’t really open them up without shooting them off the track. With the turbo button on the controller (I’ll talk more about this in a minute) you can pretty much remove the car from the track at any location just by hitting that button.
The police car has a higher center of gravity than the Corvette. I haven’t done much racing on the set yet (just a few laps with my girlfriend), but the cars definitely feel a bit unbalanced with an advantage going to the Corvette. I prefer stock set cars to be a bit more closely matched than these.
On the default layout, there doesn’t seem to be a distinct lane advantage.
The controllers are interesting. The feel of the plunger is a little stiff, but I was able to get decent control out of it. It obviously doesn’t have the feel of a good aftermarket controller from Parma or similar. But it does have the interesting (slightly gimmicky, but still fun) turbo feature. According to the manual, the plunger takes you from 0-70% power, and the turbo button is 100% power. On this particular set, I can use the turbo button coming out of one of the turns toward the straight away for a split second tap - any longer than that and the car doesn’t have time to slow down by the end of the straight and make the next turn. But it seems like it definitely gives a significant burst of power. On a track with a long straight away it would probably be a lot of fun.
Final Thoughts
For just under $50 (about the price of one good 1/32 scale car), I got a very nice full set including everything needed. The 1/43 format is nicer than I expected, feeling more like 1/32 than HO (although I haven’t tried ripping out the magnets to get the cars to slide yet!). I’d definitely recommend this set if you just want to check out the 1/43 format without a large investment. And, when Carrera Digital 143 comes out this track can be used with a digital set to build a bigger layout.
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Posted by John on
October 7, 2008
I’ve been wanting to check out the Carrera 1/43 scale slot car system, so I just ordered a little starter set - the Carrera Go Police Chase
set!
It should arrive by this weekend, so I’ll let you know what I think next week. I’m curious to see how the Carrera quality carries over into the smaller scale.
If you want to try it out yourself, it’s only $47 on Amazon.
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Posted by John on
October 1, 2008
I want one! If you know where I can get one of these very limited (1 of 1000) sets for a reasonable price in the U.S. please shoot me a note.
I’ve found one in Australia and one in Germany… both end up being over $700 shipped.
This looks like the ultimate digital 1/24 slot car set at the moment, although there are a couple of new ones set to ship in the next month or two that might give it a run for it’s money. I want some digital 1/24 Carrera Slots.
Here’s a link to the German site for this slot car set pumped through the Google translator. I’m trying to learn German so I can do a good job on this site, but it might take me a couple of weeks (right!), so in the meantime I’ll be relying on the Google brain.
Carrera Exclusive Digital Limited Edition
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Posted by John on
September 29, 2008
It Is A Champion Brand Motor And Its Stock
electric motors don't use "watts" they use Volts & amps. look up the conversion formual on line if you want to convert volts into watts.
Posted by John on
September 27, 2008
I was looking to get back into slot cars! I was just wondering a good Manufactured Company (Scalextric, Carrera,AFX ext..)!
I am looking for good selection in cars! A Strong Track! Pritty much looking for a Track for Adults and Some time Children!
(The only child that will use it is my daughter she wants to play paintball with me but she is to young) So this is somthing, She can learn now! Besides winters I need somthing to do aswell! So this spring and summer I want to get back into slot cars!
Any info on slot cars would be great! The Shop I used to buy them at when under!
Yeah That might be good info for your guys aswell. I live in the U.S. New Hampshire is the sate, Butt if the company is trusting I would buy for any company in the U.S. I just don't know how to convert Money from Country to Country!
Here is a forum for slot cars.
http://www.slotblog.net/Forums/index.php
http://www.slotcargarage.com/
http://www.slotcarworld.com/
N.H. slot car locations
New Hampshire
Hilltop Raceway
3 Market Street
Sommersworth, NH 03878 U.S.A.
1.603.692.9704
Need For Speed Model Car Raceway
87 Elm Street
Manchester, NH 03101 U.S.A.
1.603.644.7223
Route 106 Raceway
743 Clough Mill Road
Pembroke, NH 03275 U.S.A.
1.800.639.5906
Victory Lane Raceway
328 Main Street
Hampstead, NH 03841 U.S.A.
1.603.382.2440
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Posted by John on
September 26, 2008
I had a cool track with crossovers and squeeze track, and I had a mustang fastback that could beat anything in the neighborhood.
yes, and I still have them
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