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« on: July 21, 2004, 04:37:35 AM » |
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Don't get too excited, but we have found a building that suits our needs. We are in the early stages of the purchasing process. There is still a lot that can go wrong from here, but this is the closest to getting a new location for R/C Excitement we have been to date.
The building is located 1/2 mile from Route 2 and Route 190 in Leominster. It's about 15 minutes from our current location. There should be enough space for a indoor Off Road track, a medium sized indoor On-Road carpet track, and a large outdoor On-Road asphalt track. We should be able to have seperate on road and off road pits and tracks indoors.
Again, do not get too excited, this is the closest we've been yet, but problems can always arise. I just wanted to post to let people know we have been working day and night on this.
I'm not trying to get anyones hopes up, but I do want to keep people informed.
Thank you,
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« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2004, 05:32:20 AM » |
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WOOOOO HOOOOOOOO YEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAA!!!!!! Too late Todd, my hopes are up now. Geeez, hearing that was almost as good as sex. Well that might be a little extreme, but WOOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!  |
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« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2004, 05:37:42 AM » |
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day and night? you were working on this at 3 am last night,?
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« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2004, 09:20:01 AM » |
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waking nightmares, he keeps hearing screams in the night from all the RC-ers in the world going through withdrawls... Hmmm, that sounds like a Star Trek episode.
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« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2004, 09:55:30 AM » |
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« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2004, 10:50:24 AM » |
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Great news. I've never raced at the current (or previous) location, but now I have all the stuff I need to start. Hopefully everything works out. On-Road carpet track Oooooo. Cool. I'd love to race /12th scale |
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« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2004, 11:35:03 AM » |
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Ya, DAY & NIGHT!!! As a matter of fact, I was working at it until 1am last night.  You got a problem with that? |
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« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2004, 04:16:26 PM » |
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« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2004, 04:23:42 PM » |
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You the man Todd and we will reward you with spending a lot of our hard earned money at the new location
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« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2004, 04:45:59 PM » |
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That is good news for sure. I know the NH racers have been keeping our fingers crossed. We need a place to go once 106 shuts down for the winter. Good luck with your new venture!
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« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2004, 01:42:17 AM » |
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My fingers are crossed!
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« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2004, 01:32:37 PM » |
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well i cant wait i would like to race with you all again, a lot of you all are good drivers, and i learned a lot from r/c excitement people....well hopefully see you in the sept race or when r/c excitement gets its new location...  |
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« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2004, 07:35:00 PM » |
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...hopefully see you in the sept race... I think at this point the race in Sept. will be getting in the new place... |
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« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2004, 08:49:40 AM » |
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Hope it works out man. Glad we could help.
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« Reply #14 on: July 25, 2004, 02:29:05 PM » |
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Things are still looking good. I will let everyone know when I have solid details.
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« Reply #15 on: July 25, 2004, 07:58:19 PM » |
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Can I get excited now? NO!?! Ok... how about now? |
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« Reply #16 on: July 26, 2004, 03:36:48 AM » |
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Hope all goes well. Good luck Mr. Anderson.
Hey, what about a carpet mini-t track?
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« Reply #17 on: July 26, 2004, 07:22:32 AM » |
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If we are able to lay things out the way I think we can, we will have a Mini-T / 1/18th scale track as well.
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« Reply #18 on: July 26, 2004, 03:38:08 PM » |
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That's great news. I wish you luck and can't wait to get back to the track!
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« Reply #19 on: July 27, 2004, 06:47:50 PM » |
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Awesome news Todd! Your moving the track closer to me (maybe)! I moved out of Shrewsbury, I now live in Fitchburg. I'm about 5-7 minutes away from where rt 2 and 190 meet.
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« Reply #20 on: July 28, 2004, 03:05:49 AM » |
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Doug, Thats great, now maybe we'll see you at least once a year . |
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« Reply #21 on: July 28, 2004, 03:52:04 AM » |
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gee, is doug santa claus?
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« Reply #22 on: July 28, 2004, 07:48:51 AM » |
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I live in (used to) Fitchburg (Leominster, now) all my life. Never seen this Doug guy...
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« Reply #23 on: July 31, 2004, 10:03:20 AM » |
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« Reply #24 on: August 02, 2004, 06:14:10 AM » |
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Can we get excited now???Huh??? Please??? Any little tid bit or crumb you can feed us??
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« Reply #25 on: August 02, 2004, 09:09:05 AM » |
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Right now, I'm just waiting for the legal stuff, then we're probably looking at about 60 days from that point.
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« Reply #26 on: August 02, 2004, 01:42:24 PM » |
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Well, as always, best of luck to you! Hopefully things go as smoothly as possible to expedite the transition.
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« Reply #27 on: August 05, 2004, 05:31:32 PM » |
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hurrry up man ive been waitin to race its been a while since ive been able to do it so were is it located plz tell me
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« Reply #28 on: August 24, 2004, 08:02:46 AM » |
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Any update on this Todd?
Can't wait to race....
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« Reply #29 on: August 24, 2004, 10:29:21 AM » |
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I'm still just waiting for the Attorneys to work out the details. As soon as I sign the Purchase and Sales agreement, I will post another update.
Thanks for asking,
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« Reply #30 on: August 25, 2004, 01:29:31 PM » |
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« Reply #31 on: August 25, 2004, 04:21:46 PM » |
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The whole building is 22,500 sq feet, but there is a tenent that has 8,000 sq ft. That leaves R/C Excitement with 14,500 sq ft of raceways and shop, and bathrooms. |
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« Reply #32 on: August 25, 2004, 04:23:33 PM » |
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bathrooms, you mean I dont get to take a leak in the dead of winter in a portapotty with no lights....and always hoping the water and mud I am stepping in is just that water and mud.
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« Reply #33 on: August 25, 2004, 06:52:42 PM » |
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You could probably go around back of the building and take a leak against a tree for old time's sake..
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« Reply #34 on: August 25, 2004, 07:12:10 PM » |
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Will you guys have an on-road track? And by on-road track I mean some cones or empty pizza boxes or something set up in the parking lot.
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« Reply #35 on: August 25, 2004, 08:05:33 PM » |
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Indoor carpet and outdoor asphalt tracks have been talked about. From the looks of the facility, there seems to be no reason why it could not be able to host both/either. It will probably be more dependant upon the amount of support that they get from customers. I have a tc3 chassis that I could easily adapt for asphalt. I already have my carpet car, and it will never see pavement. Its just a matter of bolting together a bunch of spare parts to make a pavement car. I'm game.
We have been throwing around the idea of what nights are going to be race nights. With having different tracks inside the same building, it will be a change to have multiple race nights. If there is both tracks inside the building, what nights would you like to see dirt and what nights would you like to see carpet? What are your opinions?
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« Reply #36 on: August 29, 2004, 03:20:13 PM » |
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Any chance of a carpet oval? I'm sure you could get a good turnout.
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« Reply #37 on: August 29, 2004, 03:58:20 PM » |
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I'd love a 5-10 degree carpeted oval with nice wide turns for lots of speed.
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« Reply #38 on: August 29, 2004, 04:30:24 PM » |
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not enough room...and god would that be boring. round and round and round and round and round..............................and round and round
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« Reply #39 on: August 29, 2004, 07:06:59 PM » |
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Considering there are about 4 people in new england that actually race it. Ask Radical ricks how many oval guys there are. The nationals couldn't even break a 100 entries, but hey anythings is possible. Just not likely.
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« Reply #40 on: August 29, 2004, 07:11:53 PM » |
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Well, I could almost agree with that. Only reason why I wont is because of the rumor that K&N is still active... Banked ovals are the best way to support a hobby shop. The enormous amounts of parts broken in one night is spectacular... Hey, Todd, I have an idea.... |
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« Reply #41 on: August 30, 2004, 04:09:17 AM » |
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« Reply #42 on: August 30, 2004, 06:51:50 AM » |
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Indoor, high banked, carpet oval... www.knrcspeedway.com |
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« Reply #43 on: August 30, 2004, 12:11:59 PM » |
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Theres alot of local guys that travel a long way to madness and K&N to run pan cars, Todd and the crew seem to me to do things the right way, I bet it would go over good, It dosn't have to be dedicated to oval, it can be changed from road coarse to oval pretty easy. Some of the dirt guys might even want to change a truck over for some scary open wheel action. Sure you break some parts, thats part of the fun, look at it as investing in your sport. I can pretty much guarentee enough for a truck class right from the get go. Right now Keith and I are running in NH, average draw up there for truck is 10 to 15. It's a blast. If you get in with some decent drivers you hardly ever break. Fun Fun Fun.
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« Reply #44 on: September 12, 2004, 05:48:03 AM » |
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Any new news on the building ??
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« Reply #45 on: September 16, 2004, 03:55:53 PM » |
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Any news on the new place yet??
P.S I forgot how boring it was when there was no track to go to!!!!
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« Reply #46 on: September 20, 2004, 11:52:27 AM » |
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Hi everyone at RC Excitement. My name is Kevin, and my wife and I moved to Worcester in July. I have been looking for a good RC shop and found a link to your site online. I am very interested in your quest to find a new location, and would love to help if there is anything you need. I previously lived in Springfield and had great support from Land, Sea, & Air Hobbies, Pioneer Vally Hobbies, and of course RC Madness in Enfield, CT. I definitely appreciate the LHS, and only buy my RC supplies locally as long as I can find what I need. I am not an experienced racer, but have owned electric dirt and on-road cars, and currently own a Nitro TC3, a modified electric buggy, and 2 airplanes... an 600 powered electric trainer and a .46 powered 61" Piper Cub. As I said, please let me know when you find a new building, and if you need any help getting setup. I have a few RC buddies from Western Mass and Connecticut that would probably also volunteer their time and services to a good cause. Good luck on the search! -Kevin Forti kevinforti@juno.com |
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« Reply #48 on: September 20, 2004, 02:55:41 PM » |
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Hey Kevin welcome to this part of the state.
"I know you guys are a dirt crowd, but maybe you'll find some room in your hearts for a pavement pounder."
I think most of us will race just about anything that has wheels.
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« Reply #49 on: September 20, 2004, 03:39:49 PM » |
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« Reply #52 on: September 21, 2004, 02:13:57 AM » |
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This brings up an interesting point....the new facility is supposed to have two indoor tracks. Will you guys be running all sizes of on road cars? I'm kinda thinking about 1/18th scale on road...if there will be a place to run them. Of course, I'm still planning on having my butt kicked in 2WD off road racing as well. Todd....any new crumbs you can throw at us? ? Hmmmmm? ? Something???  |
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« Reply #53 on: September 21, 2004, 04:14:07 AM » |
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I was hoping to have better news by now, but the building I had poured all of my attention into has fallen through. I was 90% done with the deal when the seller decided to keep the building. I know this will bring up a lot of questions about if more could have been done to get the building or if he could just back out. The only thing I can say about the whole situation is that I believe the seller kept putting up road blocks for my attorney and changing his requirements of the sale to stall for time to allow his contract with the Real Estate broker to run out. Enough said.
Now back to the search!!!
This is my wish list.
• 20,000 sq ft + single story steel construction building.
• 10,000 sq ft of Clear span for indoor tracks.
• Rentable space for additional income [R/C requires approximately 10 - 14k sq ft]
• Commercially zoned or with the ability to get special permit or variance.
• 50+ parking spaces.
• 12' - 18' ceilings.
• Reasonable taxes.
• Drive in door.
• Paved driveway.
• Oil heat Preferred.
• Handicap accessible.
• Minimum of 2 Bathrooms.
• Space for 150' x 75' Outdoor Off Road track.
• Dry sprinkler system.
• Retail store area for hobby shop.
• Street side sign.
• Highway access within 2 miles.
• Within 25 minutes of Rutland, MA in Northern or Eastern Worcester County.
• For under $850,000, unless the building is just right.
If anyone knows of a building that sounds suitable or knows a Realtor that might be able to help, please let me know.
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« Reply #55 on: September 21, 2004, 03:26:24 PM » |
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« Reply #56 on: September 21, 2004, 03:44:18 PM » |
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Hi Todd, It's Frank from down at big boys. My wife is a real estate agent. She suggests that maybe you should contact the owner directly and do for sale by owner that way the seller doesn't have to pay such a steep commission. That may change his mind about selling. Sometimes they run time out after they have a buyer on the hook just to save a few thousand bucks. He may have wanted to sell, you never know. If you don't know who the buyer is and you want to find out, email me soon and give me the address of the property and my wife will find out who the owner is and what HE originally paid for the property. That may give you a bargaining chip. She can check out what the most recent appraisals went for as well. Also, if you want her to, she can go on the multiple listing service and search for buildings for you ,all you have to do is give her your criteria of how much space you want, what towns you wouldn't be opposed to looking in and what your price range is. Her name is Dawn. If you want to email her directly , her email address is REagentDawn@aol.com . She says feel free, she'll help you any way she can. see ya...frank |
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« Reply #57 on: July 29, 2009, 08:16:40 PM » |
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Saw a guest reading this and had to bring it up. Oh how Far we have come....
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« Reply #58 on: December 02, 2009, 06:17:19 AM » |
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Would this replace the current building or be a second shop? Would there still be a large outdoor off road track? Sounds cool though!
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« Reply #59 on: December 02, 2009, 06:52:05 AM » |
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Sorry Joel the original post is over 5 years old. Kevin was just remarking on how far we've come.
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« Reply #63 on: December 18, 2009, 09:25:03 AM » |
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Read the post closely. It also says off Rt190 in Leominster. That was a post about a building we didn't get, the owner backed out at the last minute.
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« Reply #64 on: December 18, 2009, 03:39:13 PM » |
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besides why would you need a track that is flat and paved??
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dirtbikes are my life, but rc is growing on me.
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« Reply #65 on: December 19, 2009, 07:21:54 PM » |
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« Reply #66 on: January 02, 2010, 04:38:33 AM » |
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will you still have the old place?
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Rc cars are meant for fun not for getting all worked up about
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« Reply #67 on: January 02, 2010, 04:56:00 AM » |
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And THAT was from 2004.
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