You would think that after almost 20 years of racing RC cars from 1/28 to 1/8-scale, I wouldn't get too excited about another RC car, but the M03 just rekindled my passion all over again. Tamiya has come a long way since their first generation front-drivers (the FF was crap, that's all I can say!). I bought a M03M, shortened the wheelbase, and mounted an old school Mini body. No mods other than bearings and short pieces of silicone tubes for more consistent damping in the friction shocks (pretty much per the tips in rc-mini.net but I did space the diff gears to make it think like it's a limited slip). And she runs like a charm!

I'm thinking of putting the 23-turn racecar on the shelf or selling it, and just race the Mini and have fun.