Present for a car-mad 9 year-old

[DCLane]

My youngest turns 9 in a couple of weeks and I'm stuck for a present(s). First thoughts are a Ferrari passenger ride: http://www.daystoamaze.co.uk/pages/product410.tpl

However, I'm stuck on other stuff. He's a reader, so books would go down well but he also wants to see stuff in the flash.

A mid-August event would be great to keep him occupied in the summer holidays. Harewood Hillclimb might be different: http://www.harewoodhill.com/

TVR's don't seem to interest him though! My local garage, who work on my Saab, are also TVR/Lotus specialists and the garage was full of them ... he wasn't too interested.

 

[derrick]

Try this,http://www.team-sport.co.uk/midweek-madness/ i did a lot of kart racing when i was younger and loved it.

 

[Summerking]

Airfix/Tamiya car kits ! my Son is 10 and he LOVES building his own airfix, had a few go wrong on his first tries but now he's an accomplished modeller.

 

[Kestevan]

http://www.ppik.net/junior-karting-leeds/leeds

Cracking introduction to driving karts.

 

[DCLane]

http://www.ppik.net/junior-karting-leeds/leeds

Cracking introduction to driving karts.

Thanks - his birthday party is there and we'll see how he likes it.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Get him a ride in one of these bad boys.

Also, get him to drive to Rhyll........


There you go - 2 threads solved in one go.

 

[Globalti]

Yes, junior karting is the thing, Gti Junior used to love it until he progressed onto computers.

 

[Archie_tect]

Scalextrix... but it must have a bridge, a chicane and enough track.

 

[biggs682]

Scalextrix... but it must have a bridge, a chicane and enough track.

no bad idea as will need to be ised by dad first

 

[akb]

Remote controlled car?

 

[classic33]

Scalextrix... but it must have a bridge, a chicane and enough track.

What about this one?
https://www.scalextric.com/shop/sets/digital/c1276-scalextric-digital-platinum/
Set your front brake/rear brake bias, fuel load, refuelling rate & if you try jumping the pitstop it'll stop you. If it feels you've run out of fuel you'll stop out on track.
Connect it to your computer & you can time your laps to a 1/1000 of a second.

 

[Archie_tect]

There used to be a retail shop unit in Gateshead where a group of Scalextrix Club grown-ups built a fantastic Scalextrix layout where you could have children's parties using their 6 lane set-up. The dads used to be itching to have a go.....

 

[classic33]

What about this one?
https://www.scalextric.com/shop/sets/digital/c1276-scalextric-digital-platinum/
Same set available £100 cheaper than the price given there.

 

[boybiker]

A bloody good clip round the ear !

 

[classic33]

And save another for the other ear, next year!