I’m not much of a fan of remote-controlled vehicles. In 1981, I was presented with my first one, a 30cm-long Porsche 911. My excitement evaporated five minutes after I tried it out because the toy RC car’s limitations were quickly apparent. It could go forward. Slowly. And it could reverse in a circle. Slowly. To turn to the left or right, you had to either reverse a quarter of a circle or reverse three-quarters of a circle. Ugh.
Flash forward a quarter of a century and I have my second remote-controlled vehicle. This one is 5cm (!) long, has much better control and has working suspension to boot.
Technology, eh?
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