by Howie654 » Mon Dec 12, 2016 2:11 pm
Great Topic and it has made for some VERY interesting reading.
I would like to humbly add my two cents if I may.
I came back to slots after a 40 plus years of absences, I left originally because it had become cost prohibitive for me to remain competitive.
(a whole different topic) Prior to my return I researched both Scaley and Carrera, my my how the industry had changed. After recovering from analytical paralyzation I settled on Scaley.
Now, keep in mind that I was an old rusted HO guy and knew nothing of this new world of 1/32 scale (new to me anyhow).
The determining factor was the scale to scale and the size of the track and the area that I had to setup in. I could get a bit more in the area with a Scaley then I could with Carrera. Also the cost factor, it seemed that I could find Scaley track pieces alot cheaper then I could for Carrera.
The decision to go analog and not digital was strictly $$$$$...
I wasn't sure I would like this scale, and not knowing anyone that had one to try I chose the lesser in cost.
THEN, I found digital, WOW what a concept, fell in love with it. But, my wallet and draining bank account hated them both.
The logic behind this proprietary digital just befuddles me.
I like Scaley cars and a few Carrera cars, IMHO it seems that Scaley and Slot-it make the car styles that my old a%$ likes.
Now that's costly enough, but now you add in the cost of chipping cars that you buy.
I like the fact that the Scaley lets you run both analog and digital without any thought.
I don't like that you have to do a bunch of stuff to a car to get it to run on a Carrera digital track, for god sake man I don't wanna have to be a Jedi I just wanna race my car.
With my limited knowledge of all this stuff I just gave up and went back to what I know and routed my own wood track and run what ever car I want, make pit stops in my lane with a round robin using Race Coordinator and do my part to maintain harmony in the Slot Car World.
I do like the Digital idea though, just don't want to start buying all these different chips.
Just my two cents, thanks for listening
Howie