Is this Power Wheels vehicle decent?

[MX2]

This will be the first PW type vehicle I have purchased, so I am buying used the first time around. I dont know much about them except the quick glance over at Toys R Us and what not. Anyway, this one is $60 bucks and I have been told it comes with two working batteries.

Is it worth it?

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[acemcmac]

No idea, but when I was little, I was GREEN with envy of the kids with powerwheels. It will be the only toy my kids will have that I didn't.......

 

[NutBucket]

Batteries for those can be found fairly inexpensively online so why not?

 

[middlehead]

You're probably going to have to carry an assload of batteries for that thing to get you to work.

 

[swtethan]

whats the 0-60 on that beast?

 

[MX2]

Originally posted by: acemcmac
No idea, but when I was little, I was GREEN with envy of the kids with powerwheels.

You and me both

 

[state 08]

I still remember my first time in one of those. The joy was immeasurable.

 

[Kilgor]

My parents couldn't afford one, I had a Big Wheel with a flat spot on the front tire. On second thought they didn't even have those when I was a kid

 

[The Stigenator]

when i was young we didnt have power wheels... we have human powered wheels..

i had to pedal it to get the darn thing to move.. but i loved my jeep!

 

[Baked]

Pow-pow-pow-power wheels. Man, those were/are expensive. Never owned one as a kid. BMX bike FTW!

 

[JMWarren]

I had the Knight Rider (KITT) as a kid. Pedal power but voice (worked off a record actually, this was pre digital audio) and red cylon scanner.

 

[ISAslot]

me and my best friend had matching bigfoot power wheels when i was little. man that was fun. batteries could have lasted longer though. having to wait for recharging was no fun. we had one of the first kinds made i think ~1985?

 

[iluvtruenos]

They use standard 550 sized drill motors, one per rear wheel.

I rewired it to use 7.2 volt 55 turn lathe motors which have a lot more torque and overvolted them to 24 volts with a switch to 12 volts.

My brother who used to getting his ass beaten by the other kid on the block with a Jeep went down the street to race, set the switch to 24 and made the other kid cry. I lolled on the ground laughing.

Then we lit up the tires in that thing.

 

[simms]

Originally posted by: iluvtruenos
They use standard 550 sized drill motors, one per rear wheel.

I rewired it to use 7.2 volt 55 turn lathe motors which have a lot more torque and overvolted them to 24 volts with a switch to 12 volts.

My brother who used to getting his ass beaten by the other kid on the block with a Jeep went down the street to race, set the switch to 24 and made the other kid cry. I lolled on the ground laughing.

Then we lit up the tires in that thing.

ROFL.