Scalextric for an almost 4yr old

[BankerMommy2010]

Our son has decided all he wants for Christmas is a Scalextric, I do think he's too young and would have liked to wait a couple of years before buying him one...so can anyone recommend a decent first scalextric?

I got DS a Scaletrix set for his fifth birthday, he loves it for the 10mins once a month he bothers with it... its a tricky one that's for sure, so much fuss to set up, wizzing off the track every nano second but he loves it and then is over it just as quickly.

This is the one we got, I used clubcard vouchers!

www.tesco.com/direct/micro-scalextric-mclaren-mp4-12c-164-scale-race-set/211-2641.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=211-2641

Its about the right size for this age I think, large enough to cover the bedroom floor but not too big.

There is a First Scaletrix at Argos but I decided against it as may as well spend the money and have some guarantee of longevity

^^ all very very true and valid points and I must say I don't encourage DS to set it up more than once a month, if I'd used 'real' money and not clubcard vouchers I'd have been very peeved at the whole business!

Could you sway him to the idea of a remote control car??