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Powered Cars - Yay or Nay

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farenth · 17/11/2008 11:03

DP is wanting to buy a battery powered car for DS (3 yrs) for Christmas. Has anyone brought one and are they any good on uneven surfaces?

Our patio has ridges on the flagstones and we have a grass lawn elsewhere and it would be perfect if the car can go on these surfaces. However I don't want to get the car if won't. Can anyone help? Thanks xx

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NotQuiteCockney · 17/11/2008 11:17

Do you mean the kind the kid sits on? Or the remote-controlled kind?

The remote-controlled ones can be fine, Tomy do one, I think. The one kids sit on, from what I know, they go through batteries fast, and are pretty pointless.

MrsBadger · 17/11/2008 11:21

NQC is quite right

remote controlled ones cope better with unevenness if they are large-tyred 4x4 types with good ground clearance - lowslung racing car shaped ones are better indoors

battery-powered ride-ons are [chooses words carefully] expensive, limited in scope and not my cup of tea.

NotQuiteCockney · 17/11/2008 11:28

If you think he'd like something to ride on, the pedal-less running bikes are good for this age, much cheaper, and more fun.

CoolYourJets · 17/11/2008 11:37

They are amusing though.... My 4 yr olds wee friend, arrived in his to take her out for a drive. V cute watching them sitting in it as his parents walked behing them.

I wouldn't give one house room though.

tartetatin · 18/11/2008 14:06

My father in law bought a tractor type one for our ds. Not what I would have chosen - far better to get them having real exercise! This thing is a real pain. Our garden isn't like a bowling green and the tractor gets stuck in any slight hole and wheel spins madly. I then have to push it out for DS to move another three feet before it gets stuck again.
The only time he had a really good ride on it was when my dh took him up to the local park with it, but as I said before i'd far rather he was running around than sitting on a ride on.
Needless to say it spends 99% of the time in the shed.

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farenth · 19/11/2008 20:40

Thank you for your responses. Sounds as if I'd better steer DP onto something else. It is one of the battery powered ride on tractors he is looking at.

However as DS already has a trike and a fairly new bike, he should be happy with that Thanks once again!

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Ashantai · 19/11/2008 23:01

We had a battery powered ride on which took years to charge and lasted a few seconds!

Ok slight exageration but still

My son had more fun playing with his remote control car, and as we live in end of a cul-de-sac, he had a nice big space to play with it.

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