Hello Everyone

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Hello Everyone

I am an old member of the club from its days at Longbenton high school having been introduced to RC Racing Cars in my early teens by my neighbours Pat and Eddie.

I haven't raced for nigh on 16/17 years and i am seriously thinking of getting back into it but from talking to Lazy Surfer via email the last couple of days and looking at a few videos, the technology and speed is way way advanced. i hope to pop in on a monday night soon to see the racing first hand as well.

Can anyone provide an old noob with some advice on the following questions if possible relating to Touring Cars..

what chassis/manufacturer these days? in my day it was tamiya, schumacher and kyosho had just started making waves

tyres? - i still have a load of schumacher yellow mini pins and also slicks from when the club would race on carpet on a sunday although ive seen rally blocks are starting to be a fave

transponders - the club used to provide these with the print out timing system in the past, whats the deal now?

crystals? still in use? i still have some with my futaba controller

batteries? i understand these are now completely different

and finally

if i wanted a decent competitive set up ready to go maybe 2nd hand so i can get acquainted to it what sort of pricing would i be looking at