New Car: NSR Porsche 908/3 - Gulf - Nurburgring 1971

 Let's get right to the picture, shall we:

When something like this comes out, I just gotta have it.

This is my third Porsche 908/3. The other two, the Sunoco and the Tergal, are such good cars that I knew adding to that collection was a no-brainer. 

The NSR Porsche 908 is a great car for someone with a home track. It handles corners so extremely well that you'd be hard-pressed to find another model that can do better. The 908 is consistently on top of the lap times around here, with the Tergal being one of my fastest cars [Thunderslot included!]. It's shorter than the 917 Porsche, which makes it seem a little boxier in comparison, since the widths are pretty much equal between the two. That shorter wheelbase puts it in the Alfa 33/3, McLaren M6B category: short cars that can burn through the turns.

My first #1.    I wonder if it'll be #1.

Performance wise, it's absolutely responsive and doesn't tend to swing out around turns. Very planted, and not lacking straight speed when needed. The Alfa Romeo 33/3 from Slot.it tends to sacrifice straight speed for cornering, but that might be the cause of the model that I have, as the entire model had warping issues. I have another one from Slot.it in my future. 

The back view is your standard, quite open rear end. One can see the junk in the trunk.

The practicality of buying an NSR slot car is a bit of a tough one, I know. They can be expensive, but here's the thing: when you buy something like a Slot.it car, which usually runs about 15 bucks cheaper than an NSR car from the places I look at, the possibility to get the Slot.it car to a level the NSR car is at is achievable, but could end up costing you quite a bit in accessories. For a long time I was under the assumption that I would never purchase a higher-end slot car, so I was able to convince myself that I could get my existing Slot.it cars to a comfortable place, racing as well as they can. And I think it worked out pretty well. But then something happened: I ran out of Slot.it cars that I wanted, and I wanted more cars. So I went for it. I bought a couple of Revoslot and a couple of NSR cars. The differences in the three brands was immediately noticeable, which translated to the track.  While the Revoslot were competitive with the Slot.it cars, the NSR cars were in a world all their own. And while it's not impossible, it's extremely difficult to get a Slot.it car faster than an NSR car, at least the way I do things. 

The cockpit detail is nice and clean with not very many breakable pieces. 

The Porsche comes with the Shark EVO 21.5K sidewinder motor, a 3-point pod and fantastic factory rubber tires. Otherwise it's about as clean of a slot car as you can imagine. The body sits nicely on the chassis and allows for plenty of float adjustments. It comes pretty loose from the factory, which is good, I think. 

Overall, I'm very happy with it and am excited to get it on the track. I'm sure it'll be a contender, as the other two 908s have become. And the Gulf colors, I tell ya. I'm never going to get tired of that fantastic color combination for a livery.