Kids present ideas

[gti_dreamer]

Any good ideas for car related Christmas stocking fillers for a ten year old?

[Croutons]

488.

Or do you want to indicate a budget?

Driving lessons are available for under 17’s btw. But if you only want to spend what a single Lego figure costs...

[SlimJim16v]

Air freshener?
Ice scraper?
Dash cam?
Gallon of petrol?
Winter tyres?
Spec B?

[Joelonghair]

Radio controlled car - a proper one that you have to build.

Used to lust after the 4wd Audi A4 touring car Tamiya made. Cousin had the RS Cosworth.

Or Scalextric!

[ambuletz]

if the child knows how to take care of things then get him a diecast/scale model of some kind of car. when I was around that age i was crazy about cars, so always lusted after these realistic diecast models of cars. I knew they were fragile so whilst i DID play with them by moving the wheels by sticking my thumb through the window to the steering wheel i always treated them with care

depends on whether the kid will do the same.

could just get him an RC car, or some kind of RC rally car.

[oldbanger]

Driving lessons are about £35-£40 each, a bit more for a video to take away and keep

https://www.youngdriver.eu

[Dapster]

My 9 year old loves cars and normally a Lego / Lego Technik set and a car related book from Amazon does the trick. When he and his brother get a bit older I'll wean them onto 1/24 scale Tamiya kits - they probably lack the concentration and dexterity at the moment.

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/themes/technic/products...

https://shop.lego.com/en-GB/category/cars

https://www.tamiya.com/english/products/list/24car...

https://www.hornby.com/uk-en/shop/all-sets.html

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=m...

[Maracus]

Boxer Robot-

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boxer-Interactive-Robot-P...

[gti_dreamer]

oldbanger said:

Driving lessons are about £35-£40 each, a bit more for a video to take away and keep

https://www.youngdriver.eu

Cheers. I'd no idea this was available.

[gti_dreamer]

ambuletz said:

if the child knows how to take care of things then get him a diecast/scale model of some kind of car. when I was around that age i was crazy about cars, so always lusted after these realistic diecast models of cars. I knew they were fragile so whilst i DID play with them by moving the wheels by sticking my thumb through the window to the steering wheel i always treated them with care

depends on whether the kid will do the same.

could just get him an RC car, or some kind of RC rally car.

He'd enjoy one but will at some srage introduce it to a demolition derby!

[Tuvra]

Why are we assuming its a boy? Sexist the lot of you

[Dixy]

gti_dreamer said:

oldbanger said:

Driving lessons are about £35-£40 each, a bit more for a video to take away and keep

https://www.youngdriver.eu

Cheers. I'd no idea this was available.

These are a birthday treat and not driving lessons in any way shape or form, if the child is a true petrol head look at this

http://under17-carclub.co.uk/

[SpeckledJim]

It's like a 'Grow Your Own TWOCer' Kit' for adults.

Great fun.

[oddball1313]

Model Kit (A decent one by Tamiya or Hasegawa although these are a bit more expensive than Revell or Airfix)

A good skill to learn and 10 is about the right age to start and make a reasonable go at it

https://www.hannants.co.uk/catalogue?product_type_... (these guys sells all the paints, glues, masking tapes etc as well)

[oddball1313]

Model Kit (A decent one by Tamiya or Hasegawa although these are a bit more expensive than Revell or Airfix)

A good skill to learn and 10 is about the right age to start and make a reasonable go at it

https://www.hannants.co.uk/catalogue?product_type_... (these guys sells all the paints, glues, masking tapes etc as well)

[oldbanger]

Dixy said:

gti_dreamer said:

oldbanger said:

Driving lessons are about £35-£40 each, a bit more for a video to take away and keep

https://www.youngdriver.eu

Cheers. I'd no idea this was available.

These are a birthday treat and not driving lessons in any way shape or form, if the child is a true petrol head look at this

http://under17-carclub.co.uk/

They are real lessons, honestly. Just not on a real road. They are also national. I have 2 sites within 20 min of home with slots every weekend, and the kids have a lesson book/plan which gets signed off so the various instructors can see where they are up to.

The u17 car club does look interesting but only appears to have sites in southern England.