Testing an ebay car

[Speedster]

I've been reading about keeping ebay cars out of scout races. Has anyone ever bought an ebay car or ordered one from a vendor. I know it breaks all the rules regarding the purpose of the Pinewood Derby but I'm wondering just how fast these things can possibly be. Are they even fast enough to take a 3rd place? The car would have to be legal for someone's particular rules so does someone send you something with lightened wheels? Probably not. Testing just one of these cars would probably not prove much but the results would be interesting.

[Vitamin K]

I've been reading about keeping ebay cars out of scout races. Has anyone ever bought an ebay car or ordered one from a vendor. I know it breaks all the rules regarding the purpose of the Pinewood Derby but I'm wondering just how fast these things can possibly be. Are they even fast enough to take a 3rd place? The car would have to be legal for someone's particular rules so does someone send you something with lightened wheels? Probably not. Testing just one of these cars would probably not prove much but the results would be interesting.

I haven't watched the vids yet, but Glenn J. of a certain_place_that_sells_cars did an eBay shootout a while back and posted links to the video here.

[Speedster]

It was fun to watch but I don't know if they were all racing under the same rules. It could have been a gimmick for the winning car to sell cars. Nice paint job on the winning car.