best cheapo wheel?

Hi gang, A friend of mine who would probably be into simming if he had more free time needs to get a 2nd wheel for his use at home. He has a LWFF that he bought for his son on his son's computer, but has just hitched up a LAN in his house and wants to be able to race against his kid. He has an old Thrustmaster Nascar wheel with a broken spring and a wheel that turns endlessly and would probably fix that if parts were easily available. If that doesn't work out, he would like another wheel, but would rather not spend +100$ to get it since it will not get much use or any serious use. Any suggestions on a cheap but halfway decent/usable wheel <100$ I should recommend to him? Or, is it possible to get replacement parts easily for Thrustmaster products? When my T2 got all weird I just gave it to my brother in law and bought a MSFF, so I don't know. Thanks for any advice you can offer. ~daxe

On Sun, 27 Aug 2000 16:26:45 GMT, daxe <[email hidden]> wrote: > Any suggestions on a cheap but halfway decent/usable wheel ><100$ I should recommend to him? Or, is it possible to get >replacement parts easily for Thrustmaster products? When my T2 got >all weird I just gave it to my brother in law and bought a MSFF, so I >don't know. Thrustmaster is completely revising their product line since Guillemot <sp> bought them. Challengers, Sprints, others are showing up for dirt cheap at outlets on the web. Tell him to hit egghead.com and go to the auction section->computers->input devices or software->games. They had Challengers and Sprints for $15 and $16.95 a couple weeks ago. Regards, Brett C. Cammack That's Racing! Motorsports Pompano Beach, FL

I think TM still offers parts on their web site. Otherwise, the Ferrari wheel is about $98 at buy.com -- Slot www.slottweak.com Tweaks & Reviews "daxe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Hi gang, > > A friend of mine who would probably be into simming if he had > more free time needs to get a 2nd wheel for his use at home. He has a > LWFF that he bought for his son on his son's computer, but has just > hitched up a LAN in his house and wants to be able to race against his > kid. > > He has an old Thrustmaster Nascar wheel with a broken spring > and a wheel that turns endlessly and would probably fix that if parts > were easily available. If that doesn't work out, he would like > another wheel, but would rather not spend +100$ to get it since it > will not get much use or any serious use. > > Any suggestions on a cheap but halfway decent/usable wheel > <100$ I should recommend to him? Or, is it possible to get > replacement parts easily for Thrustmaster products? When my T2 got > all weird I just gave it to my brother in law and bought a MSFF, so I > don't know. > > Thanks for any advice you can offer. > > ~daxe

Just saw the MS Precision USB (Non-FF) Wheel at EB on sale for $59.00 here in CT, pretty good wheel, especially at that price if he has USB ports..

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>On Sun, 27 Aug 2000 16:26:45 GMT, daxe <[email hidden]> wrote: >Hi gang, > > A friend of mine who would probably be into simming if he had >more free time needs to get a 2nd wheel for his use at home. He has a >LWFF that he bought for his son on his son's computer, but has just >hitched up a LAN in his house and wants to be able to race against his >kid. > > He has an old Thrustmaster Nascar wheel with a broken spring >and a wheel that turns endlessly and would probably fix that if parts >were easily available. If that doesn't work out, he would like >another wheel, but would rather not spend +100$ to get it since it >will not get much use or any serious use. > > Any suggestions on a cheap but halfway decent/usable wheel ><100$ I should recommend to him? Or, is it possible to get >replacement parts easily for Thrustmaster products? When my T2 got >all weird I just gave it to my brother in law and bought a MSFF, so I >don't know. > >Thanks for any advice you can offer. > >~daxe

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Tigerdirect.com has recently had the TH NASCAR Charger for $US14.99 BTW, in the us 5/7/00 is May 7, 2000. In the UK, 5/7/00 is July 5, 2000, just as we Yanks generally say (or write) May 7(th), 2000, and Brits generally say (or write) 5 July, 2000