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Da Vols wrote:

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ra7... - You don't buy Fly's for their performance, but rather for their bodies and details...that they make life "interesting" once you try to run them on your track is just an added bonus...

Really - think of all the skill sets that would go unlearned if all cars were like Slot.It's...

That's true. I learned quite a bit from Fly cars.

Fly's most recent offerings were definitely better runners out of the box than their older stuff. They'd even fixed a number of issues on the 917K's, which were always a pain. Most of their new stuff isn't nearly as headache-prone, but since there are so many older cars floating around out there, those older cars are contributing to their bad reputation today.

Re-branding is an old trick. When you feel your current service is better than what you've done in the past, you rename the company to avoid association with the old stuff, basically wiping the slate clean. Allegheny Airlines (nicknamed 'Agony Airlines') rebranded itself to become US Air, and now it's on par with other airline services. The memories of Allegheny disappeared relatively quickly, but if they'd tried to turn their reputation around while still using the Allegheny name, they would have had a long uphill battle.

The most recent Fly cars have often been up for SCI's "Best Car of the Year" in many categories in the last two years. If they produce their relatively trouble-free cars under the new brand name, their older cars won't sour new guys on the brand. Veterans will just have to work their way through it, but new guys won't have that negative association.