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Debate: Best start-up car/truck for first timers. -
11-19-2006, 03:39 PM
Might as well make a thread so we dont end up hijacking a different thread.
So what is a good starting car/truck for someone who is totally knew to the hobby? Personally,I say MT and here is why: Easier to work on(these are new racers/bashers we are talking about) Can be cheaper then a truggy or buggy. How well they hold up is not really an issue unless you want to look at who makes the car. But all 4 classes(including 1/10th) can hold their own when used for what they were built for(I.E. Nothing will hold up well when being jumped off a roof!) And if that person does race. The class will be smaller then with truggy/buggy. Granted,the class is on life support right now at the track here. But there are times when there is a class. So it is not totally dead yet! Now I also understand the person that is going to buy the car/truck will need to buy one for what they can wrench on basicly. Some people can jump right in and understand or work on a truggy/buggy. While others need to start out in MT or something else because they dont know how to use a screwdriver! So lets hear it! 
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11-19-2006, 04:11 PM
Yeah, I say MT with a Revo. Especially if they don't like racing, they can have something to mess around the house with.
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11-19-2006, 04:11 PM
i say MT the are good for racing/bashing. the racing aspect it will be better to start in a class where they wont be lapped a billion times. they are easier to work on IMO. and most dont break that often. and the same goes for bashing easy to work on and dont break to often. most people just want it to go fast and jump high, and IMO MT's are gppd for it.
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11-19-2006, 04:48 PM
Well tossing in names will turn this debate into a fight because your going to have those people who will stand by that company that they love.
But if names are going to get tossed around. I too would have to say the Revo. I dont rule out the savage either. As far as truggy/buggy class. Yea there are RTR's out there. But that still doesnt mean they will be easy for newbies to wrench on and race.
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11-19-2006, 05:24 PM
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I say MT is the best way to get in. Losi 8ight with v-spec
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11-19-2006, 05:28 PM
Hahaha! I never single out TTR. (That's Czech.) From what I have seen and heard, out of all of the RTR truggies, the TTR looks to be the best setup. What would be your pick for a RTR truggy??
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11-19-2006, 05:29 PM
Start with a truggy. They are just as much fun/durable/versitale as a standard MT but you can run it at the track and have a class with more than 4 people in it (Cough*LSP*Cough)
--Then follow the rules! haha!-- -Tune
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11-19-2006, 05:31 PM
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Losi 8ight with v-spec
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11-19-2006, 05:37 PM
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Haha... Nope. And Rocco I kind of forgot about the LSP again. For a beginner I think that would be the best bet right now. You can get them darn close to RTR in great shape for the price of a new Revo. (If not cheaper.)
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11-19-2006, 06:44 PM
how is the TTR truggy a turd? I raced the piss out of it for a year and never broke anything. You can race it out of the box stock, throw on a wing and your good to go, thats what i did for RD1 and the panther race. I never used the stock motor but heard it has plenty of power, prolly a good indoor motor. Its one of the better truggies out there.
I think a 1/10th scale is the best for someone to start off with, small cheap not as much motor and hard to drive. running a 1/10th scale will make you learn how to drive, you will learn how to go into and come out of a corner well because every little adjustment is a huge adjustment in what the car is actually doing. I would say that MT is the worst class to start out in, if you are actually serious about racing it will mess you up. They do not drive similar to anything else you can race, the setup really means nothing on them unless you have a revo as modded as bobbos. And it is very easy to get caught up in buying useless hop ups and all that other crap for those. It seems that too many guys try to jump into the truggy class and can get pretty fast there but then when they try to drive a buggy they are phucked cuz they are used to being able to drive with the throttle the whole time. this isnt everyone but i see it at the track all the time. www.czech-it-out-graphics.com 1/29/07 never forget....TTT  Bringing old know-it-all blow hards back to reallity at a forum near you "Always Imitated, Never Duplicated"
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11-19-2006, 06:48 PM
Just repeating what a certain product rep told me what saxton and mayfield said about it... I guess there opinions are stupid
--Then follow the rules! haha!-- -Tune
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