12-12-2005, 11:38 AM
snakebite46 Wrote:As a first time buyer, I'd recommend buying something new. This way you'll get a chance to learn the truck more than buying someone elses used worn out truck.
Savage, Monster GT and Revo are good choices to look at.
Another qualifying question for you:
How mechanically inclined are you and how much time/energy do you want to invest in the truck and tools? Some trucks are easier to work on than others.
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Snake, my experience with new vs used: We bought our first RS4 used. It needed some work, but having to learn how to work on it and maintain it got me more involved with it. I think if I had purchased a new RTR I might have fallen into the mindset that you can just play with it and then put it away. Buying something used let me get inti the hobby for a little less money (risk) and see if I liked it. Then we moved up to new purchases and used purchases with more comfort level about what we would need to do to run and maintain them.
If a newcomer is coming from Tyco/Nikko toys, they might never imagine the level of work involved with a hobby RC versus a toy car. If they have a used RC that they can work on, they will either get a true feel for the nature of RC maintenance and like it, or hate the repairs and drop it.
My .02.