Thank you for your advice, it's a pain really as for the money I would have hoped not to need to change anything and just enjoy it out of the box, there are 2 used maxx's on ebay i'm watching but I'm tempted to go and pickup the v2 later this afternoon.
With regards to 8s running, is the traxxas charger and the incuded batteries worth it, or can I save myself £££ and use my current charger and some turnigys? that might swing it for me just to get the v2.
I'm hoping this one rc will replace the 8 rc's I have lol
thanks