Apart from a Tamiya Skyline I bought maybe 15 year ago, I've never run an RC car before.
After a bit of research and not wanting to spend much, I bought an FTX Carnage Brushless.....and loving it! I like the fiddling almost as much as running it and its great fun. everyone I've shown has been impressed with its performance.
I have also found its an excellent dog walking tool.....my dog just loves chasing it.
Already replaced most parts with Aluminium/carbon, as a result of:
1) looking cool
2) Hitting a tree
3) Full throttle landings
So I'm actually enjoying my mistakes.
Already picked up some info from the Forum prior to joining, but keen to learn about more hop ups. Might want to go down the 3s Lipo route but also realise the fragility of the car and my driving limits - its plenty fast enough.
Oh, and I have some great places to run it - light gravel open areas....fab!