let me start by saying i havent run a gas car since Nov 08. However i must say to me the best days ive had running gas are far better than my best days running electrics there just seems to be many fewer good days running gas than electric.Gas mills for me are sometimes very problumatic and if your tune is off just a bit they can be very hard to drive.As for .5 v hyper mini ,If you can aford both get both if not the hyper E is already out there and Jay is comeing out very soon with E .5 .Its ajust one of themdamn decisions you gotta make