Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

Well, I guess you hate me, because I drive just like that. With my brushless baja. With all of my r/c's. I am a basher, and a power junkie. I have gone through 3 sets of rear tires crossing over from dirt to bitumen and my MambaXL (not XL2, I never sent either of mine in) has stayed cool calm and collected. It was designed to be driven by idiots, and that's how I drive mine- like an idiot.

I bash all my r/c's this way. With a properly geared setup the esc will handle any torture you throw at it. That's why we check temps often with a fresh build, and adjust accordingly.

It wasn't his driving that killed the esc, it was a bad esc, and the manufacturer suspects a bad batch of capacitors is to blame.