Before buying my Maxx, I test drove both. The savage seemed cheaper in construction, definatly not the solid beast that the nitro savage is. Also the availability of hopups for the maxx made it a no brainer for me. E-Maxx!!! and as Serum said above, good batteries are key!

I bought Venom 3000's with the truck (a mistake). Then picked up some radio shack gp3300's which I liked alot better, but they left me longing for more. I ordered some 7 cell Matched cell IB4200's from SPC and could not be happier with them. Well maybe Lipo, but the wife said no lipo until we have a larger dwelling where I won't have to charge them inside.