XB8 or RC8???

[jhautz]

Tuffness is definitely a factor for me. I'm not the greatest driver and I tend to do alot of crashing and have more than my share of poor landings on jumps. That is the reason I went with the Cen the first time around. It is virtually bulletproof and can take anything I do to it. Is the RC8 not that tuff?

I do agree on the parts availability. The RC8 seems to be everywhere. One thing I am also thinking about is the XB8 is now in its 3rd generation of design refinement. It should be just about as dialed as it can be, the RC8 on the other hand was just released a couple months ago so it kinda the state of the art right now and may be a competitive racer for longer into the future.