so i might buy a............

[jhautz]

If the primary function of this is for bashing then the savage is second to none in durability and it look slike a very nice price too when you comare it to the others you have listed.

That CEN truck looks interesting though. I dont know anything bout it but I'm a big fan of the CEN Buggy and Truggy. They are both very durable from my experience.

I personally feel that the Revo is a great race MT, but its still a little on the weak side for bashing it hard. Thats just my opinion.

[t-maxxracer32]

ya the cen truck i just noticed today...

i sorta wanna get that or the mgt 8.0 just because not too many people have one. i like getting the underdog truck as long as its quality (im not a fan of cheap products though.... tower terror....)


EDIT.

so i looked up the CEN 7.7 right now on their website and it looks prettttty sweet.
unless someone has tried it and hated it or have something against it then idk.. it looks like the truck for me.

[squeeforever]

I would choose the Revo, mainly because you have all the spares and not to mention there pretty damn durable. I haven't really broke anything on either of my Revos I've had.

[t-maxxracer32]

i agree on that for the most part.
again.....
i just like having and trying new things.

that is the ONLY thing keeping me from getting the revo.

[BrianG]

One of the things I look for when starting something new is LHS part availibility. It sucks to have to wait a few days for a simple part when you can just mosey on over to your LHS and get what you need. For that reason, I like Traxxas because both the LHS places near to me are well stocked with Traxxas parts and have pretty much anything I would need (at least the more common items).

[Pliska]

Could buy a revo 2.5r :P, unless your looking for a bran new truck. If you want something new could try the savage, I havent owned one but I have heard they are pretty tough.

[Pliska]

Originally Posted by BrianG

One of the things I look for when starting something new is LHS part availibility. It sucks to have to wait a few days for a simple part when you can just mosey on over to your LHS and get what you need. For that reason, I like Traxxas because both the LHS places near to me are well stocked with Traxxas parts and have pretty much anything I would need (at least the more common items).

Must be nice to have a LHS around. The only "lhs" around me only carries models. Not even Rc stuff, he finally got me some trx glowplugs after two weeks, should have just ordered from Tower.


Anyway as for the Revo, I have bashed mine pretty hard on almost any type of terrain and have not broken much, its a really tough truck imo.

[gtxracer]

mgt 8.0


You know why.

[jhautz]

I'm w/ you tmaxxracer... I like trying something different. Everyone has a revo, and having something differnet is fun. BUt, usually there is a reaon for everyone having the same thing. It tends to be the easiest to support with parts and such like Brian said.

IDK pluses and minuses on bth sides. I tend to just get what I like. Its not like yu can go down to the LHS and get parts for your Xray XT8 either.

[pb4ugo]

Yah, the Cen truck is a mean copy of the Savage

Good luck finding replacements for it though!

The other three (Savage, MGT, & Revo) are all great trucks. The edge goes to the Savage for durability, the Revo for parts support, and the MGT for uniqueness and power out of the box. What turns you on the most?

[tashpop]

i too like to have something different than everyone else. i think as long as you have other popular hobby shop supported backup rc's, choose which ever you want. if you can handle one car being down for a week because of parts i say get what you want. i've always wanted a gen/nem, especially when the 7.7 was released.

[gtxracer]

The Revo is a nice truck. I've had 2 of them and although I loved the performance, I wasn't impressed with its durability. I run my trucks hard and the drivetrain held up fine but the suspension just couldn't take it. Hence why I moved up to a CRT.

[squeeforever]

GTX, what did you break on it? I've never ever broke a stock arm...

[gtxracer]

I bent/broke pushrods including 7075 rods, a couple arms F+R, both bulks more than once, steering braces on both trucks, a couple motor mounts when it was nitro, and a few body posts. Granted, I drive hard and fast and I like to push things to their limits. Some of the parts were poor driving or some kind of collision. Others were from some real hard jumping. I ran my Revo through its paces and had it well built after over 2 years. I put it through jumps, ditches, the track, mud, and anything else fun.

[t-maxxracer32]

TBH i dont care if my LHS has it in stock because everything there is SO overpriced.

i called today to see about the genesis and he said o no there arent any new ones out. we do have the one and only the one with the green body. its only 670.99

eff that.

anyways. ima look more in debth with the cars later.

see what ima do!