biggest complaints I have against nitro....
they are not really a family fun car for all ages
The fumes and noise can really upset people... Mainly females
They get extreemly dirty
Nitro tuning curve can be expensive, when I was a teenager I went through 3 Pistons and liners before I worked out how to tune and be able to identify problems, diagnose them correctly and solve the issues
nitro fuel is expensive
rechargable receiver packs take longer than a lipo to charge
not very good at slow speeds
Not very good at low speed hill climbs
and here I'll save the best for last....
NO REVERSE... Yes some have reverse but generally they don't
no kidding.... Get one of ur current cars and drive it around without reverse.... It can really take the fun out of things... No imagine doing that with something faster that u will be more likely to make mistakes with.
where with electric if u see some crazy jump, big massive hill or rough terrain, I can have a go.... Because u know if u get stuck u can reverse out...
Also if u have reverse u are not limited to where u drive it, I drive some of my electrics in the back yard.. No way I could do that with a nitro... I would have to drive to carefully that it would take the fun out of it.
A lot of people may disagree but....
Personally I think u should only go nitro if u have above average mechanical skills and are able to self teach
or
U have some one to mentor you
Last edited by phmaximus; 02-25-2015 at 05:44 PM.