Grimmie, I know that there are not many distributors for Cen in the UK, but you may want to look at an MT2 anyway. They are around 280 and will do everything you want to do with it. If you want more info on the Cen MT2 go to
www.cenracing.com or let me know.
As far as the traxxas, they are spendy to rebuild and you can go through a lot of parts if you are not careful. I have a neighbor thats got a traxxas and every time he takes it out he has broken something on it.