RE: let's talk about the revo
Traxxas looks appealling to newcomers into the hobby, flashy ads taking up lots of space, outragious speed claims, blah, blah. It hooked me at first. In this order I had a Nitro Rustler 2.5(burned up engine at 1 gallon), T-maxx 2.5(broken piston at 3/4 gallon), Sportmaxx (burned up at 2 gallons), and an E-maxx and a fortune in A-arms, bulkheads, skidplates, etc in every truck. The Losi looks like a pretty good truck, but stay away from the Traxxas unless you plan on buying about $500 in spare parts. The best R/C I ever owned was my Kanai 2 buggy with an RB WS7 engine. It was pricey, but more than worth it. Fast as hell and never ever broke. I tried and was on a mission to break a part and it never did. Now I'm into large scale R/C because of the high price of nitro fuel. I can run all day long for about $3 in fuel and the engines last years, not months.