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ORIGINAL: HerrSavage
The ''There are no facts, only interpetations'' comment was just a quote from an author I like. The point being, everything is subjective.., everyone is biased, everyone has different budgets, circumstances, etc.. AE was ''best'' for me at a particular time cuz it was 100 bucks cheaper than the Mugen, parts are potentially easier to come by, I already had a bunch of AE parts I could use on it, I could share engine mounts and gearing with my SC8(i.e. direct swap-over), and I had a bunch of 16, 17, and 18T CB's which I can use with it.. So for me it was the best.. Shrug..
Of course X-ray is good. Never said it wasn't..
And what on AE stuff is too plastic?... Where do they use plastic (on their 8th scales) where other brands use carbon or alloy? Nowhere.. Look the 8.2 over - very good quality parts, and good fit and finish too..
http://www.teamassociated.com/cars_and_trucks/RC8.2/Factory_Team/
I had the Hobao truggy first, then got an RC8T, and was immediately faster with it. My point was, I was competitive with it immediately, without fiddling with the setup, and THAT against other brands - Mugen esp, which is popular here, run by goes who obsessed way more about setup than I did...
Then I had the RC8B, which I raced last year. It was funny at this organized race I went to. I had no pit-man, so ran around and found one. The guy I found had a Mugen with a table-full of surgical-looking tools, nice rows of spare tires of all brands and treads, etc.. Anyway, later in the day, I was rushing around looking for him or someone else again, I saw him and asked, and he was like ''What? You qualified? You were faster than me?''.. All I could do was shrug. But it was funny that there I was feeling practically guilty cuz I had somehow been faster than him, with a used RC8B and no idea what fluid was in the shocks or diffs, and a beat up old cheap REX engine - and best of all, a 40mhz RTR radio ha ha....
As I've said before I don't disagree with any of this. It is you who disagree when I say that I think Mugen is better, despite the fact that I can quantify why I believe this.
As for what parts are plastic which are different on other cars, we've had this conversation before, and I posted pictures for you back then as well. To be fair its only the center diff cover and radio tray, but still, that's something.
I don't deny that the AE is a good car, never have, if you go back to the first page of the topic, I stated that all the cars can go fast, and you have to turn to arbitrary metrics (kit design, manuals, fit and finish, materials), to determine which is best. I'm even thinking of getting a RC8B for my brushless project this summer cos they are nice and cheap.
Build an Xray though Patrick, you owe it to yourself.
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Oh wait, I'm not. If anything is "the polar opposite of objective", it's commenting negatively on brands you don't sell and therefore have a personal interest in..... - convincing people they are bad............................... to get them to buy what you do sell.. Kind of like saying "MT's are total garbage and only for stupid newbs who hang out at dumb forums like RCU.. Truggies rule." Between the lines "go buy one, then I can sell you one of my engines".... 
Naa. The XB9 interests me for sure.. 
