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Pretty much anything mini or micro Losi. I have had a few of their smaller scale cars and trucks, and the only one still holding up is the Mini Rock Crawler Pro. Haven't had any issues with that one.
The rest are all in a landfill somewhere..... 
Traxxas 1/16th minis aren't all that great handling-wise, without some modifications (I've gotten my Ken Block 1/16th Rally to work well in a drift/gymkhana role, but it's not so good for rally), though the Slash and Summit models should be O.K. They are all pretty durable, and Traxxas has an excellent warranty, though.
Associated minis..... some folk have had troubles with, though my own SC18 required some mods, it's still going, and hasn't given trouble of any kind, so it's a matter of whether the model you got is a factory lemon or not, I suppose....
HPI has one mini that everyone should stay FAAAAARRRR away from - that's the Switch. A piece of junk if ever there was one. It may be somewhat cheap, but you definitely get what you pay for, there. HPI's other offernigs are all pretty good, so the Switch is just a lemon.
Now if you want some recommendations.....
Tamiya minis are all pretty much great, though they are kits, some Tamiya models can be bought as RTR's. Those are called "XB's" or "Expert Built."
ABC hobby has some really excellent minis (on-road) that, for the price, you get a lot more in performance than other brands, though they aren't readily available everywhere.
I've heard a lot of good things about the new Atomik minis, but there aren't that many out and around to make a good judgement call on yet...
Take some time and do some research on the models you are interested in. Shouldn't depend on other's advice, not even mine, because a lot depends on how much the model is bashed, how it's bashed, whether it's abused beyond the factory warranty, etc.,... Everyone drives differently, so durability is subjective. Performance, on the other hand, all depends on how good or bad the driver is, what they want to use the car or truck for, etc.,...
If you pretty much know what you want to do, and haven't any idea what to get, put that out there, and see what others say. Just asking for what's "not worth getting into" is pretty general, and no one can make good reccs to you, unless they know what you're going to use the car or truck for.
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