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ORIGINAL: ranger4x4

ok i gotta chime in here. a couple of my buddies have nitros, a t-maxx, a revo and a hpi of some sort. i got a volcano sv. i have twice the uptime they do. i have broken a couple parts too just like anyone else. and yes they were rims. even had a tire explode on me.(that was cool to see) but for all the money they spent on big names, and some fancy logo my volcano sv comes out on top with durability and reliability. my buddies t-maxx is a crap shoot if it will actually start on any given day. the volcano always starts. mine may not be as fast but it's still out there banging away when their trucks are bein fixed. plus i have better support then they do. my buddy had some trouble doing the breakin on his t-maxx and the lhs he bought his from laughed at him when he brought back his new motor. it blew up during breakin. it was his fault he had it too lean during break in, but if i did that with redcat i got the engine replacement program to back me. those 3 guys are buying redcats in the next few weeks because they like my little volcano and think it's time to get a nitro they can drive not sit at the bech for 2 hours drive for 3 hours and sit at the bench for another 3 hours. my opinion is redcat isn't the biggest name out there (yet) but it is kind of funny that everyone knows the name enough to say that they are junk. ask them why and it's always the same answer i get (chinese junk) but they have a real reason. it doesn't matter what name you buy they all break. traxxas, hpi, sportwerks, ofna, redcat(exceed,himoto) but noone has the support like redcat. and at one time everyone said all traxxas was junk. i imagine it would have been when they started out too. just like redcat is doing. no company becomes big in just a few years they all started somewhere.