This is my 2nd 1/8th buggy. The first one was crap. That was 5 years ago. I've owned a Traxxas Stampede (Novak 5800 brushless SS converted 5 years ago), HPI MT2, Duratrax Axis (god awful 1/8 buggy), and now I currently own a T-Maxx 3.3 and this buggy.<div></div><div>The buggy is awesome. Despite my retardedness and stripping the glow plug hole, I love it. The buggy on a "stock" tune, literally just 3 turns out from fully closed on HSN was right off the bat "A MONSTER"! After I tuned it up a little bit it just kept getting faster and torqueyer, I was extremely impressed. Especially since the price I paid for it felt like it drove like a $700 buggy. I am so mad I haven't been able to run it since then. It easily rivals my roommates MP7.5 in terms of speed and handling. Maybe even faster. There's definitely quality behind 95% of the buggy and there is a couple places with room to improve. Basically if they cleaned up some of the receiver/battery compartments and came up with a slightly better system for throttle vs braking linkage and replaced the exhaust with a sleeker and cleaner version then this thing would be a really really top of the line buggy.</div><div></div><div>*The system for throttle and linkage may not be very "clean" but WOW I tuned up the linkages a little and it idles fine, opens up the carb fast, and brakes REALLY hard when I want it to. So that is a major plus.</div>