In response to the OP, if this is your first foray into the hobby, go nitro. It's a side of the hobby that we all should experience, it's great, all nitro cars are fast (can't say that of electric), they make a great noise and smell, and they teach you valuable hobby lessons. Later you may fancy getting an electric just to see what fus is about, you may like it, you may not, it just doesnt do it for some people, electric truly has no soul. But that's not what it's about for electric lovers, it's about pushing the limits in terms of power and speed, it's a different buzz, I don't NEED my electrics to have soul, that's why I have the nitros and gassers, I need them to make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up when I pull outrageous tricks at high speed.