I don't follow the Flux threads(obvioiusly ha ha..), but I can well imagine there are significant maintenance issues - moreso than with nitro Savages because it's electric.. - not with the motor, etc.. maybe, but with the drivetrain, rounded out hubs, lipo problems, etc.. So there is just one other angle from which to neutralize the "argument" that nitro is more maintenance than electric.

A Savage drivetrain IMO can barely handle an LRP Spec 3 .28, not to mention some modded Picco 28. And if it can't do that, what happens in a Flux on 6S?

I'm not trying to argue or be a jerk. Just saying.. I think there are legitimate points to be made in an effort to correct a lot of these falsehoods and incomplete comments people spread around..

Again, run what you want. But if it's got any significant level of performance to it, you're going to be doing maintenance whatever the power source. And no, not more with nitro. Your hands might get dirtier, OK, but I honestly don't think, at least in 1/8 scale with big speed and power RC's, you're going to be any better off maintenance-wise with electric. In fact, you might have more work to do replacing diffs and wheels and whatever else...