What makes racers durable is that they are simple. The flipside of that though is that they are boring to bash.

Was just watching the video of the Picco in the Savage forum, and it just sounds good - because of the 2-speed. A single-speed truggy might be as fast with the same engine, but it doesn't sound as cool. It's not as fun to drive in a parking lot or field - and I anyway would be wary of thrashing some expensive race truggy in a gravel pit.. Wheelying is fun, 2-speed shifts are fun, launching off ramps is fun. That's what bashing is about. Not obsessing about shock bladders and diff oil differences of 1,000 weight.. And with the exception of launching off ramps, you just can't do that stuff with a truggy. And even launching off ramps, I mean, who's seriously going to do that with a $1200 race truggy?..

Or even with a $600 RTR truggy? Yeah, it might jump decently, but you miss some of other fun factor that you get with MT''s..

And I anyway know for sure that my LST2 is durable. When out bashing it last time, I made some really bad jumps, and all that happened was the (five year old, like the truck..) stinger got ripped off the pipe, and the carb ball-end got ripped off.. Fixed. Could and may well have happened to a truggy too. And one LST2 wheel weighs as much as two truggy wheels... The LST2 is a very tough RC, and for me anyway WAY more fun than any buggy or truggy. When you get down to it, all the latter are good for is driving around in circles within the narrow confines of a track.