ORIGINAL: Ttam Says Blarg
I not like trying to argue here. Just for sake of conversation. The pulleys and belts are sealed so I mean whats the point. Ive had worse experience with tamiyas shaft with the tt-01. It shredded itself... Although I can see the reasoning around balancing it but why not leave it belt drive. Other than the oh looke there new car factor.
Oh I hear ya, nothing wrong with discussion. The "look new car!" factor is definitely part of it.
I know our belts are "sealed", but I still get dirt in there. Run it in a baseball dirt infield on a dry day for a while - you get dirt EVERYWHERE. That said, it hasn't caused me any issues really.
For me, a DB02 purchase would be more about the "cool, new car" factor if I went that route.