I read there view and have read several posts like that in the Redcat section before. I have the XTR which is the same chassis, just nitro version. I won't sugar coat it, I have defended Redcat before and will again for what it is. Biggest problem is their price point. Their 10th scale models start out really low. Many of them around $170 shipped rtr. This of course attracts new people with no experience. The biggest issue I've had is the build quality. I had a nitro Tornado S30 awhile back. It was super cheap "around $150 shipped". I tore it apart and reassembled it right. That thing took a beating. The stock SH .18 was a great engine for it. All I've read is how crappy they were, how they just broke for no reason. Now given I wasn't trying to just torture it, but I drove it moderately hard and it did just fine. I picked up a used Caldera 10e "brushless monster truck" for my son who was 8 at the time. It did strip diffs gears pretty easily but once I replaced them with hardened gears it was fine. That truck retails for about $220 new rtr brushless, and it's a stretched 10th or shortened 8th "however you want to look at it". So anyway, for people like, it works. I'm a dad and have a household to run. Unfortunately buying $500 or $600 rc cars at the drop of a hat aren't in my budget.