Yeah id trust syco on this one i own an LX2 its a pain in the you know what sometimes but it sure hauls ass. For a beginner getting a nitro could possibly make him not like RC's just because of the amount of maintenance especially on nitros. Dont get me wrong you still have to do plenty maintenance on an electric but not as much as a nitro. I with syco on this one.also gas (nitro) is very expensive 40-50$ but im lucky my LHS always shaves 5$ off for me just because i go there a lot i pay like 38$ money is money. Syco I was actaully very curious where i am Real cars pay like 3.40$ per gallon if you were to scale it how much would a 125cc cost to fill up? like might be hard to explain my LX2 has a 125cc tank how much would one tank full cost? Or for a real car its would go up by gallons it being 3.40 what would be the gallon for nitro rc car tank? mini pint? lol if so how much would each scale gallon cost? if you paid 40$ on nitro? I tried to do the math then im like &%(&*%((%&*%#&^&$* lol.