I love my e-revo! It's not really a racing truck nor do they ever claim it was. But it's very sturdy, is very fast. Very reliable, Their is something to be said for the plastics they use. They are very resilient to abuse. Part's dont bend like Aluminum. Sure it doesn't look as nice or as cool as some of the aluminum stuff out there but these trucks last. Hauls ass on two 3S 5000 hard packs. We used it mostly in the back yard goofing around doing jumps and just racing around a couple of trees. I personally like my E-Maxx better though. There both a ton of fun but I get a lot more clearance with the E-Maxx. I run both trucks on Lipo's and there both AMAZING TRUCKS! You cant go wrong with either. Traxxas support is AWESOME Too. If you ever have any issues then just call them up and they have always taken care of me. Also I love the fact that their water proof. Just spray them down with a hose after your done and spray some WD40 on the screws and put them away until next time. I belive Traxxas is also the best selling brand of ANY RC Truck / car out here so they cant be all that bad. A third option is the VXL Slash 4x4. I have that one too. But it sits on the shelf. That's a pretty good race truck but I prefer jumping and bashing.