I broke mine in last night. It was a little hard to start initially, but eventually I got it going and got about 4 tanks through it. I am in Charlotte, NC and it was cold here too, about 35 -40 degrees. One thing that helps a lot is heating the carb and motor up with a hair dryer before you try to start it. The fuel does not vaporize well in colder temps, and this helps a lot with any nitro car, especially a new/tight motor.

The only problem I noted was with the brakes - they were very inconsistent. After I cleaned it up I checked the manual and noticed that I didn't have the short piece of fuel tube on the brake linkage that the parts diagram shows. I put that on and will try again later today...I think that was the problem though.

Good luck. Oh yeah, everything I've heard about the steering servo being lousy it true too.