RE: New to RC Trucks
everyone is gonna have their own favorite, but for something thats easy to start, easy to break in, easy to tune (stays tuned really well too) and is easy to work on, look at a Monster GT, Very capable truck straight out the box, will out drive most MT over rough ground.
Not quite as indestructable as a savage, but when it breaks, its normally cheap bits like lower A arms and bumpers.