O.K. That clarified it. Your problem is with entry level vehicles like those made by Duratrax and the people who buy them because they are not aspiring to become team factory drivers and are not buying top of the line vehicles.

Is it safe to say that after your friends spent a few hundred dollars they decided the RC hobby is not for them. Maybe it was for the best before they had spent thousands. Do you think they would have really stayed with it if they bought a better truck? I doubt it.

You have it wrong, Duratrax and other entry level brands are not chasing people out of the RC hobby, they are actually bringing more people to the hobby. I wouldn't be in RC at all if it wasnt for a 180 dollar RTR Evader. I would love to have a better truck. But, I am on a budget and I am trying to get the biggest bang for my buck. Do you think LOSI or Associated would have ever offered 200 dollar RTR versions of their vehicles if it wasn't for Duratrax or Traxxas?

You say Duratrax isn't for you. Well, it sounds like you have been in the hobby a while and have had more than a few vehicles and you own some really good ones right now and do some very competitve racing.

Havent you figured out that Duratrax is not marketing their vehicles to you?

What's your point? This thread is a thumbs up or thumbs down comment about Duratrax. Either you are here to tell us Duratrax makes a decent product - OR - you are here to tell us we are wasting our money on Duratrax.

Which is it?