"And oh yeah: screw roar. really. it's roar's damn fault we are still running with brushed 7.2V motors... you can have a cheap, fast motor that lasts a long time if you use higher voltage. "

I don't even run electrics, so it really doesn't pertain to me. However, considering the cost to run better equipment, it kinda makes sense to me. Not everybody has the budget to get better stuff. If they changed the rules, alot of people would be left out of this already dwindling hobby. You just can't convince a newbie he needs to spend hundreds on an RC car, they'll laugh at you...

I'm into nitro, and one of my team mates has one of each. It cost him ALOT, just to get the electric car going, and guess what. It catches dust on his work bench, while he's racing and turning wrenches on the nitro car...

"Roar needs to take a page from the SCCA and allow some open classes, at autocross you can race anything you can get to the event. Of course, that means a turbo civic with a stripped interior gets to race against a 360 modena, but that is better than being told to go home."

Open classes don't last long around here, when the depth of your pockets is what wins the race, it's just no fun...

I'm not doggin either class, I just prefer the sound and feel of nitro. Each has a long list of pros and cons, it just comes down to personal preference. I agree with one of the previous suggestions, ask around, and like I must have said 50 times on this site... Go to your local Hobby shop and see what they have the best support/most parts for. If you race, see what the bigger class is. More than likely the LHS will supply parts for what's most popular...