I am in Australia and I ordered from from ebay in the US and it arrived a few days ago. I had a few minor problems that turned out to be due to my lack of experience in RC. I am really pleased with the overall performance of the Force .26 engine, once it was broken it it never stalls, at least 95% of the time I get through a whole tank of fuel without it stalling once. I have had problems with the car not moving. The engine revs well but the car doesnt seem to want to engage properly. I leaned it out a fair bit and that fixed it. Then I was at one of the local tracks, which is a work in progress, and seeing as I am a novice in RC I had a few descent crashes, and once again the engine kept reving but the car stopped moving, I only realised when I started taking the car apart to check the diffs etc that I had also actually snapped the front/left dogbone axle. As yet I haven't fixed the car and i dont really know what is wrong, maybe it could be that the clutch bell and spur gear aren't meshing correctly or even some other gears? but the problem is that I cant get the engine mount hex screws out to remesh the gears as the hex screws were so tight that I ended up stripping hex shaped head on two of the four screws, so the engine is stuck where it is, so if it is a meshing problem, I am stuffed. I was so happy with the car for about a day after I leaned it out and it started to run really well, I took it to the track and was having a great time, I was so glad that i chose this car, BUT after this last problem I am at my limit of frustration because I am running low on cash because I spent a huge amount of money on a list of hop-ups as long as my arm for my Inferno MP7.5 Sports RTR and heaps of other stuff, also the local hobby stores dont stock the parts specifically for the Ultra Comp, they have the Hyper 7 and all its parts (I wonder if any of them would fit) ALSO the local hobby stores dont want aything to do with me because i didnt buy my cars from them, ITS REDICULOUS I spend money at their shop on parts and accessories, at one of them i have spent over $200 in the last week or two. I baught my carbrand new in box from ebay in the US so I dont know what I could do about warranty or help, I am in Australia and postage costs alone would kill me.
Anyway, I think that i have just had a run of bad luck with this car, and I am probably a contributing factor, The problems that I have encountered would be easily fixed by someone who has some support or knows a bit themselves I mean, I thin k it is just a couple of tight, and now stripped screws that has stopped me from fixing the major problem with the car and that is what makes it so frustrating!! The car is really a dream to drive, once you have replaced the steering servo, it is tough, the engine performs really well and is ectremely reliable, I would still recommend this car.