Not so sure about your statement of Global having their own retailers, because the shop we use is not on "their" list yet he stocks all the parts we could ever use and on the price issue, sold us our cars at a lower price than we could even find anywhere on-line. Now I do agree on the price of the parts, they are more expensive than buying for a monster truck that he has such as the Savage. Maybe my shop guy "Dale" knows someone at Global, you never know? On the 2 speed transmission statement about being too hard on the drive train, is this by experience that you say this?