whats your definition of bashing? these things take alot too break, like big contact with stationary object or bad landings of big jumps.

I'm not meaning to scare you off, 'cause 1/8 buggies are as tough as they come, you'll be surprised by the punishment they take, they'll drive away from some incredible stuff.
you only break stuff by hitting stuff at full throttle, the difference is that the pbs and cnc knuckles drive away more often.

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so don't worry to much untill you break something, its not too often you stand there wondering how a part broke, but it quite often you stand there wondering how a part didn't break.