I have the Jato, Revo, Nitro 4-tec and an MGT w/ a picco .27 as well as a Mini-T. So far the only thing that hasn't had a broken part has been the Jato. It hauls ass and can handle some pretty severe bashing. The other day I did about 17 cartwheels at 45 mph and it landed on it's feet and kept going. I have made some pretty nice jumps and really only suffered a cracked body at the rear fin. It really is a lightning fast acceleration, it handles well and is hard to flip over. As for tires, check out the Pro-Line Dirt Hawg. I put htose on the rear ond the Dirt Paw 1 on front and it seems to be a suitable combo for off road. You can always put your stock streets back on for the road, that is until you shred those off too, which subsequently took me about three days. Have fun.