Tashspop, I can look at this and tell you that repairs will be similar to that of a Savage, not extremely difficult but not as easy as your Maxx. I also had one of them and you can access everything pretty easily, not so with either of these( Savage/Nemesis). To look at either of these though the quality of build seem to be just alike in many ways, the Savage I can say would absolutely take a beating, 10ft jumps, cartwheels at WOT, etc, etc. I have yet to run my Nemesis so the build quality of it is still questionable in my book, but like michelob78 said of his Genesis, it should be good with minor exceptions. I don't know about your Maxx but mine was always breaking something and that's why I got rid of it, same with the E Maxx and Revo. On the other hand, my duratrax would break often too, but parts were rather cheap to replace so it didn't bug me as bad. But again, I never had any probs out of the Savy, but I did do a number of upgrades to prevent breakage and would recommend them to any Savy owner. They were CVD's, extended 1" chassis, alum. brake hub, 3 speed, cam servo saver, alum. clutch shoes, and 4 gear diffs. That will run about an additional 200 from ebay for all this, but the newer Savy's come with some of these parts already. The chassis isn't ness. but it is stronger and keeps it from flipping on its lid with more power. I'll have to get back to you though on the Nemesis. Thanks for your post, I hope others take the time as well. Good luck and keep me posted.