will im somewhat new to nitro and i have great fun drifting my tc3 with abs . its the closes thing to the real thing. cleaning is a pain but so is elec. i have no problem getting to start and no its not a pain if you have to pull 5 times to get it start in cold weather. ppl play the temp think to much i dont care how hot it gets dont forget that this engine need to be hot to run right not cold as many ppl think. too many ppl dont even have nitro cars and say its a pain without first getting one. i on the other hand have electr and gas and love gas becuase of how real it feels. if you like the tuneing thing then get your self a nitro car its around 300 the tc3 plus! fast. using a 0.S 15 stock. just read alot about the engine and look at what fuelman has to say about it search about it and you may find out that nitro is best then agian you may like ele if your not into tuning. happy drifting!!