thankyou very much. haha. i just signed up this week too. thankyou by the way... haha. i didn't know because i had the hpi for 2 years but i saw the drifts videos this year. i was amazed how rc cars can drift so i was like, excited.., now i need to buy some . XD. i used the hpi for racing, but it got boring soo im going to use for drifting now =]