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I bought My 'genny LE in Feb of this year. I have beat the poor thing to hell and back and so far the only things that I have broken is a front shock and just recently an upper A arm. The front shock broke coming off of a bad jump from a road into a ditch, about six feet of air and thirty feet of end over end but landed on her feet and kept going. The only reason I knew the shock broke was my bashing buddy noticed something white flying up through the dust.
The A arm I broke by running into a street sign at the beach full speed and caught it just right to go between the tire and chassis to break off the arm from the turnbuckle.
Dumbass me didn't see the sign because I was 90 degrees to the side and (more appropriate) checking out the babes watching the 'Genny tear it up.
My girlfriend thinks it was because she feels like I drive like a maniac anyway!!
On the other side I was showing it off to a friend who is interested in the hobby and was running it at a park with a lot of trees the were shedding pine needles, at one point it spun out and hit a picnic table, I put it into reverse came out and kept going. My friend exclaimed, " Holy S**t! It MOVED the table! Didn't you break something?" I was not worried.
I have about four gallons through her and she still starts up in about the first three or four pulls, (don't spend the money on a roto-start) and runs just as well or better than the first time running.
Like jombo said though it is NOT a beginners truck, the tranny is a pain to adjust, engines a pain to tune and it's a beast to handle. Massive torque twisting to contend with also. She's also a basher not a runner, at full speed she looks like a turkey trying to get up flying velocity but get her into some bumps, hills or put her up against any other 4Wler alive and she looks as graceful and mean as a tiger running down a gazelle. Just don't look for a lot of speed.
Can ya' tell, I love my 'Genny!!!!