Go to a local track or LHS and see what you like. There are several types of rc's that are out there, like MT's St's truggy's buggy's and then you got what scale do you want. Traxxas is always a good company to go with (I dont know where that irockdude got that traxxas is a bad company) they have several different MT's like the T-Maxx, the Revo,E-maxx, S-Maxx the stampede and then they have more yet with the ST's and such. Team Losi and AE are good for 2wd St's and HPI has a good 4wd St.

Go to your LHS and see what they have for spare parts for which rc company's. If they carry a lot of spare parts for a traxxas revo but none fore a warhead then getting a warhead wouldnt be really smart idea now would it. But that goes for any company then out of those that your LHS carries the most spare parts for then decide from those rc's. Either one you get I'm sure you will loveonce you get the tuning side of things down.