Allen, I have the same buggy. Got it in April as a wedding gift. What a gal. Anyway, I have over 2 gallons through mine. The dirve line is bullet proof. Very strong /hardened components. I had 2 problems with it. One, the steering servo stripped. Its been replaced with a JR servo. Second, it started running badly one day. I did everything, but it wouldnt idle, and ran lean. I read on here a few weeks ago about a guy who had the same problem. He had an air leak where the carburetor goes in to the block. I took the carb out, coated the neck with a little high temperature RTV, and the problem went away. I do have a good story for you and anyone who doubts the seriousness of an RTR. My buggy is stock except for a crowd pleaser body and proline hole shot tires/velocity rims. Thats it. I qualified 3rd in a field of 22 buggys two weeks ago. I became friends with my LHS owner. He races with me. We were in the same heat that day. He is running a LOSI 8 that cost him about $1200 bucks. Purchase price and upgrades. I lapped him twice. (This is NOT a shot at the LOSI guys) He came up to me after the heat and said, "You schooled me. What makes this even worse is my buugy costs about 4 times yours". Maybe he had a bad day? Maybe I had an exceptional day? But bottom line, I qualified 3rd that day. This buggy is for real, and I am sooooooooooooo glad I have it. So Allen, watch out for that steering servo not lasting. Hopefully it will? If yours starts running erractically, get some high temperature RTV and coat the carburetor neck. Other than that, mine has run flawlessly. 2+ gallons through it so far. As far as parts, my LHS carries a few. I have purchased many spare parts (just in case) form Amainhobbies.com. They carry every part. You can build one from scratch. Decent prices too. I do not see these parts costing anymore than the rest. If you need parts, click on the 7.5 buggy pisture. Same thing as ours, just has more upgrades. Ours is a trimmed down version of that model. A Main had good prices. Good luck with it!!