I've been trying to decide on whether or not I should buy myself my first nitro car. I was going to buy a new xxx-t cr for a new racing season at the indoor carpet track, but it closed down. We used to race during the winter months, and now that I haven't got to race so long I am really starting to miss it. There is a track about 30 minutes away and I will soon be getting my license, so now I can actually drive myself to the track instead of getting a ride. The track is called Southbound raceway, {www.southboundraceway.com} they have an indoor offroad track, outdoor offroad track, and an indoor oval. The problem is that they only race nitro on the off-road track and I've always just been used to electric. I thought that electric was cheaper than nitro, but with all the matched batteries, chargers, equalizers, my novak gtx, and the mamba max I purchased last year I am starting to wonder. I know I have the mechanic ability for nitro, but what about the cost. The fuel I would be buying would be o'donnel 20%, which is about $30 a gallon in tower. Is that the standard price for nitro fuel. I was also wondering how many runs to a gallon would I get if I got, say, an xtm xterminator 2 or an hpi firestorm. I don't want something that uses up $30 dollars of fuel in no time. Any advice would be appreciated. I am new to nitro and have only seen two of them in real life, even though I've watched tons of videos online.