This is an alright post. This mini forum is full of information. It's near impossible to fit it all into one guide. I have thought about doing something like this. Comparing and contrasting mini's in extreme detail. I think that Inverted's sticky should be updated or removed. He has a lot of useful info, and I like how he has links to all of the cars. Both of these guides should be rolled into one.

I think a good guide should separate all of the cars by their stock (rtr) form, and there full potential form.

For example: The mini-t is an awesome car. I love everything about it; although mine is extremely upgraded. I'm sure anyone who is happy with the mini-t has upgraded electronics, and weak parts. The stock mini-t isn't very impressive. My dad sold his because it frustrated him so much. I almost did; my mini-t had a lot of shelf time. Since mini choices were limited at the time, but I liked minis, I decided to keep it. After upgrading it, it's my favorite car. I have two of them; three at one point.

Same thing with the Vendetta; I haven't upgraded my Vendetta. Just by driving it around in stock form, I have made some assumptions about it. It is a very heavy car, compared to the mini-t and rc18. I think it is the most suited mini for racing on 1/10 tracks. I am very disappointed with it in stock form. It has a large motor, and my battery seems to only last 1/3 as long as it does in the lighter minis. I would want a decent brushless and maybe a lipo battery just to give the car a better run time.

You don't even want to get me started on the mini-slider or mini-late model. I think you should remove the part where it says "great for racing" and replace it with "It's a novelty look-alike car." It can be made into a racer with lots of aftermarket support, but Losi made no attempt to make it race ready out of the box. What they did is slap a longer chassis on and added some more cheaply made parts, so they could make some money.