Man , thats tough because I could never give up my nitro, But I could never recomend a nitro as a first time vehicle. I own 3 but I dont drive my T maxx and will get off my butt and sell it one of these days. I drive my xxxnt and xxxt The only reason I have the xxxt is because I have a track....... its huge! ........ and if someone stops by I need something I KNOW WILL RUN!! Dont get me wrong, my nitro almost always runs, but if an electric motor does not run you change it. I dont have 10 nitro motors sitting in my pitbox!