Thanks for your opinion. Glad to hear that you love both your Lightnings. As I said before, this will be just another parking lot basher.

I would still really like to find the answers to the questions I originally posted. Anyone that could provide some concrete information... I will be forever in your debt.

Just thought of another one... has the clutch bell/clutch spring issue(s), regarding stripped gears and broken clutch springs, been resolved in the newer versions of this car? I have been doing some research through the various threads on this forum, and came upon this http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5132243/tm.htm It is an old thread and I don't really know if it is still applicable to the Lightning. Anyone know about this?

Thanks again.

Hank