If you want to be able to run it anywhere and you live around a lot of people, the E-Maxx is probably the right choice for you. Yeah, dealing with having to charge the batteries all the time is a hassle, but unless you like tinkering a lot, maintaining nitros can be a huge pain in the butt too. I like tinkering with nitros so the required maintenance doesn't bother me. Just buy a bunch of batteries and this will give you more run time. People keep mentioning that the E-Maxx will drag the T-Maxx around. I fail to see how this info is useful in any way, unless someone plans to use their E-Maxx for towing. Battery powered or nitro powered, either have plenty of torque to do anything you're gonna want to do with an MT.