^ Same here. When I know I have mine tuned to the max and its tearing up my lawn (literally, I've got chunks of grass missing everywhere) pulling 100ft wheelies with the engine snapping at every input from the trigger it just puts a smile on my face. The sound/smoke/ and smell is just great. The learning curve is steep and requires patience, get whatever vehicle you like and don't go by what your LHS is limiting you to. When I still had my T-maxx running, I though the sound was cool and all. But now with a nice high revving big block the sound and smell is just great- I love everything about it. I also started nitro when I was 12, and started out with one of the worst tuning engines industry; that being a TRX 2.5. It was a pain in the butt getting that thing tuned, but it was very rewarding when the truck would run properly screaming down the street. Go for nitro!