RE: WHICH ONE TO GET?
Really alluminum is over-rated. The aluminum will transfer the blow to whatever is easiest to break. And if you bend it, your screwed, you have to buy new ones which are expensive. Stick with plastic and you will be good. Plus plastics are cheap enough to stock up in case you break. If i were you i would get the 1/8th buggy (hurricane). They are 250 right now which is an awesome price. And they are a lot more durable than the 1/10th vehicles. I would only say to get the 1/10th is your really strapped for cash, but the hurricane would be better. Plus it has the sh28 which puts out gobs of power.