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Old 10-09-2009, 01:06 PM
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One thing I absolutely have to question is why are they continuing the closed-wheel (body-over-wheel) setup and styling the way it is? I like most of what they are doing but having the wheels inside the body rather than outside... not to mention the 'humpish' body design... I'd rather have something that could handle more extreme terrain and driving than something that sacrifices these things suspension travel, etc. (in part) to look like a 'real' truck. It's just like the 'scale' question that comes up in aircraft circles sometimes, do you want something that flies in the absolute best way possible, or are you willing to sacrifice some flight characteristics to make it look like a model of a real-life equivelent? Given the choice I will personally always go with function over form, and it seems like this truck continues the 'slash' theme rather than trying to maximize the functionality.
Have you seen a 2wd slash run in real life? Im sure you'd stop complaining.