Forgot to mention one MAJOR advantage of Nitro over electric. If you overload the nitro engine due to wrong gearing, it just won't run the car worth a snot. Do that with an electric, and you can let the magical blue smoke out, and the electronics are then fried.

I don't have a problem with guys running electric, and I do run an electric Evader, but I prefer the smell and sound of nitro over the lack thereof in electric.