RE: ranting, stand clear
Wait what? 350??? I've never even touched a nitro and I know that isn't right. I can't imagine an electric hitting that and what it would do to the vehicle, don't want to imagine nitro either.
I must say that it was nice being able to refer to a forum like this for answers. I don't think I posted much, if at all, during my first month here. I did use the search function a lot though. I decided that it wasn't such a bad idea to get into the hobby th way I did, using a 25+ year old Tamiya re-released design, NiCd chemistry, AM, and a timed charger. I started out the same way as a lot of other people, only in 2007 instead of 1982.
Had I not had forums to read, I might very well have started out a different way. Better? Worse? hard to say... But it was really nice to refer to what other people thought and then make my own decision.