My buddy is looking for a cheap Nitro, hes limited on cash so he doesn't have much to spend. He's been looking at these two on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/Duratrax-Maximum...QQcmdZViewItem


http://cgi.ebay.com/Duratrax-Nitro-E...QQcmdZViewItem


What do you guys think any good, if so which one would be better. Also if neither of these are good any idea on a good cheap truck.

Thanks
Eric

how much is he willing to spend?the evader looks nice..

He's looking to spend $200.00 max.

I would never buy a used nitro engine of E-bay, especially not a used beginners nitro.

Yeah thats what I told him ! There a guy at our LHS that has a used Savage 25 that he bought off a guy, he said its a little beat up but the guy at the LHS put a 4.6 on it. He said towards the end of the month he's gonna be selling it, he said he would sell it to him for $200.00. I told him to get that, atleast he know the engines history. But I guess he either doesn't want it or he doesn't want to wait that extra week or two.

I completely agree. If he was experienced I don't think it would be that big of a deal, but buying a used nitro off ebay for a beginner is a big no no. It's almost guaranteed that the thing will be beaten on, hard to start, in need of a new piston/cylinder or worse. I wouldn't even buy a used nitro off of RCU unless it was a well known member.