im thirteen and ive raced electrics for 2 years. now i want to get into nitro but i cant decide wether to get a kit or rtr. if i get a kit it wil take me about a year to get every thing needed on my budget. my problen is i dont want to buy something and it be out dated buy the time i get it finished. what should i do?

If you still have your old cars try to sell them on e-bay.

then get a rtr, just remember that you can always upgrade

I would also go with a kit so you know how to work on it.

buy the kit. they come with better parts most of the time (bbs instead of bushings, etc.) that you would have to pay retail for to upgrade your rtr to kit stats. you'll be kicking yourself as you buy the hop-ups you should have had stock. a kit would cost more at first, but in the long haul, you'll have the same for less.

I wouldn't be able to go two years withought running a nitro. I say get the RTR if you can get it quicker. Cost of kit has always held me back for 1/10 scales, but I'm fine getting an RTR and upgrading what I feel needs to be upgraded as time goes on.

thanks guys

with the kit you know every single part on your car
so if you take it to the lhs you know exactly what you need and how to fix it

I'm in a building mood.. the only problem to me with this is if you buy a kit, then you have to buy electronics, engine, and some other odds and ends.. the first problem I have with this is I don't know what to build (anyone have suggestions?) and the second problem is, I'm an impatient person, I'd build the chassis in a weekend then have to look at it while I can afford to piece the rest together [:@] that's the part that sucks..

I've been thinking an MT2 kit, but after buying the kit, I'll have to wait a week to buy the reciever to make it go, that makes me [&o]

well then buy a rtr

rtr...so you can upgrade it

I've got 4 rtr's now, pulling something out of the box doesn't involve any pride in a job that's been completed.. I want to build something.. most of my hobbies involve me building stuff (guitars, guns, etc)

I had at least as much fun building my team kit RC18 as I do running it.. and besides, now I know it inside and out

thestratcat; the next time you want a new rc car or truck, buy the RTR, disassemble it, then put it back together .

Personally, I like kits. But now nearly everthing out there is available as RTR

Brilliant idea!!!!

Sounds like you kinda want the RTR. Do you have any RTR/kit models on mind? You can get some super cheap RTR models but that also comes with cheap durablility most of the time.

Get a kit.
specifically, an HPI 18SS NMT...
you can score a decent used radio too, and keep the total cost under $400, AND have anything that'll blow the doors off any RTR.

the pride is what wins the argument. anyone who's ever built a working, true to life, scale vehicle from hundreds of single parts is in a seperate class from the rtr crowd (hence the different yrs building/yrs driving section of r/c questionaires). it's not a higher-and-mightier thing. it's just that you only have to have a basic knowledge of the hobby to enjoy a rtr. when you build it yourself, you're learning above all else. and when you completely learn about something AS you're building it, you get a feeling of understanding and pride that no rtr can give. if this is gonna be your first nitro, don't fool around. take up meditation to pass the time. ohmmmmmmmmmm...

It doesn't need to be a kit for you to know everythng about it. I could take my rtr rustler apart with my eyes closed easily, and yet have a harder time taking my rc18t FT apart(also with eyes closed) even though the 18t is soo much simpler and I built it. This is just because I have had so much more experience with my rustler than my 18t.
I believe you get more experience from buying an RTR and working on it than you do from building a kit once. The kit also comes with instructions on how to build it while with the RTR you have to KNOW where everything goes and how it works.
This is a very opinionative subject and it's not just black and white... These are just my thoughts on the subject.