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Old 05-05-2010, 06:29 PM
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Questions?? on-road parking lot advice

A few friends of mine and myself are going to start racing 1/10 scale on-road among ourselves. We will be running on a nice concrete parking lot. We all have a bunch of off-road experience/gear, but not much on-road. We will be running brushless/lipo setups since have have a bunch of motors/batteries from 1/10th scale buggies and trucks.

I've been doing some research into inexpensive (<$200) 4wd touring cars, and I'm leaning towards the ofna jl-10e. Are there any other cars we should be looking at?

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Old 05-05-2010, 06:34 PM
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Tamiya,HPI make some good starter cars. See what your local hobby shop supports so parts wont be an issue.
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In my opinion the jl10 is a great bang for buck car, fit and finish leaves a little to be desired but even so it handles really well. For a better fit and finish and more option parts availability check out the tamiya ta-05 ifs.
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JL10, TA05 and HOT BODIES CYCLONE S are all great starter cars for under $200.00. But you should also consider a preowned one. There plenty of tc5's, Xray t2's and Cylones for sale in this site for under or close to your $200.00 budget.
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im in a similar situation as you and your friends and i leaned towards the Team Associated TC3 and TC4, although they do have some flaws, they are very similar to the setups as our off-road vehicles and are very easy with maintenance.
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