Sorry Robby, I rarely check this...
I would take the car that most people use. I think the Capricorn is hard to beat as a good car but that doesnt mean it's the best choice to race. There is a strong following behind Serpent and the support is world wide and strong. If there are many Serpents in the club, then I would use that as a race car. I don't own one, but many of my RC friends do and there are things that are more difficult to work on it, but as we are TM people too, we accept that.
If there are less Serpent runners then the Capricorn is my choice with Big Bore for lower CG and better travel. Today I shipped the last of my G4 parts and the G4+ is now my show car. I will never sell that, it was too good an experience to let go.
Have a great year, we are headed to Adelaide for a state championship next week with the C02 and the Murnans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIl68UEYfus (Luke in the Crazy Goat shell at the worlds )