Kyosho MP9 compared to Hot Bodies D8
12-01-2008, 05:40 PM
#32
12-01-2008, 06:03 PM
#33
Nowwwww Look what ya started!! 
Ok, you cant all be serious? All these cars are contenders. In the right hands, any of them can win.
I went from my Losi 1.0 to the D8. I kept my 8 until I knew if I was going to like the D8. I sold it after the first outing. Its just a great car.
ALL cars wear. Plastic especially. If the D8 wears faster, then the parts prices are cheaper, so......
Im not going to talk bad about any of these cars. They are all great cars. Find one that suites your driving style, and your WALLET, and go for it. A less expensive car does not mean its bad, and an expensive car will not make you win a race.
Oh by the way, I beat alot of more expensive cars this weekend. What does that mean?
PEACE!
Ok, you cant all be serious? All these cars are contenders. In the right hands, any of them can win.
I went from my Losi 1.0 to the D8. I kept my 8 until I knew if I was going to like the D8. I sold it after the first outing. Its just a great car.
ALL cars wear. Plastic especially. If the D8 wears faster, then the parts prices are cheaper, so......
Im not going to talk bad about any of these cars. They are all great cars. Find one that suites your driving style, and your WALLET, and go for it. A less expensive car does not mean its bad, and an expensive car will not make you win a race.
Oh by the way, I beat alot of more expensive cars this weekend. What does that mean?
PEACE!
12-01-2008, 06:22 PM
#34
All you D8 bashers must not have owned or built a D8. The D8 is a great car and the build was so much better than the MP9. I have owned and built every new car out there except for the MBX6. Quality of parts on the D8 is no worst than any other car on the market, all cars will break (well except the Xray). All have their weaknesses. D8 has issues with their outdrives, MP9 has issues with their bushing inserts, Losi 2.0 has issues with their shock towers, ZO1B had issues with shock bushings, 808 had issues with their speed bearings wearing out too fast, RC8 had issues with front end breaks, on and on.
Point is the D8 will run with any other car on the track regardless of price and it is one of the easiest cars to drive.
BTW, before you think I'm an MP9 hater, I currently run an MP9 and love it.
Point is the D8 will run with any other car on the track regardless of price and it is one of the easiest cars to drive.
BTW, before you think I'm an MP9 hater, I currently run an MP9 and love it.
12-01-2008, 06:57 PM
#36
Kyosho doesn't have issues with the bushings, we haven't touched them for months. I've forgotten they are even there.
Comparing these two cars is an exercise in futility (for that matter, so is my post in this thread!
). D8 users AND MP9 users will defend their cars to the death, for opposite reasons. It's just the way it is.
Comparing the D8 to the MP9 is ludicrous. NO CAR has the quality Kyosho has in the steering knuckles, hard-anoed aluminum pivot balls, super high quality drive train, bearings, etc., etc.
Cody's chassis was box stock at the Worlds... period. Not only that, I didn't replace anything on Sunday. After we made the main, allot of people were telling me "replace this, replace that", and I'm like, "no thanks." I just did it like we always do it, leave it alone.
Comparing these two cars is an exercise in futility (for that matter, so is my post in this thread!
). D8 users AND MP9 users will defend their cars to the death, for opposite reasons. It's just the way it is.Comparing the D8 to the MP9 is ludicrous. NO CAR has the quality Kyosho has in the steering knuckles, hard-anoed aluminum pivot balls, super high quality drive train, bearings, etc., etc.
Cody's chassis was box stock at the Worlds... period. Not only that, I didn't replace anything on Sunday. After we made the main, allot of people were telling me "replace this, replace that", and I'm like, "no thanks." I just did it like we always do it, leave it alone.
12-01-2008, 07:04 PM
#37
ps...
... the MP9 is expensive because it's expensive to make.
12-01-2008, 07:19 PM
#38
The question wasssssss how do they compare when it comes to handling. Not which car is better, or made out of better material.
Nowwwwww, has anyone driven BOTH, so that Xpertpredator can have his question answered?
I cant answer, since I have not driven the MP9.
12-01-2008, 07:23 PM
#40
Tech Addict
Ive seen The MP9 at our local track 3 times and it has 3 DNF's due to mechanicals. Ive been to 3 large events recently and have yet to see a MP9 win. I run AE so I have no motive for either company. I think either car is great....
BUT FOR ALL THE KOYTOY GUYS TO BE CLAIMING ITS THE LAMBORGINI OF RC CARS.....YOU REALLY MAKE ME LAUGH!!!!! $850.00!!!!!! FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN THAT PRICE IS CRAZY AND NOT JUSTIFIED.
I do not blame anyone for spending that kind of money, each to their own. But 25-30% more in cost than your average pro-kit and it isn't tearing up the tracks anywhere???? And to say it again, there were four D8's in the Worlds Amain, one in the hands of a kid yet to hit puberty
BUT FOR ALL THE KOYTOY GUYS TO BE CLAIMING ITS THE LAMBORGINI OF RC CARS.....YOU REALLY MAKE ME LAUGH!!!!! $850.00!!!!!! FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN THAT PRICE IS CRAZY AND NOT JUSTIFIED.
I do not blame anyone for spending that kind of money, each to their own. But 25-30% more in cost than your average pro-kit and it isn't tearing up the tracks anywhere???? And to say it again, there were four D8's in the Worlds Amain, one in the hands of a kid yet to hit puberty
12-01-2008, 07:34 PM
#41
Tech Regular
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Kyosho doesn't have issues with the bushings, we haven't touched them for months. I've forgotten they are even there.
Comparing these two cars is an exercise in futility (for that matter, so is my post in this thread!). D8 users AND MP9 users will defend their cars to the death, for opposite reasons. It's just the way it is.
Comparing the D8 to the MP9 is ludicrous. NO CAR has the quality Kyosho has in the steering knuckles, hard-anoed aluminum pivot balls, super high quality drive train, bearings, etc., etc.
Cody's chassis was box stock at the Worlds... period. Not only that, I didn't replace anything on Sunday. After we made the main, allot of people were telling me "replace this, replace that", and I'm like, "no thanks." I just did it like we always do it, leave it alone.
Comparing these two cars is an exercise in futility (for that matter, so is my post in this thread!
). D8 users AND MP9 users will defend their cars to the death, for opposite reasons. It's just the way it is.Comparing the D8 to the MP9 is ludicrous. NO CAR has the quality Kyosho has in the steering knuckles, hard-anoed aluminum pivot balls, super high quality drive train, bearings, etc., etc.
Cody's chassis was box stock at the Worlds... period. Not only that, I didn't replace anything on Sunday. After we made the main, allot of people were telling me "replace this, replace that", and I'm like, "no thanks." I just did it like we always do it, leave it alone.
12-01-2008, 07:37 PM
#42
lol itsshemp, so true
these debate threads always end up talking quality over performance, the reason being they all perform well
in my own defense, I was responding to other posts, ie. the other cars weren't stock, etc.
these debate threads always end up talking quality over performance, the reason being they all perform well
in my own defense, I was responding to other posts, ie. the other cars weren't stock, etc.
12-01-2008, 07:40 PM
#43
Kyosho doesn't have issues with the bushings, we haven't touched them for months. I've forgotten they are even there.
Comparing these two cars is an exercise in futility (for that matter, so is my post in this thread!). D8 users AND MP9 users will defend their cars to the death, for opposite reasons. It's just the way it is.
Comparing the D8 to the MP9 is ludicrous. NO CAR has the quality Kyosho has in the steering knuckles, hard-anoed aluminum pivot balls, super high quality drive train, bearings, etc., etc.
Cody's chassis was box stock at the Worlds... period. Not only that, I didn't replace anything on Sunday. After we made the main, allot of people were telling me "replace this, replace that", and I'm like, "no thanks." I just did it like we always do it, leave it alone.
Comparing these two cars is an exercise in futility (for that matter, so is my post in this thread!
). D8 users AND MP9 users will defend their cars to the death, for opposite reasons. It's just the way it is.Comparing the D8 to the MP9 is ludicrous. NO CAR has the quality Kyosho has in the steering knuckles, hard-anoed aluminum pivot balls, super high quality drive train, bearings, etc., etc.
Cody's chassis was box stock at the Worlds... period. Not only that, I didn't replace anything on Sunday. After we made the main, allot of people were telling me "replace this, replace that", and I'm like, "no thanks." I just did it like we always do it, leave it alone.
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