I too got a hell fire when they 1st came out..replaced alot of parts, but mainly broken because of driver error.. parts do break nomatter what brand..raced it 2 years and ran great..but once we started traveling around to other tracks, we started seeing other trucks that did seem to be better race trucks.. I now race hot bodies lsp trucks.. same thing at the start, but as time goes on, less parts break and you yourself find ways to improve the way the truck works.. thats the fun part of R/C trucks..as far as some of these "experts" on these forums, I bet also most of these nay sayers have'nt even owned whatever brand thier bashing..all said now,I still have my hell fire,and it will make a good basher/racer yet..