You could just forget Traxxas and get one of these.
http://carolinasrc.com/Webstore/Scri...dproduct=13200
It will do everything you are looking for much better than a traxxas. And with the included starter box it's almost as easy to use as a traxxas. It will also preform much better, and anything 1/8 based is much easier to work on. MT's are complicated in design and have lots of parts.
