Yea its just I'm going up north soon so I don't wanna order it now then not be able to get it when I leave I need something to do while I'm up there hope they have a hobby store :) If not then maybe ill try and get it from a site but I have no clue what the best Canadian site is.

I think the biggest downfall for the Savage is stock wheels / tires. They just look so boring, so I thought I would post some pics.

http://i541.photobucket.com/albums/g...SAVAGE/004.jpg
http://i541.photobucket.com/albums/g...SAVAGE/007.jpg
http://i541.photobucket.com/albums/g...SAVAGE/003.jpg

Show me a revo that looks like that :)

Beerz I order all my stuff online because my LHS is way overpriced and does 0 discount.

I don't know about Canadian sites, I just try to find the online store that has the most of what I want or didn't know I wanted :sneaky:. I like to fit a lot of things into one shipment.

For you I suggest a site that has the Nitro Truck you want, all the batteries you need and any other 'goodies' you might want for your truck. Wheels? Tires? maybe some Spares because you'll be breaking lots (A-Arms, Steering knuckles, Hubs, Shocks). You'll want some spare glow plugs, and Spur Gears too.

Pretty much welcome to the world of Nitro. Plain and simple the POWER to WEIGHT ratio is INSANE :nod:

If you're still trying to decide I'd say your best options are

1. Revo 3.3 rtr (1:10)
2. Savage X rtr (1:8)

I'm getting the new Revo 3.3 (5309) comes with battery's/charger's extra glow plug and it looks nice :) I just have to wait for them to ship so I have no idea when ill be getting one. Downloaded the manual from the Traxxas site to get a bit ahead of myself :)

I was able to talk to my hobby guy today, he said towerhobbies will have in stock on 8/5/09 it will be about $540 on tower and he will be able to sell it for about $515 give or take a few bucks. It doesn't hurt to start your reading now, i had a full race book with setups, modds, etc. before i even ran mine. I had the 5308 revo for about two months before i ran it doing modifications to iget it setup just the way i wanted it.


Tyler

Alright cool so ill be looking at about 600. On a different note I was reading a post on the Traxxas form saying the 5308 is still better tehn the new 5309 but I dont know if they were just saying that or not.

Well my opoin is the 5309 is geared towards a beginner or a basher. It has dual stearing water proof servos, reverse , Traxxas 2.4 radio system but it still has all of the upgrades the 5308 has except for the smaller reciever box do to having reverse which reqiures more room in the reciever box for a servo and a optiy drive system. Most guys that want to race the revo already have their own 2.4 system and most convert it to a single stearing servo setup.
With the truck, fuel and AAs, $600 would a get estime pending on shipping and price of the truck and fuel.
Tyler

I dont think I would ever use reverse lol. But that Red Revo 3.3 at my LFS right now is looking nice but the new one looks nice too :/ Hes got it priced at about $580 CAD

Reverse did nothing but annoy me with my old tmaxx because it was a pain to get it to engage correctly but im sure that technology has been improved on a bit. Anyways if your in a hurry to get the truck go for it. Doesnt seem like there is going to be too many differences between the two plus you can always add some personal upgrades to it to make it what you want. Either way you go, if you dont give up, your gonna have fun. Nitro is a little bit of a pain but if you try you will learn it all and enjoy it.