I have been driving/abusing a RC8T for the last 2 years and it has been near bullet proof. I have broken 1 front lower arm and replaced the rears prior to my last race due to wear in the pin bores and replaced 3 shock mount bushes. I have been through 5 bodies (Perfecting the art of crashing with style). I put a longer horn on my steering servo, had to trim the battery box lid, to get more steering. It now turns in better than the Mugens and is more settled on rougher sections of the tracks that I race on, that came from 2 mugen drivers and I have not had any issues with diffs or front arms breaking, I pit with 2 lads that race mugens. The mugens are the flavour of the month but with no disrespect they are no where near as strong as the AE.