I haven't had the car long enough to speak on the drive shaft issue but nothing yet. I will definitely say this car is genuinely fun to work on. I don't have to disassemble half of it to get to the diffs and can tear down and rebuild the whole thing in under an two hours.
on another note, Does anyone have experience running the rear shock tower/shocks on the back of the gear box, instead of on the front? What did you feel it did?