Thanks, I'll need it for sure. I've never even driven on any tracks besides the local indoor (since closed) and outdoor tracks, so that'll be the "third" strike against me in addition to outdated car and lack of skill But yeah, I've been trying to practise. I think I've probably driven more this summer than in the preceding time combined since late 2014 when I bought my first car. The SC10 4x4 is fun to drive especially now that the settings are a bit better even if they still need work, but of course I can't compare to any of the other cars since I haven't driven any of those... and the same goes for the 2wd side of things. It's such a shame that AE dropped out of the 4x4 SCT game, though.

Got the new electronics today, sadly my soldering equipment and skills were a letdown as usual and I couldn't get the connectors to stick properly, so I'll have to wait 'til monday for the local RC shop to hopefully solder them for me (though I feel a bit bad about having them do that - even though obviously I'll pay for it - since the electronics weren't bought from them).

I also need a servo cable extender - was supposed to buy it today, but was too late and the store closed - since I now installed the saddle pack cradle which means the Highest DT750 servo's cable is suddenly too short. With the cradle installed the XR8-SCT is quite a squeeze to get to fit, as well! No room left to spare, that's for sure.