Regardless I have plans to seriously enjoy driving this thing even if it is by myself. I wanted to start a build thread for it even though I know there are 1,000,000 XV-01 builds already documented. I've never done a build thread myself and I bought a ton of aftermarket and Tamiya blue parts for it already. I got a pretty decent electronics package to install into it too so I naturally want to archive the process. Kit should be here by this weekend and the parts I ordered for it slowly rolling in over the weeks to come. The motor I chose is already here and as a teaser I got a bottle of comm drops for it too. I'm trying to pad my post count so I can put up some pictures as the build progresses. I'm enjoying this thread and the Xv-01 thread too, tons of useful information for a guy like me. I've never owned a chassis like this (touring car) or a Tamiya model at all for that matter so I'm excitied to get my hands on it. I always wanted a Tamiya model as a kid. I remember looking at pictures of them in catalogs and how many different kinds there were. All the pictures and knowledge in these threads has already been pretty useful so thanks. Hey BTW other aspects of RC no one cares about but me is 2WD monster truck racing. Anybody interested in getting that going too? :/