Thanks for the feedback guys. I bought a TB02 ($169 at Hobbyco) for my son and a TA05 ($177 of Ebay) for myself. I thought the TB02 may be a safer bet for the young bloke bashing around on the road - we have a lot of gumtree debris that might snag the belt drive. Hoping to race both in Sydney after Christmas so I'll be trawling this forum for hop up and set up info for both cars.
Now I just need to go out and buy radios, speed controllers, batteries, chargers, paint.................. my god what have I done?????