if u cannot aford some beter cvds u could just tighten your front diff up quite abit but if u hit somthing it will still giv,and not your drivetrain...
for getin a new car i would defently consider the ec i have had mine since it came out (1st day) and have never realy had any probs its a solid car. and the parts are realy easy to get and not over priced witch is alwase a plus. its well made comes with evarything u need to win and after all teemu won the euros with it agains the likes of xrays cyclones and tamiya's and like jon said was well placed in the wrolds. and then look at all the help u get with the schumacher on hear its first class....