I'm fairly new to Nitro, but I've owned a few electrics.

Have only done bashing with the Revo, but decided last month to Race and convert it to a 3.3. I don't really have a comparison to any other trucks, but I would say wrenching on it is fairly easy once you've torn it apart. I had to strip the old chassis and once I did that, I was able to figure out easier ways to get at some of the harder to reach areas. Plus I generally can find advice on whatever I need through websites and stuff...

I think in general we all enjoy wrenching on our trucks and once you get used to how one is put together, it becomes a lot easier to tackle broken components/upgrades/ and setups. So yeah, ease of wrenching should be a factor in a decision, but priority of it depends more on your willingness to wrench than anything else I would think... Of course if a truck is known to break a part that is difficult to replace/repair then you may not want it if you don't want to wrench to much..