rt76- your right brother maintance is definitly a part of it but im one of those guys who comes out of on-road retirment every once in a while and ends up getting smoked!!
not because of driving but just because im down on power. you on-road guys are awesome for getting the most out of what you got thats for sure but this lastweekend when i ran on-raod the novak brushless 10.5 took that disadvantage away and brought it back to flat driving that and i just loved the fact that i put 20 batteries through my TC5 and didnt have to take the motor out once
but i understand where you are coming from