Racerdx6- your still mistaken, it's the TL series of Tamiya cars that is noisy, and they are shaft driven... the TA belt drive cars are quite quiet, ad the TA04-R is a quite capable car.... Also to remove the sheilds from the racer bearings all you have to do is remove the clip that holds it in.....
My personnal choice of cars is .....
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HAHAHA... Losi XXX-S G+, it s the most cost effiecient racer, and I find it to be very easy to drve and tune.....
But also have to give props to.....
TA04-R
414M2
FT TC3
X-ray EVO2 FOC
TB evo 2