Originally Posted by Maximo

I used to think that way too...at one time I thought the Savages were the toughest RC ever.... However I gotta say that i couldnt have been further from the truth.... Savages breakdown much more then a Truggy does, me and my group have been running both Savages and Truggies and after 2 seasons and over 100 gallons of fuel combined we now realize how much stronger and more reliable the Truggies are....We always find we are wrenching on the Savages, there is always something wrong... spur gear, 2 speed, outdrives, diff's, dogbones etc...no matter what the Savages are always breaking and needing parts.... The Savage drivetrain is very weak, we are constantly blowing diffs and /3 speeds when running our modded Picco 28's...The Mugen however has no issues handling a modified Picco 28, I have 30 gallons on my original set of diffs..........

Anyways to make a long story short, people rarely bash with a race grade Truggy because 99% of people who buy Mugen's are racers, 99% of bashers wrongly feel HPI is the best company for bashing and they are almost always unwilling to try anything else...so as a rule racers buy racer gear, and bashers stick to the low end RTR gear...... However I promise you that if you were take a Savage and a MBX5T for a whole season of bashing like I did you would see as clear as day the Truggy is far more durable and reliable, you will spend way more money keeping your Savage running then you will spend keeping the Mugen running... as well you will spend way more money on needed hoppups for the Savage that the Mugen will not need.... Savage's aren't all what they are cracked up to be, IMO they are very expensive and unreliable, they require a constant stream of upgrades, and their drietrains are terrible....