i would look at a hot bodies d8 i heard they are pretty good and the price for them brand new are sweet ,and it is a beginners kind of buggy i was gone to get one but my hobby store dint carry hb parts even though they sold hpi weird isnt it, so i got a losi 1.0 when it was on sale. i have a hyper 7 tq with a force .26 which is a piece of crap , if u are racing i woulnd get it it is a tank and just to catch up with people with losi xray etc u would have to drive hard just to keep up.