I run my CR stock as a drift car and have not had one single problem with it. its a kit, kits are meant to be tuned, refined, retooled, its not a RTR car that you expect should run well right out of the box.
I have to agree every few days cannon comes in here to puts the car down, if you don't like it and you don't have one, why are you in here? I for one love it! its a great kit and a blast to drive around!
in fact, they just paved a huge parking lot by my house and some guys have been hitting it up cause its soooo smooth and new, I took my CR over with the kids the other day to just play around, some BL, lipo boys were running their stuff screaming around. I just started drifting in my own little section, and I can't tell you the number of people who came over and said "what kinda car is that?" "it's so cool!"
if you look at this thread I am not the only person to get back into RC, or start, because of this car.