Even though I've been badly off the pace the last few events I've tried to run I still love the challenge of setting up and driving a mod car... it takes everything you do to a different level that even 10.5 can't really reproduce...
And these days with brushless motors and Lipo's I would think the cost of running mod at club level has dropped quite a bit... and breakages are just par for the course... becoming a better driver overall is worth it I think