If you get a losi shoot me a email. I can probably save you some money. I had one built up for a customer through The Speed Shop and they backed out.
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The losi is a great car. You have one part that would be the "high" wear part and thats the center front drive bone. We work on a lot of them through the shop, as do we the mugens and AE's. I have only had one mp9 come through. I cant agree with parts wear on the losi because I race more than most and dont see anything crazy. It's kinda the same on all the cars.
The losi is probably the most popular car in the U.S. It has got car of the year as voted by consumers, etc. I would say then it would be AE and Mugen. Either would be a good car.
Let me know if I can help you.