Best thing you can do is go to the track and see if one of the guys at the track will let you make a couple of runs around the track with there Losi 2.0 Buggy i have let guys drive my car just to see if they liked it and most of the guys did.
The Losi is EZer to get set ups for and you can go to any track in the US and find some guys with losi parts if you need to buy something.