Hi! Yes I would take yours, but I live in Switzerland... Between shipment and custom fees, that would cost me more than a brand new one here...

Anyone think it be worth trading a few M05's and a M05v2 for a M07?

Dont want to buy the new kit would rather use my existing inventory as trade for the new chassis.

Good luck. I had to practically give my v2 Pro away with all the TCS goodies.

You should have said something when i spoke up on the local racing threads lol. Everyone now has lovely m05 paper weights. Ive seen some crazy things, but someone trading a 07 for two or three 05's, id be rather surprised.

I sold my M05 last month without any hassle. It's still a good car.

I agree, ...I raced my M05 against an entire field of M07's last month and still managed to get 3rd, beating many M07's. I have my M07 built, just haven't had any race time on it (been too busy w/ work, life and kids). ...I don't think from talking to others at the track that the M07 is worlds and worlds better than the M05, ..in fact the M05 is still a very good car and in the right hands can be just as competitive as an M07. ...I heard the same thing about the M03's when the M05's came out ...yet we still have a few guys racing M03's ...one was a top driver a few years back beating all the M05's. The car isn't going to make the driver.

I am keeping my M05 as a backup ...it seems to happen about 2x a season that a car will just crap out on me ...either an ESC goes bad, etc... and always happens 1/2hr before the next event w/o enough time to get it ready and thus I miss that race. Now i'll have a backup that is always ready to go.

In fact, if some European has a nice M05 to sell I will consider it.
I value bearings, cvd, aluminium shocks and aluminium parts where it counts.

Key difference for me for the M07 is the ease of maintenance, ease of tuning, and material. The performance will never be that different unless there is a big difference in weight distribution, tire, geometry, transmission, and precision. In short M07 makes it a lot easier to be on top of the car than M05 which makes it a lot better. A well prepped M05 will perform about the same as a well prepped M07.

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I think they'd be close ...for sure.

Has anyone been playing with swaybars on the 07 on high grip carpet yet? I've installed the red front/blue rear, but won't have a car on the carpaet for at least another month.

Ive been busy this summer didnt think to ask till now. Too busy playing with my scale trucks/crawlers to race or think of it.

Thank you all for the replies has been very helpful. I think i may just keep the M05's.

If you want to be competitive, get a M07
Night and day difference over the 05

those scale trucks/crawlers are addictive, aren't they

M-07 S?

Can't tell if this is official, or a really good cut n shut chassis. If it's a one off, it's very good. That servo mount is insane, in any case. One note that makes me think it's real is in the video. Several large Tamiya branded cardboard boxes, a mini 4WD track and it just kinda looks like it.