Let us know how it goes.

If you're a previous Tekno owner, that decision will make itself.

That decision is not even close. Tekno over that Carissma buggy all day long.

Sure, tell me why and how you know over a buggy that was released a couple of days ago and I'll side with you and grab this over the other.

Only owned their sway bar kit for my Revo, can't say anything bad about it other than it had plastics that were too soft, but effort and quality control was good. It could of had more thought on engine clearance. That's my Tekno experience.

+1

Yes. Seems like a legit and strong effort.

Cool. Keep us posted.
I'm all about less bling and more function. The option parts included are nice options that appear to be of use in the real world under most conditions. The new hypoid style gears in the diff are appealing in the 2017.

I'd buy the car at my local hobby store to keep their doors open unless the price was a big difference. I'm not so sensitive on price, but am looking to get the most bang for buck. Carbon arm inserts are $50 on a D413. Alum hubs are $30, Aluminum steering rack is around $30 on other cars.. That's over $100 in parts that I'd have to fork out in my D413.

Nonetheless, the Tekno is still very Appealing.

Anyone with experience with tekno vehicles, knows it will be a no brainer. Tekno engineers stuff so you don't need any of the other crap you mentioned. Tekno's don't need bling, they just do work, and finish races.

I had a 2015 XB4, 2 years ago. After that short experiment, and a short one with the B5M, I have went most everything tekno for a reason. I haven't even once considered a 10th scale buggy of any sort since then until now.

I have full confidence that tekno has done their homework, and produced a quality rig right out of the box. In addition to that, they've shown in the past, that if an issue presents itself, they are quick to remedy it.

And I've said it before, I am not sponsored by, or affiliated with, Tekno. I have no obligation to like or recommend their stuff. I do because it works.

I have full confidence that it's gonna be a very nice offering the first time out. Only thing I can question is not having a laydown servo for lower cg. They would know if that was an engineering consideration or not.

I had similar experience with an xb2 and it didn't do so much for me out the box, I dumped it for my D216. Still, it was a good car, mostly.

All the crap I mentioned has its own merits. It can be bling and do nothing, or it can be used as a tunning tool to compliment your driving style or what you are after. It's up to the person and trial and error will determine whether it's crap or not- pro drivers will tell you the same thing when they are trying to extract the very last adjustability out of a specific platform. Example, Ronnefalk guy just released a video on yt describing the merits of arm plates and are stiffness in his racing program.

Your LHS carries Carrisma? In the US? The complete lack of any real support in the
US means bad things for the future. I have seen so many guys with PRS, Team C, Caster, VBC who can't even give these cars away after they get tired of fighting
with the crappy US support. Some of these brands are actually quite popular in europe but with the revolving door of US distributors you never know what's gonna
happen from one day to the next.

Honestly if you live in the states this is a really simple decision. If your oversees somewhere Carrisma has a presence it might be a different situation.

By the way its super easy for your LHS to get signed up with Tekno and carry there
products.

Yea JSk is right, when I buy a kit I always consider its resale value. Those unpopular brands are near impossible to sale. If you decide to sell you tekno,it is always an easy sale. Look at the D216. Hard sell

D216 is solid, but parts availability in the past and special deals on new ones is the reason for this.

All good things to consider.

All good considerations.

6th, 7th, and 9th after round 1 for the guys at Vegas. Mans was on another planet. 18 laps with a few wrecks

And Matt with a 3rd in 13.5 shows the car is competitive. It should only get better with time

consistent 17's with one in the 16's...wow

Ryan doesn't look comfortable yet, Going to take time.

Mr. Matt though....Good run in 13.5t class buuuuudy!!

Any estimate on when parts will be available to buy from Amain or Tekno? I mean if I'm gonna have to wait for Tower to send me my kit, I might as well order some CF goodies in the meantime lol

Fastpete aka FirceRC says on the site on thursday.

We were told they would be trailing behind. Initially it was believed to be about a week. Keep in mind that information is a few weeks old, so it could have changed 20 times since then.